IP Library › Granted Patent US 8,764,017
Granted Patent B2
US 8,764,017 · App. 13/563,436 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Recreational amusement

Inventors: Kevin Edward Manner (Boerne, TX); Brooks Christopher Bennett (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: The Tailgate Crew LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,764,017
App. No.
13/563,436
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A recreational amusement takes the form a cooler having a toss-type game board integrated with the cooler's lid. The toss-type game board includes one or more cavities in the top of the lid. Provision is made for orienting the top of the lid in a sloping position for play of the game enabled by the game board. The cooler retains all conventional features of a beverage type cooler and, in particular, the characteristic of the interior space of the cooler being substantially sealed off from the environment about the cooler by placement atop the body of the cooler of the lid.

Claims (16)

1. A recreational amusement, said recreational amusement comprising:

a cooler, said cooler comprising a body and a lid, said body having an interior space and said lid having a top surface and being adapted to sealingly mate with said body; said body comprises a top edge, said top edge of said body comprises a sloping side surface;

a game board formed in said top surface of said lid; and

wherein:

said top surface of said lid comprises a sloping side profile when positioned in place on said body; and

said game board comprises a cavity formed in said top surface of said lid, said cavity having a walled interior space terminating in a closed bottom such that said interior space of said cavity is isolated from said interior space of said body when said lid is positioned in place on said body.

2. The recreational amusement as recited in claim 1 , wherein said game board comprises a plurality of cavities formed in said top surface of said lid, each said cavity having a walled interior space terminating in a closed bottom such that each said interior space of said cavities is isolated from said interior space of said body when said lid is positioned in place on said body.

3. A recreational amusement, said recreational amusement comprising:

a cooler, said cooler comprising a body and a lid, said body having an interior space and said lid having a top surface and a bottom surface and being adapted to sealingly mate with said body;

a game board formed in said top surface of said lid; and

wherein:

said body comprises a top edge, said top edge of said body comprising a horizontal side profile;

said top surface of said lid comprises a sloping side profile when said lid is positioned in place on said body;

said bottom surface of said lid comprises a horizontal side profile when said lid is positioned in place on said body; and

said game board comprises a cavity formed in said top surface of said lid, said cavity having a walled interior space terminating a closed bottom such that said interior space of said cavity is isolated from said interiors space of said body when said lid is positioned in place on said body.

4. The recreational amusement as recited in claim 3 , wherein said game board comprises a plurality of cavities formed in said top surface of said lid, each said cavity having a walled interior space terminating in a closed bottom such that each said interior space of said cavities is isolated from said interior space of said body when said lid is positioned in place on said body.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: MANNER, KEVIN EDWARD
To: THE TAILGATE CREW LLC
Reel/Frame 032943/0940 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2014
From: BENNETT, BROOKS CHRISTOPHER
To: THE TAILGATE CREW LLC
Reel/Frame 032943/0965 →
Continuity (1)
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