Movable and adjustable cooler stand

The present invention discloses a stand for a cooler containing cooling solution. The cooler further includes an attached flexible tubing outlet for draining the cooling solution through the flexible tube outlet into a medical cuff for reducing swelling of injured tissue. The stand further comprises a cylindrical container with a cavity for receiving through the opened top end of the lateral sidewall the cooler therein. An elongated pedestal is further defined by a top end and a bottom end. The top end of the pedestal is attached underneath the bottom side of the container. The container is supported in an upright position a distance above the surface of the ground. An aperture is located in the lateral side wall for receiving the flexible tubing outlet therethrough.

BACKGROUND

This version of the invention is concerned with the field of therapeutic cooling devices. More specifically, this version of the invention is concerned with a movable and adjustable stand that houses an medical cast cooler in proximity to an medical cast worn by a user in order to provide the medical cast with a continuous supply of cooling solution.

PRIOR ART

People who are recovering from various injuries, such as broken or fractured bones, trauma, tears, or sprains to muscles and other tissue, use an medical cast to support the injured body area to aid in healing of the damaged body part. The medical cast comprises a cuff that is wrapped around the damaged body part and is inflated to a specific pressure to provide resistance against the damaged body part as an aid in healing, such as ensuring proper alignment of a broken or fractured bone or to support damaged tissue and control swelling and inflammation. The medical cast used in connection with this invention also contains means whereby a cooling solution can be introduced into the interior of the cuff of the medical cast and circulated throughout channels, pockets, or bladders in the medical cast so as to provide cold and compression therapy. In the industry, Aircast manufactures this type of medical cast. However, the present invention is not limited to Aircast. This type of therapy is crucial in treating damaged, sprained, stressed, or inflamed tissue. The cooling solution is typically ice water, and such solution is stored within an special medical cast cooler, jug, or similar storage device. A typical medical cast cooler is comprised of an insulted, cylindrical container enclosing a storage cavity, lid or cover releasably attached to the container over a top aperture thereof, grasping handle connected to the container, and a flexible tube or hose of varying length. The flexible tube is attached at a first end at or near the bottom of the container and at a second end to the medical cast cooler. The medical cast cooler may have a control valve or spigot that releases cooling solution from the container to the flexible tube.

When the flexible tube is connected to the container and the medical cast, cooling solution is transported from the container, through the tube, and into the medical cast. The cooling solution, maintained in the medical cast and directly over the injured body part, provides the necessary application of cold and compression therapy to enhance healing.

Although the use an medical cast cooler to deliver cooling solution to an medical cast provides a therapeutic effect, several disadvantages and drawbacks result from such an arrangement. For instance, if the user desires to move about while the medical cast cooler is connected to the medical cast, the user must physically transport the medical cast cooler, such as carrying the cooler by the handle. This option for the most part is infeasible as the medical cast cooler, filled with cooling solution, presents significant weight and bulk and cannot be transported or carried by a user nursing a damaged body part. Alternately, the user can enlist the aid of another person to hold or carry the medical cast cooler, who may not always be available or agreeable for such a task. The user could also fashion or use various makeshift support and transport devices, such wheeled carts, dollies, and the like. However, such devices do not support the medical cast cooler at the proper height in relation to the medical cast, which is necessary to ensure adequate and uninterrupted flow of cooling solution, nor do such devices provide the stability necessary to prevent the medical cast cooler from being toppled or turned over in the case if the medical cast or flexible tube is suddenly impacted.

What is needed then to overcome the aforementioned disadvantages of storing or supporting an medical cast cooler while said cooler is connected to an medical cast is the provision of a movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler. Such a cooler stand would support an medical cast cooler above a floor, ground, or support surface and contain means to allow the stand to be moved about over the floor, ground, or support surface without being toppled or tipped over during use, and to be adjusted in height so that the medical cast cooler can be aligned in the most optimum position with respect to an medical cast while the medical cast cooler is connected thereto.

DISCUSSION OF THE PRIOR ART

Numerous devices for supporting therapeutic and medical apparatuses in close proximity to a user or patient have been provided in the prior art. Even though these devices may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, they would not be suitable for the purposes of the present version of the invention, as such devices are generally intended to support an apparatus, such as a container for intravenous solution, connected to a patient who is generally immobile or stationary. These devices are exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 4,541,596, Portable Intravenous Pole For Use In An Emergency, issued to Price on 17 Sep. 1985; U.S. Pat. No. 4,744,536, Collapsible Pole And Stand Combination, issued to Bancalari on 17 May 1988; U.S. Pat. No. 5,344,169, Multi-Pole Support Stand, issued to Pryor et al. 6 Sep. 1994; and U.S. Pat. No. 6,182,662, Intravenous Transport/Support Device, issued to McGhee on 6 Feb. 2001.

