Patent ID: 11913707
Assignee: CALIFORNIA INNOVATIONS INC.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 20:
21. A cooler lid, said cooler lid comprising:
a hollow body having an outside wall, an inside wall, and a peripheral wall joining said outside wall to said inside wall; said outside wall, inside wall, and peripheral wall defining boundaries of an internal chamber of said lid;
said internal chamber of said lid being located between said inside wall and said outside wall and being surrounded by said peripheral wall; said internal chamber having a filler port; said filler port being inset from said peripheral wall;
said filler port having an entrance to said chamber that is intermediate said outside wall and said inside wall;
without regard to orientation of said lid, a first portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level above said entrance of said filler port, and a second portion of volume of said chamber lies at a level below said entrance of said filler port;
said inside wall having a peripheral formation, said peripheral formation including a land that, in use, engages a mating container body;
said inside wall having at least one stiffener extending one of (a) spanwise in a front-to-rear direction; and (b) spanwise in a left-to-right direction;
said at least one stiffener divides said internal chamber into at least a first portion and a second portion, said first portion and said second portion being joined by a neck;
said peripheral formation is hollow and has a cavity formed therewithin, said cavity is joined to, and forms part of said internal chamber; and
when said cooler lid is sitting on the cooler body, said peripheral formation defines a channel having a back that extends downwardly and said at least one spanwise formation defines a channel having a back that extends upwardly.