Cooler with seat and anti-tip support

• US 7,309,106 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2006
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: James J. Stallman
• Original Assignee: James J. Stallman
• Inventors: Stallman, James J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US11/420,000
• Publication Number:
  US 20060261654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 574 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.1, 297/188.9, 297/217.1, 297/310, 3122352-2358, 43/541, 206/315.11, 623/72, 624/571
• US Class Current: 297/310
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 15/004 Seating furniture for specified purposes not covered by main groups A47C1/00 or A47C9/00

Abstract

A combined cooler/seat having an anti-tip support that extends rearward the ground contact of the cooler/seat beyond the simple footprint of the cooler/seat itself, thereby providing extra support for resisting backward tilting of the cooler/seat; wherein the anti-tip support adjustably extends rearward from the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat.

Claims

1. A combined cooler/seat comprising:

an anti-tip support that extends rearward the ground contact of the cooler/seat beyond the simple footprint of the cooler/seat itself;

thereby providing extra support for resisting backward tilting of the cooler/seat;

wherein the anti-tip support adjustably extends rearward from the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and

the anti-tip support is a square-U shaped bar having a foot and legs adjustably extending from a back of the cooler/seat to the foot, the legs adjustably sliding in and out of the cooler/seat within sleeves that are built into a bottom portion of the cooler.

2. The cooler/seat of claim 1, further comprising:

A gusset that is foldingly attached to the back such that it hingedly folds rearward to lie along the top of the leg for added support.

3. The cooler/seat of claim 1, further comprising:

wheels that raise the entire bottom portion of the cooler/seat above the ground level; and

curved sleeves with correspondingly curved legs such that the anti-tip support adjustably slides downward as it slides rearward to rest the foot on the ground.

4. The cooler/seat of claim 1, further comprising:

a pivoting connection between the sleeves and the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and

a ratchet rack and cogs arranged for holding the sleeve at an adjustable plurality of pivot angles.

5. The cooler/seat of claim 4, further comprising:

ratchet teeth that are cammed such that a simple downward push on the leg will ratchet the sleeve until the leg and foot touch the ground; and

a spring biased ratchet release pushrod arranged such that a user can push the pushrod into the seat/cooler for releasing the ratchet to pivotingly raise the leg.

6. The cooler/seat of claim 1, further comprising:

a pivoting connection between the sleeves and the bottom rear portion of the cooler/seat; and

a spring biased latch comprising a spring button which pops into selected pivot latch holes to allow selection of a desired sleeve pivot angle.

7. The cooler/seat of claim 1, further comprising:

a pivot knuckle in the leg with a spring biased latch therein such that the knuckle can be latched at a desired pivot angle for placing the foot on the ground.