Portable cooler

• US 6,193,097 B1
• Filed: 02/25/2000
• Issued: 02/27/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Miguel Angel Martin Perianes
• Original Assignee: Miguel Angel Martin Perianes
• Inventors: Martin Perianes, Miguel Angel
• Primary Examiner(s): CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US09/512,925
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• Field of Search: 220/501, 220/915.2, 220/915.1, 220/23.87, 220/533, 220/571, 220/592.03, 206/514, 210/464, 624/577, 624/571
• US Class Current: 220/592.03
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3823 formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/081 using ice cubes or crushed ice
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/804 Boxes
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/08 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/007 Bottles or cans
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 40/963 Off-grid food refrigeration

Abstract

Portable cooler comprising a container body of insulating material and provided with a top cover consisting of two areas, top and bottom, the bottom one having a lesser-profile defining a resting edge for an intermediate drilled plate. The top area comprising a plurality of removably compartments for keeping food and/or drinks and the ice, resting on the intermediate drilled plate. At the lower area having a liquid tank receiving liquid defrosting from ice liquefaction through the drilled bottom and the intermediate drilled plate, this liquid tank being provided with a draining hole with the relevant sealing plug.

Claims

1. Portable cooler comprising a food and/or drinks container body and provided with a handle-fitted sealing cover, said body comprising a compartment for arranging food and drinks to contact cooling components to keep them at quite cold temperatures, characterized in that the container body comprises a top area defining a plurality of compartments for keeping food and drinks and the ice, and a lesser-profiled lower area than the top one making up a lower tank for keeping liquid defrosting from ice liquefaction and provided with a draining hole having a sealing plug;

said top and lower areas are separated by an intermediate drilled plate resting on the profiled edge projecting from the lower area and upholding food and/or drinks and ice arranged at the top area.

2. Portable cooler, according to claim 1, characterized in that the food and/or drinks keeping compartments are made up with removably and directed receptacles as regards the inside walls of the container body resting on the intermediate drilled plate at the bottom side.

3. Portable cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that the ice keeping compartment are made up with removably tanks arranged between the food and/or drinks keeping receptacles resting on the intermediate drilled plate at the drilling bottom side.

4. Portable cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that the ice keeping compartments are defined by the spaces between the food and/or drinks compartments made up with removably and directed receptacles resting on the inteimediate drilled plate at the bottom side, the ice there resting between said receptacles and the own intermediate drilled plate.

5. Portable cooler according to claim 1, characterized in that the top area of the container body upwardly comprises a double section upwardly defining an inside perimetral bracket which allows that the flattened containers can be rested quite balanced between the receptacles and/or the tank.

6. Portable cooler according to claim 5, characterized in that receptacles and tank are having a height at the same level than the perimetral bracket, which allows that the flattened containers can be rested on the receptacles, tank and bracket.

7. Portable cooler, according to claim 1, characterized in that the plurality of compartments for keeping food and/or drinks and the ice at the top area, are defined by a plurality of removably and separating components arranged between the container body sides, which are positionably to define equal and/or diverse spaces to satisfy any requirements.