Patent ID: 9668510
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23L,F25D

Claim:
1. A cooler comprising: an insulated housing comprising an encircling wall, base and lid, the insulated housing defining a storage cavity and having an air channel passing through at least one of the encircling wall and the base, communicating from the storage cavity to outside the insulated housing, the air channel being defined by channel walls between the storage cavity and the outside of the insulated housing and forming at least in part a cylinder; a vacuum pump integral with the insulated housing such that the encircling wall of the insulated housing forms at least a portion of the cylinder, the vacuum pump comprising a piston arranged to reciprocate within the cylinder under manual control from outside of the insulated housing and a drive handle connected to operate the piston, wherein the drive handle has a flat top surface, the drive handle is positioned with a slot or opening in the lid, and the top surface of the drive handle is flush with an adjacent top surface of the lid when the piston is in a retracted position; and the insulated housing comprising at least one internal layer of thermal insulation, and the vacuum pump being located within the internal layer of thermal insulation, the internal layer of thermal insulation extending from the base internally within the insulated housing and under the vacuum pump to form a structural feature that can support a wheel.