As such, it may be appreciated that there is a continuing need for a new and improved stand for storing and supporting an medical cast cooler in proximity to a user or patient wearing an medical cast while said medical cast cooler is connected to said medical cast. Such an medical cast cooler stand will support the medical cast cooler at a height and position that optimizes the flow of cooling solution from the cooler to the medical cast and provide the optimum stability the prevents the stand and medical cast cooler from being toppled in the case of a sudden impact impinging upon the flexible hose or stand while ensuring that the flexible hose does not become disconnected from the medical cast and medical cast cooler. In these respects, the present version of the invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus that substantially fulfills this need. Additionally, the prior patents and commercial techniques do not suggest the present inventive combination of component elements arranged and configured as disclosed herein.

The present invention achieves its intended purposes, objects, and advantages through a new, useful and unobvious combination of method steps and component elements, with the use of a minimum number of functioning parts, at a reasonable cost to manufacture, and by employing only readily available materials.

SUMMARY

The present version of the invention, which will be described in greater detail hereinafter, relates to the field of therapeutic cooling devices. More specifically, this version of the invention is concerned with a movable and adjustable stand that houses an medical cast cooler in proximity to an medical cast worn by a user in order to provide the medical cast with a continuous supply of cooling solution. My version of the invention overcomes all of the shortcomings listed previously, in addition to novel aspects that will be described in detail hereinafter.

Described briefly, according to a typical embodiment, the invention presents an adjustable and movable stand for medical cast cooler. The stand supports an medical cast cooler containing cooling solution above a floor, ground, or support surface so that the cooling solution contained within the cooler can be delivered to an medical cast being worn by a user or patient in need of cold and compression therapy. The stand can be adjusted in height to align the medical cast cooler so as to provide the optimum height or alignment of the medical cast cooler with respect to the medical cast or patient and can be moved about over a floor, ground, or support surface should a user or patient desire to be ambulatory.

The stand is comprised of a cylindrical container and a pedestal, said container attached to the top end of the pedestal. The container, which has an open top and encloses an interior space or cavity, is further comprised of a continuous lateral sidewall and a disc-shaped bottom sidewall. The lateral sidewall is surrounded by a first band located at the top edge of the lateral sidewall and by a second band located at the medial section of the lateral sidewall. The lateral sidewall is bisected into first and second sidewall members, and the bands are bisected into two band sections. The sidewall members are attached to each other at cooperating edges by hinges located on adjoining ends of the band sections. The first sidewall, hingedly attached to the second sidewall member, can be pivoted upon said hinges with respect to the second sidewall member, bottom sidewall. An aperture which remains attached to the is located within the first sidewall member proximate to the junction of the first sidewall member of the lateral sidewall and bottom sidewall.

The pedestal is comprised of an upright tubular assembly and a base. The tubular assembly is further comprised of a lower tubular member, locking collar, and upper tubular member with the upper tubular member telescopically engaged within the lower tubular member and maintained in position within said lower tubular member by the locking collar. The bottom sidewall of the container at the bottom surface thereof is attached to the top end of the upper tubular member. The base consists of a central hub, which is attached to the lower end of the lower tubular member and two cross members, said cross members disposed in perpendicular relation to each other. Wheels are located within the underside of the cross members at opposed ends thereof.

During use of the stand, an medical cast cooler is situated within the container of the stand, resting upon the bottom sidewall of the container and surrounded by the lateral sidewall. The flexible tube of the medical cast cooler is passed through the aperture of the first sidewall member of the container and extends for some distance therefrom to connection with an medical cast. As necessary, the height of the container and medical cast cooler positioned therein can be adjusted with respect to a floor, ground, or support surface and an medical cast to which the cooler is connected by extending or retracting the upper tubular member within the lower tubular member and securing the upper tubular member in place by means of the locking collar. Additionally, the stand can be positioned at various locations upon a floor, ground, or support surface by wheeling the stand upon the wheels of the base.

