Beverage cooler box

US6631803B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• COORS BREWING COMPANY · US
• Graphic Packaging Corporation · US

Inventors

• Terrance E. Rhodes · Erie, US
• Brett Lee Schuetz · Thornton, US
• Michael Christopher Cruz · Denver, US
• Patricia O. Shibata · Denver, US
• Lee Buxton · Louisville, US
• Patrick B. Edson · Lakewood, US
• Raymond S. Kastanek · Longmont, US
• Gary Lawrence Gresge · Arvada, US
• Stephen Mark Kaczmarek · Golden, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2001
• Grant date: Oct 14, 2003
• Expiry date: May 13, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2571/00728
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A beverage cooler box is provided which is intended to receive ice or other cooling means to keep containers packaged therein cool. The box is made of a material which is impervious to liquid which may be contained within the box during use. The box includes folding end panels which extend continuously between adjacent front and rear panels; therefore, there are no seams or breaks in the material around the lower portion of the box which might degrade the ability of the box to hold a liquid. Also disclosed is a method of assembling the cooler box.