Adapter for a cooler assembly
An adapter for a cooler assembly is provided that is configured to extend the capacity of a cooler assembly. The adapter includes a hollow cylinder with an outer wall, an inner wall, a top edge, and bottom edge. The hollow cylinder has a first section that is threaded on the outer wall to receive a collar of the cooler assembly. The hollow cylinder has a second section that is threaded on the inner wall to receive a body of the cooler assembly. In some arrangements of the invention, a shoulder on the outer wall is positioned between the first section and the second section. On the inner wall, a slanted section is positioned between the first section and the second section.
1. An adapter for a cooler assembly, comprising:
a hollow cylinder having an outer wall, an inner wall, a top edge, and a bottom edge;
the hollow cylinder having a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is threaded on the outer wall and configured to receive a collar of a cooling assembly; and
wherein the second section is threaded on the inner wall and configured to receive a body of a cooling assembly wherein the collar has an opening in a top wall configured to receive a narrowed portion of a canned beverage and where only the narrowed portion of the canned beverage is capable of passing through the opening and a body of the canned beverage has a diameter greater than a diameter of the opening.
2. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 1 wherein the first section extends downwardly from the top edge to an outwardly and downwardly extending shoulder.
3. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 1 wherein the second section extends downwardly from an outwardly and downwardly extending shoulder to the bottom edge.
4. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 1 wherein the outer wall at the second section has a diameter that is greater than the outer wall of the first section.
5. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 1 further comprising the inner wall having a first generally vertical section that extends downwardly from a top edge to a slanted section that extends outwardly and downwardly towards the outer wall.
6. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 5 further comprising the inner wall having a second generally vertical section that extends downwardly from a slanted section that extends outwardly and downwardly towards the outer wall to the bottom edge.
7. The adapter for a cooler assembly of claim 1 wherein the inner wall at the second section has a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the inner wall at the first section.
8. An adapter for a cooler assembly, comprising:
a hollow cylinder having an outer wall, an inner wall, a top edge, and a bottom edge;
the outer wall having a first section and a second section, wherein the first section is threaded on the outer wall and configured to receive a collar of a cooling assembly; and
the inner wall having a first generally vertical section and a second generally vertical section, wherein the second generally vertical section is threaded on the inner wall and configured to receive a body of a cooling assembly wherein the collar has an opening in a top wall configured to receive a narrowed portion of a canned beverage and where only the narrowed portion of the canned beverage is capable of passing through the opening and a body of the canned beverage has a diameter greater than a diameter of the opening.
9. The adapter of claim 8 wherein the first section extends from the top edge to a shoulder, and the second section extends from the shoulder to the bottom edge.
10. The adapter of claim 8 wherein the first generally vertical section extends from the top edge to a slanted portion, and the second generally vertical section extends from the slanted section to the bottom edge.