The cooler stand can be customized or adapted with various accessories. For instance, the height of the lateral sidewall of the container can be increased by use of a second sidewall, which is inserted within the lateral sidewall. The second or extensible sidewall engages the ‘lateral sidewall in slight frictional engagement and can be raised or lowered as necessary to accommodate medical cast coolers of varying size and capacity. Similarly, an medical cast cooler can be secured in place within the container and prevented from moving or being relocated within the container by inserting one or more flexible, resilient pads within the container between the inside surface of the lateral sidewall and cooler. To aid the base in supporting the tubular assembly and container in upright alignment, an outrigger stand can be detachable positioned upon the lower tubular member. The outrigger stand is comprised of a central collar, which receives the lower tubular member, four leg members pivotally attached to the collar, and four foot members, each of which is pivotally attached to a cooperating leg member. The foot members extend beyond the cross members and make contact with a floor, ground, or support surface so that the outrigger stand ‘can augment the base in stabilizing the cooler stand. A sensor with audible and visual alarm is attached to tubular assembly to signal a user should the cooler stand deviate from the upright or optimum position.

A swivel hinge on one side thereof is attached to the top of the upper tubular member and on a second side thereof to the bottom surface of the bottom sidewall of the container. As such, the container will rotate with respect to the pedestal to re-orient the container and medical cast cooler stored therein if the medical cast, connected to the cooler, varies its position so that the medical cast cooler and flexible tube remain properly aligned with the medical cast. Additionally, alignment of the flexible tube can be adjusted, varied, re-oriented, or secured in place with use of a tube support arm. The tube support arm consists of a first collar detachably secured around the upper tubular member, first arm, second arm, and second collar. The first arm is pivotally attached at a first end to the first collar and at a second end to a first end of the second arm. The second arm at a second end thereof is attached to the second collar. As such, the first and second arms, and second collars can be pivoted with respect to each other and the first collar secured to the upper tubular member. The flexible tube extending from the medical cast cooler is disposed within the second collar, which maintains the flexible tube a position necessary to facilitate delivery of cooling solution from the medical cast cooler through the flexible tube to the medical cast.

My invention, therefore, resides not in any one of these features per se, but rather in the particular combination of all of them herein disclosed. It is distinguished from the prior art in this particular combination of all of its structures for the functions specified.

In order that the detailed description of the invention may be better understood and that the present contribution to the art can be more fully appreciated, additional features of the invention will be described hereinafter. It should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the conception and the disclosed specific methods and structures may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present invention. It should be realized by those skilled in the art that such equivalent methods and structures do not depart from the spirit and scope of the invention.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention.

Accordingly, it is an object of my version of the invention to provide a low-cost, easy-to-manufacture, and easy-to-market movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler.

A further object, of my version of the invention is to provide an easy-to-use and versatile movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler.

A significant object of the invention is to provide a movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler that is comprised of a cylindrical container and a height-adjustable pedestal, the container having an open top and enclosing a cavity that receives and medical cast cooler, said container attached on the bottom side thereof to a top end of the pedestal; the container further comprised of a continuous lateral sidewall attached at the exterior edge of a disc-shaped bottom sidewall, the lateral sidewall bisected into first and second sidewall members that are attached to each other in mirror arrangement by hinges so that the first sidewall member can open and close with respect to the second sidewall member, which remains fixed to the disc-shaped sidewall and possessing an aperture to receive the flexible tube of an medical cast cooler; and the pedestal further comprised of a lower tubular member, an upper tubular member attached at a first end thereof to the bottom side of the bottom sidewall of the container and telescopically received at a second end thereof into the interior of the lower tubular member at a first end thereof, a locking collar located at the junction of the upper and lower tubular members, and a base with wheels, said base attached to the second end of the lower tubular member

A final but very significant object of the invention is to provide a movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler that contains and supports an medical cast cooler above a floor, ground, or support surface so that the medical cast cooler and stand can be moved relocated over the floor, ground, or support surface to accommodate the movement of a patient without the medical cast cooler's being toppled or tipped over during use, and for the stand to be adjusted in height so that the medical cast cooler can be aligned in the most optimum position with respect to an medical cast while the medical cast cooler is connected thereto.

For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention. The foregoing has outlined some of the more pertinent objects of the invention. These objects should be construed to be merely illustrative of some of the more prominent features and applications of the present invention. Many other beneficial results can be attained by applying the disclosed invention in a different manner or by modifying the invention within the scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, other objects and a fuller understanding of the invention may be had by referring to the summary of the invention and the detailed description of the preferred embodiment in addition to the scope of the invention illustrated by the accompanying drawings.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

Description

Referring now to the drawings and, in particular, toFIG. 1wherein there is illustrated a typical embodiment of the movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler10. The present version of the invention10is comprised of a cylindrical container12and a pedestal14, the container12on the bottom side thereof attached to the top end of the pedestal14. In this manner, the container12is maintained at some distance above a ground, floor, or support surface. The container12consists of a continuous, lateral sidewall16and a circular bottom sidewall18with a bottom edge of the lateral sidewall16located at the exterior edge of the bottom sidewall18. The lateral sidewall16and bottom sidewall18enclose or form a cavity20. The lateral sidewall16is further comprised of a first sidewall member22and a second sidewall member24, said sidewall members22,24generally identical in size and shape.

