Internal liquid drainage and removal container liner
View Patent ↗An internal liner for a cooler is provided having a base attached to a set of side walls with handles along the uppermost edge thereof. The base includes a plurality of apertures disposed along its surface to allow liquid to pass therethrough. The liner is placed into a cooler or similar container prior to normal use. When ice is used in conjunction with a cooler, it melts and forms standing water. The liner holds stored items within the cooler and can be lifted from the cooler to separate the contents from the water, thus allowing a user to pour out excessive water from the cooler without displacing its contents. The liner provides a method to efficiently separate standing water from stored items within a cooler when utilized in conjunction with water, where the user desires to remove water from within the cooler.
1. A container liner for draining liquid therefrom and supporting solid items therein, comprising:
a liner structure having upstanding sidewalls, a base surface, an upper perimeter edge, and an open interior volume forming an open, largely cuboid shape with an open upper;
a pair of handles being oppositely disposed to each other and each being hingedly secured to one of said upstanding sidewalls;
said base surface having a plurality of apertures disposed therealong and adapted for water drainage therethrough
wherein the handles comprise inverted U-shapes;
wherein the handles are embedded within their respective sidewalls when the handles are in an upstanding position and aligned with their respective sidewalls.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said liner structure further comprises a semi-rigid material, whereby liner is adapted to be conformed to the internal volume of a larger container.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein said upstanding sidewalls of said liner structure further comprise thin, malleable material that is adapted to actively conform to the internal volume of a larger container.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said base surface and upstanding sidewalls of said liner structure further comprise thin, malleable material that is adapted to actively conform to the internal volume of a larger container.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said handles are hingedly attached to an exterior surface of said upstanding sidewalls.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said pair of handles are hingedly attached to an interior surface of said upstanding sidewalls.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein said handles is are hingedly and slidably attached within a channels along their respective sidewalls.
8. The device of claim 7 , wherein said handles have a cross member and distal ends that engage a slot within said channel, said channel being U-shaped and being partially disposed within said sidewall thickness to allow said handle to pivot therefrom in one direction.
9. The device of claim 7 , wherein said handles are inverted U-shapes having a cross member and distal ends that engage a slot within said channel, said channel being U-shaped and disposed completely through said sidewall thickness to allow said handle to pivot therefrom in an inward or outward direction.