Patent ID: 8297070
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A portable cooler comprising: a rigid enclosure generally adapted to be disposed upon a supporting surface, the enclosure comprising an interior, an internal floor, a removable top for covering the interior, and an air inlet and an air outlet in fluid flow communication with said interior; fan means for drawing air through said inlet into said interior and out of said interior via said outlet; battery means for powering said fan means; a plurality of baffles within said enclosure for dividing it into a fan compartment and a plurality of cooling compartments, the baffles each comprising a plurality of venting holes; a plurality of canisters for storing a coolant, the canisters penetrating spaced-apart orifices defined in said enclosure top and entering said cooling compartments, the canisters comprising a body operationally disposed within said enclosure and lids disposed externally of said enclosure, the lids removably coupled to said canister bodies; mounting means for resiliently and removably mounting said canisters to said enclosure, said mounting means comprising a plurality of radially spaced apart, vertically extending supports disposed about the peripheries of said orifices in said top and extending downwardly towards said cooling compartments, and an encircling elastic band for normally biasing the supports inwardly such that they firmly frictionally contact the surface of a canister when inserted.