A first band26surrounds and is connected to the lateral sidewall16at a top edge thereof, and a second band28surrounds and is connected to the lateral sidewall16at the medial section thereof. The first band26is comprised of a first band section30that is attached to the first sidewall member22and a second band section32that is attached to the second sidewall member24. The second band28is comprised of a second band section34that is attached to the first sidewall member22and a second band section36that is attached to the second sidewall member24. The first30and second32band sections of the first band26are attached at cooperating ends to a first hinge38, and the first34and second36band sections of the second band28are attached at cooperating ends to a second hinge cooperating ends to a second hinge40. This construction is illustrated in more detail inFIG. 2. At opposing ends of the first section and the second section are removably engaged as shown inFIG. 3wherein the cooler can be inserted into the interior cavity of the container.

An aperture42is located within the container12, specifically within the first sidewall member22of the lateral sidewall16at the junction of the first sidewall member22and the bottom sidewall18. The container12′ receives in the cavity20thereof and medical cast cooler jug, and the tube of the jug, which is attached to an medical cast, extends through the aperture42.

Referring again toFIG. 1, the pedestal12is comprised of an upright tubular assembly44and a base46. The tubular assembly44is further comprised of a lower tubular member48, a upper tubular member50, and a locking collar54. The lower tubular member48and upper tubular member50are telescopically engaged with the upper:tubular member50received within the lower tubular member48. As such, the upper tubular member50can be extended or retracted, with respect to the lower tubular member48. The container12, attached at the bottom sidewall18thereof to the top end of the upper tubular member50, is thus raised or lowered in response to extension or retraction of the upper tubular member50. The locking collar52is comprised of a—tubular member54and a rotatable handle56. The tubular member54is attached to the top end of the lower tubular member48and receives the lower end of the upper tubular member50as said tubular member50is extended from or retracted, into the lower tubular member48. The rotatable handle56is connected to a pin or similar device that makes contact with the lower tubular member50as the handle56is rotated in a particular direction, locking said tubular member50in. place with respect to the lower tubular member48once said tubular member50and container12are adjusted to an appropriate height above a floor, ground, or support surface.

The base46, attached medially to the bottom end of the lower tubular member48, is comprised of a central hub68and two cross members60,62, which are disposed in perpendicular relation to each other60,62. Wheels64are located within the undersides of the cross members60,62at opposed ends thereof.

Referring toFIG. 3, therein illustrated is the movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler10showing the rear side thereof. The second sidewall member24is pivoted open upon hinges38,40and away from the first sidewall member22, which remains attached to the bottom sidewall18, to reveal the interior of the container12. Second band sections32,36, which are connected to the second sidewall member24, are also separated from first band sections30,34, which are connected to the first sidewall member22, respectively. The bottom sidewall18is fully exposed and accessible as necessary to position an medical cast cooler jug within the container12upon the bottom sidewall18.

A typical medical cast cooler jug66is illustrated inFIG. 4. The jug66is comprised of a hollow, cylindrical container68, detachable lid70, and handle72pivotally attached to the top side of the container68. A collar74is located on the container proximate to the bottom end thereof and surrounds a flexible hose76extending from said collar and contiguous section of container68. The flexible hose76is hollow and transports coolant solution, typically ice water stored within the container68, from the container68to an medical cast (not shown) worn by a patient. As illustrated inFIG. 5, the medical cast cooler jug66is situated within the cavity20of the container12. More specifically, the container68of the jug66is resting upon the bottom sidewall18and is enclosed by the lateral sidewall16. The flexible hose76extends from the container68of the jug66through the aperture42of the first sidewall member22of the cooler container12. As such, stand10supports the jug66above a floor, ground, or support surface while the free end of the hose76, extending from the container68of the jug66at a first end thereof, can be attached to an medical cast (not shown) at a second, free end thereof. Cooling solution stored within the container68of the jug will be transported by force of gravity from the container68of the jug66through the flexible hose76and ultimately to the medical cast to provide simultaneous cold and compression therapy to the skin, muscles, and other tissue encased within the medical cast.

