Patent · US Expired

Portable cooler

US4266407A · kind A · utility

47Cited by
13References
10Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 22, 1980
Grant dateMay 12, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 22, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF25D2331/805
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A portable cooler that maintains a desired low temperature for beverages within conventional consumer containers. The cooler is made up of two molded insulating storage container halves, having matching indentations for receiving a number of beverage containers. The halves close over the containers, bringing a previously refrigerated, removable cold pack into contact with the enclosed containers. The beverage containers are thus cooled by direct contact with the cold pack and by direct contact with one another. The joined halves are removably received within a pocket of a fabric carrier that allows the entire unit to be hand-held or carried on the belt of the user.

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