Patent ID: 9156671
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A cooler having a fountain type dispenser comprising: a. a cooler body having a cavity that is configured to contain a liquid, said cavity having a volume of at least one gallon; b. a cooler lid, said cooler lid including a lid bottom portion that is removably connected to a body top portion of said cooler body, a lid top portion of said cooler lid including a recessed portion and at least one pump opening positioned in said recess portion, said at least one pump opening positioned through a body of said cooler lid, said recess portion forming only a portion of said lid top portion, said recess portion of said lid top portion of said cooler lid includes a rotational limit arrangement that limits a rotation distance said liquid pump mechanism can rotate in said recess portion of said lid top portion of said cooler lid, said rotational limit arrangement includes at least one rotational slot in said recess portion of said lid top portion, said pump top portion of said liquid pump mechanism including at least one positioning tab that is configured to engage said at least one rotational slot when said liquid pump mechanism is connected in said recess portion of said lid top portion of said cooler lid; and, c. a liquid pump mechanism for dispensing liquid from said cavity of said cooler body, said liquid pump mechanism including a pump top portion and a pump bottom portion, an electric pump and a power supply to power said electric pump; said electric pump drawing liquid into said pump bottom portion and to said pump top portion when said electric pump is activated, said pump bottom portion fluidly connected or interconnected to said pump top portion, said pump top portion including a dispenser tab and a dispenser head, said dispenser tab causing activation and deactivation of said electric pump when moved between an activation position and non-activation position respectively, said dispenser head enabling liquid that flows to said pump top portion to exit said pump top portion through a dispenser opening in said dispenser head, said pump bottom portion configured to be inserted through said pump opening in said cooler lid when said pump top portion is connected to said recess portion of said lid top portion of said cooler lid, said pump top portion is rotatable in said recess portion of said lid top portion of said cooler lid.