The medical cast cooler stand10can be modified or customized with various accessories or devices to-enhance and improve its functionality in a various applications. InFIG. 6, for instance, the medical cast cooler stand10is illustrated with an extensible sidewall78aligned for insertion into the container12of the stand10so that the exterior sidewall is located adjacent to and enclosed by the lateral sidewall16. The extensible sidewall78is a circular! and continuous in shape so as to conform to the shape of the lateral sidewall16. An indentation80is located along the bottom edge of the extensible sidewall78and is aligned with the aperture of the lateral sidewall16of the container12when the extensible sidewall78. is inserted therein. As illustrated inFIG. 7, the extensible sidewall78is inserted within the lateral sidewall16of the container12with the top edge of the extensible sidewall78extending above the top edge of the lateral sidewall16. The extensible sidewall78can be raised or lowered with respect to the lateral sidewall16so as to increase the holding capacity of the container12as necessary to accommodate cooler jugs of varying size and capacity. The outer surface of the extensible sidewall78makes slight frictional engagement with the inner surface of the lateral sidewall16as necessary to maintain the extensible sidewall78in position against the lateral sidewall16when the extensible sidewall78is raised or lowered as needed. When the extensible sidewall78is lowered within the container12against the lateral sidewall16thereof, the indentation80aligns with the aperture42in order to permit the flexible tube76of the container jug66to extend out and from the container12.

InFIG. 8, therein is illustrated a series of flexible, resilient pads82,84,86,88. The pads82,84,86,88are comprised of compressible, resilient material, such as rubber, foam, and the like and are inserted into the container12of a cooler stand10to occupy any space that may exist between the exterior surface of the container of the cooler jug and inner surface of the lateral sidewall16of the container12in order to prevent the cooler jug from becoming displaced from an optimum or initial position within the container12. The pads82,84,86,88, when configured as illustrated, form a central space or area that can be occupied by a cooler jug. As displayed inFIG. 9, the pads82,84,86,88are inserted into the container12of the stand10with the exterior sides of the pads82,84,86,88making contact with the inner surface30of the lateral sidewall16of the container12. The central or inner space formed by the pads82,84,86,88can be occupied by a cooler jug, and any space between the cooler jug and inner surface of the lateral sidewall16of the container12is taken up by the pads82,84,86,88. In this manner, the cooler jug can be prevented from sliding, moving, or otherwise being displaced from its original or optimal position within the container12.

InFIG. 10, the cooler stand10is illustrated with an outrigger stand90releasably attached to the lower tubular member48. The outrigger stand90can be fitted temporarily or permanently to the cooler stand10to improve the stability of the cooler stand10as necessary. Additional stability for the cooler stand10may be required, for instance, when the upper tubular member50is fully extended from the lower tubular member48, when the capacity of the cooler jug positioned within the container12is larger than normal, or when the environment in which the cooler. stand10is being used may subject the cooler stand10to conditions thatmay reduce or otherwise negatively affect the stability of the cooler stand10. The outrigger stand90is comprised of a central collar92that is positioned around the lower tubular member48, four narrow, elongate legs94that extend from the central collar92approximately every 90 degrees of arc, and footpads96. Each leg94is pivotally attached at a first end to a cooperating hinge on the collar92and pivotally attached at a second end to a cooperating hinge on a respective footpad. In this manner, the legs94can be individually raised’ or lowered with respect to the collar92, and each footpad96can be pivoted upon a leg94to conform to a floor, ground, or support surface.

InFIG. 11, the cooler stand10is fitted on the lower tubular member48of the pedestal14thereof with a motion sensor and alarm102. The sensor102detects and notifies by alarm signals a user of any movement or motion that could cause the cooler stand10to tip over and fall. The motion sensor and alarm102is comprised in part of an exterior housing that contains motion sensing circuitry and power source well known in prior art and design, a visual alarm106, such as a blinking light source, and an audible alarm108, such as a buzzer, ringer, or the like.

