Patent ID: 8567211
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: F25D

Abstract:
1. A portable ice chest for medical supplies, food supplies and beverages, said portable ice chest consisting of: a plastic housing having a top wall, a bottom wall, an open front, a back wall and two side walls, and an inner compartment within said plastic housing and three layers of insulation between said inner compartment and said plastic housing and a lining of stainless steel surrounding said inner compartment on an inner side thereof and wherein; said inner compartment includes three removable vertically stacked drawers and a beverage compartment behind said drawers for receiving a plurality of beverage containers and wherein one of said drawers is disposed between the other two of said drawers and is adapted to receive a mass of dry ice therein and each of said drawers including a plurality of openings therein for allowing air to circulate there through; a fan, a plurality of vents, a solar panel, a rechargeable battery and a circuit for charging said battery from said solar panel in said top wall of said housing for circulating air through said drawers and said beverage compartment; wherein said three layers of insulation include an inner insulation of polystyrene foam, a compressed rubber and a compressed cork and wherein the stainless lining includes drawer guides on both sides of said inner compartment; a door for closing said open front; an area above said door including an indicator to show the charge on the battery and two temperature indicators to indicate the temperatures in said top and bottom drawer; and a hollow tubular handle attached to said top of said housing and adapted to receive an inventory of items in said ice chest, time and date of packing with items and any special handling required for medical supplies contained therein and a cap for closing said handle.