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US 7,309,106 · App. 11/420,000 · Granted Dec 18, 2007

Cooler with seat and anti-tip support

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Patent No.
US 7,309,106
App. No.
11/420,000
Granted
Dec 18, 2007
Kind
B2
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 (20)

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.

Continuity (2)
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