Granted Patent B2

US 12,669,276 · App. 18/796,559 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Inventors: Weixian Guan (Zhuhai, CN); Peng Wang (Zhuhai, CN); Feng Wang (Zhuhai, CN)

Assignee: Dometic Sweden AB

F25C1/00F25D11/003F25C2400/10

Abstract

Claims (28)

1 . A mobile cooler, comprising:

a box main body having a bottom and a plurality of walls extending from said bottom, said box main body having an interior, said interior defined within a plurality of inner side walls and a floor;

a lid pivotally connected to said box main body and allowing access to said interior;

at least one moveable handle on each of two opposed walls of said plurality of walls;

an electrically driven cooling unit having at least one socket for plugged in operation and a user interface disposed on an exterior of said mobile cooler to control said electrically driven cooling unit;

an evaporator disposed within said box main body and hidden by said plurality of inner side walls and said floor;

said floor having a first lower elevation and a second higher elevation, at least a portion of said evaporator disposed adjacent to said second higher elevation, one or more vents located in each of two walls of said plurality of walls adjacent to said second higher elevation in said interior;

an ice maker module disposed above said at least a portion of said evaporator disposed adjacent to said second higher elevation, said ice maker module having a cover which opens to access formed ice therein.

2 . The mobile cooler of claim 1 , said ice maker module having a frame, said cover pivotally connected to said frame.

3 . The mobile cooler of claim 1 further comprising a freezing zone, said ice maker module disposed at said freezing zone.

4 . The mobile cooler of claim 1 , said plurality of walls comprising two long walls and two short walls.

5 . The mobile cooler of claim 4 , said lid pivoting relative to said box main body along one long wall of said two long walls, or one short wall of said two short walls.

6 . The mobile cooler of claim 5 , said lid comprising two lids.

7 . The mobile cooler of claim 6 , said two lids pivoting along said one long wall of said two long walls.

8 . The mobile cooler of claim 1 , further comprising a lining disposed along said floor.

9 . A mobile cooler, comprising:

a main body having a plurality of walls and a bottom, said plurality of walls extending from said bottom, each of said plurality of walls defining an upper edge;

said plurality of walls each having an exterior and inner side wall, and said bottom having a floor, said inner side wall and said bottom defining and interior of said main body;

a lid pivotally connected to said main body, a pivot axis of said lid extending adjacent to said upper edge of one of said plurality of walls;

said floor having a first lower elevation and a second higher elevation, said second higher elevation located adjacent to one or move vents disposed in said exterior of said plurality of walls;

an electrically driven cooling unit disposed within said main body adjacent to said one or more vents, said electrically driven cooling unit in fluid communication with an evaporator, at least a portion of said evaporator disposed beneath said floor with said second higher elevation;

a freezing zone disposed above said floor of said second higher elevation;

an ice maker module disposed at said freezing zone, said ice maker module having a cover which may be opened to access ice formed therein.

10 . The mobile cooler of claim 9 , further comprising a user interface disposed in said main body.

11 . The mobile cooler of claim 10 , said user interface controlling said electrically driven cooling unit.

12 . The mobile cooler of claim 9 , further comprising a socket for plugged in operation of said electrically driven cooling unit.

13 . The mobile cooler of claim 9 further comprising a movable handle on each of two opposed walls of said plurality of walls.

14 . The mobile cooler of claim 13 , said movable handle being spring biased to one of at least two positions.

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