Patent ID: 6814333
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: F16M

Abstract:
A portable cooler stand comprising:four support legs expandable to an arrangement where the four support legs are at the approximate corners of a rectangle; a plurality of four pairs of folding struts attached one pair each between each pair of adjacent support legs, each of the folding struts having a midpoint along a length thereof, the folding struts of each pair of folding struts crossing one another with a pivot joint connecting the folding struts of each pair at the point of crossing, the pivot joints of two pairs of folding struts disposed opposite one another being located off center with respect to the mid-point of each of the folding struts of said two pairs of folding struts and the pivot joints of the remaining two pairs of folding struts being located at the midpoint of the folding struts of said remaining two pairs of folding struts so that when portable cooler stand is expanded the support legs tilt inwardly toward one another at the too of the portable cooler from front to back while remaining parallel from side to side; first and second parallel braces pivotally connected to two support legs located at adjacent corners and rotatable to attach temporarily, one brace each, to one each of the two remaining support legs across the sides of the portable cooler where the pairs of folding struts are jointed at about their midpoints, to fix a length for the portable cooler stand in its expanded state an unfolded state; and a flexible support connected between the parallel braces; whereby the parallel braces move toward one another under the influence of the weight of a portable cooler until the braces close on two sides of the portable cooler.