In certain applications, it becomes necessary to reposition or reorient the cooler jug66or flexible tube76so that the flexible tube76can accommodate the location, position, or attitude of the user wearing an medical cast, to which the flexible tube is attached. In some cases, the cooler jug66can be repositioned by moving the cooler stand10upon the wheels64, or the upper tubular member50can be extended or retracted within the lower tubular member48, as described previously. In some situations, however, it may be difficult or impossible to relocate the cooler stand10upon its wheels64or adjust the height of the tubular assembly44because of cramped quarters, intervening furniture, clutter, and the like. One alternative to relocating or moving the entire cooler stand10is to rotate or reorient the container12so that the direction and orientation of the flexible tube76can be re-aligned. As shown inFIG. 12, a rotatable or swivel hinge110(shown in phantom line) is attached on a first side thereof to the top of the upper tubular member50and on an opposed second side to the bottom side of the bottom sidewall18. As such, the container12can be rotated with respect to the pedestal14as shown by directional arrows. The swivel hinge110, illustrated in more detail inFIG. 13, is comprised30of a ring-shaped outer band112and a disc-shaped inner hub114. A series of ball bearings116is located partially within the outer edge of the of the hub114and inner edge of the outer band112, thereby permitting the outer band112to rotate with respect to the hub114. The swivel hinge110is thus secured to the cooler stand10by means of the outer band112attached at a first side thereof to the bottom side of the bottom sidewall18and the hub114attached at an opposed second side thereof to the top of” the upper tubular member50.

Referring toFIG. 14, therein illustrated is the medical cast cooler stand10with a tube support arm118releasably attached to the upper tubular member50between the bottom sidewall18and collar52. The tube support arm118is comprised of a first collar120, first arm122, second arm124, and second collar126. The first arm at a first end thereof is pivotally attached to the first collar120at hinge128and at an opposed second end pivotally attached to a first end of the second arm124at hinge130. The second arm124at a second end opposed to the first end’ attached to the first arm122is pivotally attached to the second collar.126at hinge132. The second collar126as illustrated contains the free end of the flexible tube76. In this manner, the second collar and cooperating end of the flexible tube76can be retracted to and from the upper tubular member50and container12and can be raised or lowered with respect to the upper tubular member and container12. The tube support arm118′ thus functions to maintain the end of the flexible tube76in various positions as necessary to ensure the continued and uninterrupted flow of cooling solution from the cooler66to the medical cast (not shown).

Referring toFIG. 15in an alternative embodiment of the present invention, cylindrical container12can be removable attached to pedestal14. Referring toFIGS. 16,17,18, and there is depicted an enlarged view of the connection between the cylindrical container12and pedestal14. The bottom side of cylindrical container12is adapted with adapted with a shaft200which extends linearly downward therefrom. The upper end210of pedestal14is hollow therethrough thereby allowing for the insertion of shaft200therein. Locking mechanism56secures shaft200in place locking mechanism further includes bore202and pin220. As depicted, at a predetermined location, bore225extends horizontally through shaft200. Bore225is adapted with threads to secure pin220in place. On opposing sides of the upper end210of pedestal14are apertures aligned with bore225. Pin220is adapted with a release mechanism221for the removal of pin220from aperture202.

The removal of cylindrical container12from pedestal14allows the stand to be used interchangeable for other uses. In the alternative embodiment the base of an Intravenous (IV) stand can be adapted with shaft200thereby allowing for the insertion and removal of the IV into the upper end of210of pedestal14.FIG. 15illustrates the container (12) with shaft member (200) attached to the bottom side of wall (18) of container (12).FIG. 15ashows tube17attached to medical cuff (315) for delivery of a cooling solution from cooler66through tube76into cuff (315).FIG. 15bshows IV stand upper portion being interchangeable upon pedestal14. IV Stand has shaft200which inserts210. As shown IV the stand comprises a shaft member (200) with IV hooks perpendicularly attached to the upper end of shaft200.FIG. 15cshows a cutaway view of the interchangeable container of the present invention.FIG. 15dshows a cutaway view of the interchangeable IV stand of the present invention.

While this version of the invention has been illustrated and described in detail in the drawings and foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only the preferred embodiment has been shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the version of the invention are desired to be protected. With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.

All changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the version of the invention. are desired to be protected. With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily

While this version of the and described in detail in description, the same is to be not restrictive in character, the preferred embodiment has, be invention has been illustrated the drawings and foregoing considered as illustrative and it being understood that only en shown and described and that all changes and modifications that come within the spirit of the version of the invention are desired to be protected. With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention.

Conclusion and Scope of Invention

From the foregoing, it will be understood by persons skilled in the art that an improved movable and adjustable stand for medical cast cooler has been provided. The invention is relatively simple and easy to manufacture, yet affords a variety of uses. While my description-contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the version of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of the preferred embodiment thereof. The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the Principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation—shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention. Although this invention has been described in its preferred form with a certain degree of particularity, it is understood that the present disclosure of the preferred” form has been made only by way of example and numerous changes in the details ‘of construction and combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.