Externally illuminated cooler box
US6519965B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 1, 2002 |
| Grant date | Feb 18, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 1, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF25D2331/804
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The instant invention is an insulated hollowed out cooler box with an insulated lid unit and with an external illumination system built into the frontal walling of the box which illumination system consists of a transparent plate covering a bulb filled with inert gas seated within the frontal walling with wiring affixed to the bulb leading to a manually operable switching unit and wiring leading therefrom to a terminal of a portable battery held within a compartment built into the frontal walling just behind where the bulb is seated and with wiring leading from the second terminal of the battery back to the bulb and with a cover plate serving to encase the battery within the compartment which said cover plate is affixable adjacent the switching unit in the top side of such frontal walling.
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