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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8056359 | Fast freeze shelf A refrigeration appliance includes an insulated cabinet forming an interior cavity and a refrigeration system for cooling the interior cavity. A thermally conductive shelf forms a support surface within the interior cavity, and a thermal sink is operatively coupled ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 7730740 | Cooling device for pet carrier The cooling device for a pet carrier is a portable system for providing an ice-cooled surface on which a pet can rest. The cooling device includes a housing defining an open interior region therein, adapted for receiving a volume of ice. An opening is formed through... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7628033 | Removable cooler accessory to prevent soaking A portable accessory includes a plurality of platforms having substantially planar upper surfaces for supporting the foodstuff thereon. Each platform is provided with baffled slots such that melted ice can drain downwardly therethrough. In an alternate embodiment, a... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7340917 | Handle/ lift arm adapted to elevate ice chest to facilitate draining A hinge and arm adapted to attach to one end face of a rectangular ice chest, to maintain the one end face of the chest in an elevated position for draining comprising: a hinge having one side attached to the one end face so that its other side swings in a vertical ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7313928 | Insert for cooler An insert for a cooler is sized and shaped for placement on a lower surface of the cooler while supporting foodstuffs placed on insert. Draining apertures on insert allow liquid to drain away from foodstuffs into a space below insert and thereby separates liquid fro... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7178673 | Beach cooler system A cooler has front, rear, end and bottom walls. The walls form an interior chamber. The interior chamber has an upper ledge, a lower ledge and an intermediate ledge. A lower tray is positionable upon the lower ledge. Slots extend through the lower tray and are adapt... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7100393 | Beverage cooler with adjustable platform A beverage cooler includes a receptacle, adjustable platform and raising mechanism. The receptacle has a bottom, walls and an open top. The platform has at least one orifice, at least one guide and a threaded orifice. The raising mechanism includes at least one trac... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6782711 | Portable cooler chest A cooler chest includes an outer unit and a separate inner unit having a height smaller than the height of the outer unit and a space over the inner unit for storing ice cubes, the space being defined in part by porous side walls that allow for drainage of water, re... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6763674 | Perforated ice bin insert An ice bin insert (10) separates a single store of ice pieces into separate stashes, namely, into potable and non-potable portions. The insert (10) includes a divider (C, D) dimension to be received within an ice holding cavity of an ice bin (30... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6763678 | Portable cooler having multiple compartments A portable cooler having a body portion, including a bottom face, a front face, a rear face, and a pair of opposing side portions. The body portion defines an internal cavity. The cooler includes a lid portion that is in communication with the body portion. The inte... | 07/20/2004 |
| 6715309 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus includes a base unit in the form of an insulated tank that defines a refrigerant chamber therein for refrigerant, a discharge unit for discharging a flow of air, and a closed circulation system for transferring coolness from the refrigerant in th... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6698230 | Ice chest and insert An ice chest or cooler comprising a container including an insulating base and insulating sidewalls upstanding from the base. Within the container, a false floor is supported in spaced relation from the insulating base and permits heat transfer across its... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6612127 | Portable refrigeration table with elevating and supporting dividers A portable refrigeration table for displaying, in elevated and supported fashion, a plurality of items. The table includes a body having a substantially rectangular shaped and planar base surface, a plurality of elevated and interconnecting sides defining... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6536228 | Dry compartment cooler A dry-compartment cooler has a dry compartment (1) with compartment walls (3) that are connected water-tightly to a compartment floor (4). The compartment walls are articulated to extend upwardly from proximate a riser framework (6) on a cooler floor (7) ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6442962 | Portable salad bar One aspect of the present invention is directed toward a portable salad bar having a flexible base. Further, one or more inflatable chambers are connected to the base, and the inflatable chambers extend around the base to form a reservoir having a flexibl... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6405557 | Cooler floor support tray A support tray includes a top surface, an underside, and a side perimeter. The top surface is substantially planar and has a plurality of perforations leading to the underside. The underside includes a support grate. The support grate includes a plurality... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6334329 | Wine box cooling device A wine box cooling device for cooling and keeping cool a wine box. The wine box cooling device includes a housing. The housing has a base portion and cover portion. The base portion comprises a bottom wall. The bottom wall has a peripheral edge. A periphe... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6269651 | Cooling apparatus A cooling apparatus, such as a consumer display unit 400, comprises a covered tray 403 or other compartment for accommodating consumer product to be kept cool, and a housing 420 for accommodating a replaceable charge of dry ice out of contact with the pro... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6244065 | Container and method for refrigerating a product The present invention provides a device for containing and a method of refrigerating, heating, and storing. The device comprises at least two containers each having a continuously formed rounded surface running from a bottom plane to a medial perimeter. T... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6237360 | Chilling and/or storing receptacle for bottles or beverage containers A beverage cooling apparatus including a cylinder shaped receptacle extending into a second receptacle for receiving ice, the cylindrical receptacle having one open end to receive bottles or beverage containers. The apparatus can be utilized in an ice bin... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6062411 | Apparatus for organizing articles inside a portable cooler A cooler insert for organizing articles inside a cooler. The insert is adapted for receiving tubular members. The tubular members are sized to hold beverage containers such as two liter bottles and the like. The insert provides an interconnecting structur... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6051159 | Soft ice This invention relates to a preferred composition for use in preparation of flexible cold packs which are useful for medicinal, research and other uses where cooling to low temperatures is required.... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5966964 | Beverage cooling appliance and method for using same Disclosed is a beverage cooling appliance (10) comprising a base (18) that holds a battery pack (20), a on/off switch (120), and a pair of upright supports (116 and 118). A framework (30) that is able to swivel upward or downward on a pair of hinge pins (... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5723063 | Soft ice The invention relates to composition for use in preparation of cold packs which are useful for medicine, research and other uses where cooling to a low temperature is required, said composition comprising 70-85% water, 4-10% salt, 8-15% glycerine and 2-6%... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5636524 | Method for isolating material from melted ice water The instant invention consists of a device similar to an inverted shallow basket with a myriad of openings through which water and air may pass easily. The device, when placed into an ice chest, holds the items in the chest up out of the melted ice water,... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5605056 | Portable cooler with suspended grate for ice-free storage areas A portable cooler for use with fish bait, as well as food and beverage, includes a housing having an insulated bottom, side walls, and a pivotal top hinged to one of the side walls. There is a support positioned within the housing with the support having ... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5319947 | Beverage dispenser An ice chest for a cold plate or drop-in type beverage dispenser wherein the cold plate includes a carbonator integral therewith and the ice chest also includes an aluminum casting as a side wall of the ice bin with prechill cooling coils embedded therein... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5319946 | Apparatus for storing and transporting ice balls, without any sticking thereof, from their place of production to their place of use, where they are projected onto a target Apparatus for the storage and projection of ice balls comprising in combination: a revolving tank terminated by an opening in the lower part for linking with a ball injection chamber (44) to which are fixed: a) a motor (32) able to rotate an axial rod (30) equ... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5295369 | Water and ice cooler combination This invention is a water and ice cooler combination including 1) a main cooler container assembly provided with a cool fluid supply assembly to receive and dispense cooled fluid therefrom; and 2) a compartment separation assembly mounted within the main ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5197301 | Ice cooled air conditioner and method An air conditioning apparatus includes at least one vessel for containing frozen material, at least one duct in thermal communication with the at least one vessel, at least one fan for propelling air through the at least one duct, and at least one battery... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5052184 | Cooler chest grid and methods A screened grid (1) is sized and shaped to fit inside of a cooler chest (4). Doors (9) in the screened grid (1) are provided for accessing sealed beverage containers (2) storable under the screen grid (1) in ice water, which cool the sealed containers (2)... | 10/01/1991 |
| 4923086 | Ice guards An ice guard to receive a food container in crushed, flaked, cubed, or broken ice is provided having a side wall which includes a first end and a second end. The first end receives a first size of food container. The second end includes an inwardly intrud... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4858444 | Portable cooler An improved portable cooler for carrying and cooling a 15-pak of beverages including a sealable cavity for pyramid-stacked containment of 12 or 16 oz. canned beverages, a plastic insert for retaining the lower layers of cans in side-by-side relation and s... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4845959 | Fruits and vegetables precooling, shipping and storage container An inexpensive insulated container and container system for receiving fruits, vegetables, or other plant materials particularly including leafy vegetables, in the field or packing facility, transporting such products and, if desired, storing them. A stack... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4787532 | Transport-and storage container for cooled goods Transport- and storage container for cooled goods, for example fresh fish, using ice as cooling medium and comprising a first container of an impact-resisting and heat insulating material, and a second self-supporting container shaped so that it can be re... | 11/29/1988 |
| 4777992 | Ice tray and table covering combination A foldable ice tray and table covering combination (10, 20) is described. The combination has a sheet (11, 21) of material which is placed on the table and foldable walls (11a to 11d or 22a to 22d). Optionally carrying handles 12 or drain holes a with plu... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4649714 | Food container with adjustable food level A container for holding food. The container includes cylindrical side walls fixedly mounted atop a bottom wall. A externally threaded post is rotatably and removably mounted atop the bottom wall and is in meshing engagement with a horizontally extending f... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4617807 | Involute coil cold plate An improved cold plate (10) is disclosed for use in cooling carbonated water and syrup which is mixed to form a beverage. The cooling coil (10) employs a plurality of involute carbonated water cooling coils (12-16) formed of tubing through which is flowed... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4612781 | Inflatable insulated barrel cooler An inflatable insulated barrel cooler comprising a cylindrical, open topped, closed bottom, container constructed of sheet plastic or vinyl reinforced fabric. The cooler is somewhat rigid when inflated and in use yet is easily stored when collapsed. Insul... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4577475 | Portable cooler A portable cooler or ice chest comprising a container for ice insulated on the sides with a drain and a base compartment with insulated recesses situated beneath the container. Adapted to fit in the recesses are closable bins for storage and cooling of be... | 03/25/1986 |
