Patent ID: 8096143
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A45C,A45F,B67D,F25D

Abstract:
1. A portable wine bar comprising: an insulated chamber having an open top, insulated side walls, and an insulated bottom; an insulated top for covering the open top; a horizontal shoulder extending around the inside of the side walls near the open top; a rigid panel dimensioned to removably fit inside the chamber supported by the shoulder, the panel having opposed broad first and second faces; a support for at least two bag-in-box containers affixed to the panel and extending from the first face and disposed so that a beverage outlet of a bag-in-box container having the outlet at a low position on the container will be removably supported thereon so that the outlet will be above the panel a distance of at least four inches for dispensing into a receptacle; the support when viewed from the side having a generally U-shaped top portion having an open top and a flat bottom to receive a lower portion of the container thereon, the front of the U-shaped portion having openings to pass the outlets; the U-shaped portion supported above the panel by front and rear members that define a storage space therebetween; a perforated area in the first face disposed so as to be below said beverage outlet; a receiving pan mounted below the perforated area to receive waste liquid; the panel constructed so as to be supported on the shoulder in a first operating position in which the support for the at least two bag-in-box containers extends above the open top for dispensing beverage; and the panel constructed so as to be supported on the shoulder in an inverted, second operating position after the containers are removed, in which the support for the at least two bag-in-box containers extends downward into the chamber where it is protected and so that the insulated top may cover and insulate the chamber for transport.