Abstract:
A cooler with bladders filled with liquid attached to dispensers and placed in the interior of the cooler. The base of the cooler has recesses and channels to capture melted ice and provide cooling for the bladders. There is a front telescoping handle and a rear telescoping handle with a pair of wheels for transport. A pair of dispensers at equidistance apart, each having a control mechanism and an outlet, is mateable with bladders with either one or two liquid conduits.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a portable cooler having a pair of bladders for liquid containment connectable to a pair of dispensers, a base floor for melted ice overflow to cool the liquid in the bladders, and a pair of opposed telescoping handles for transport. 
     It is an object of the invention to a pair of bladders for storing liquid, such as soda, connectable to a pair of dispensers. 
     It is another object of the invention to provide a base floor having recessed wells formed with recessed channels to capture melted ice and further cool the liquid in the bladders. 
     It is another object of the invention a strainer for food and ice storage which is removeable from the cooler. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide new and improved portable cooler. 
     The invention is a cooler with bladders filled with liquid attached to a faucet and placed in the interior of the cooler. Ice is placed in a strainer to cool the bladders and other food contents. The base of the cooler has indentations for water flow. There is a front telescoping handle and a rear telescoping handle with a pair of wheels. 
     A pair of dispensers at equidistance apart, each having a control mechanism and an outlet, is constructed through the front wall. A handle with a pair of arms is hingedly attached near the top edge of the front wall. Bladders for liquids are provided which can mate with the inlet of the dispenser positioned within the inner wall of the cooler. There are two bladders with a single outlet or one bladder with two outlets to connect to both dispensers. 
     A strainer, having an outer lip, mounts on an inner edge formed on the inner surface of the cooler. Formed on the floor of the cooler is a plurality of circular recesses formed with channels to accommodate melted ice. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of the present invention with a lid removed. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a container and bladders of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a front plan view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a rear plan view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 5  is a top plan view of the present invention with the lid removed. 
         FIG. 6  is a side cross-sectional view of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     Referring to the drawings in general, an embodiment of the present invention  10  will now be described in greater detail. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the invention  10  comprises a body  12  formed of insulating material, such as Styrofoam. The body  12  has a vertical front wall  14 , a vertical rear wall  16 , vertical side walls  18  and a bottom wall  20 . There is a cavity defined therein by the walls, and the walls each have an interior and exterior surface. A cover  22  is provided. The cover  22  may be attached by hinge means or detachable as illustrated. A bin  24  is dimensioned to be mounted in the body. 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , an inner ridge  26  is formed along the inner surface of the walls of the body  12 . As illustrated in  FIGS. 1 and 2 , the bin  24  is preferably a strainer  28  having end walls  30 , side walls  32  and a bottom wall  34  with passages  36  formed through the walls thereto. A lip  38  depends outwardly, and allows the strainer  28  to be mounted on the inner ridge of the body  12 . The strainer  28  holds ice and food products, and sits off of the bottom wall  20 . 
     At least one dispenser  40 , having a control mechanism  42  and providing an outlet  44 , is disposed through the front wall  14  and via an outwardly threaded inlet port  46  is in communication with the interior cavity of the body  12 . A liquid container  48  having a liquid conduit  50  and an internally threaded cap end  52 , is mateable with the inlet port  46 . As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , the container  48  can either have duel liquid conduits  50  to engage with a pair of dispensers  40 . The container  48  can thus have the same liquid contents flowing through a pair of dispensers  40 . The container is preferably a rubber bladder rubber, which is already well known. It can be flattened to lie on the bottom wall  20  below the strainer  28 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , a plurality of recessed wells  54  and recessed channels  56  are formed in the interior surface of the bottom wall  20 . The channels  56  are aligned parallel and perpendicular to each other forming a plurality of squares with the recessed wells  54  intersecting and connecting at the corner of each square. Ice positioned in the strainer  28  melts and cool water stands on the bottom wall  20 . Since the recessed wells  54  and recessed channels  56  interlink, the temperature of the water is maintained at a constant. The liquid contents of the liquid containers  48  can thus be maintain at a lower, constant temperature. 
       FIG. 6  illustrates the liquid container  48  engaged with the dispenser  40  and positioned below the strainer  28 . Once the contents of the liquid container  48  are eliminated, the strainer  28  is removed, the container  48  disengaged from the dispenser, and another container having a single liquid conduit or a duel liquid conduit can be used as a replacement. 
     On the front wall  14  a generally U-shaped extendable front handle  60  having a release button  62  is disposed on a frame consisting of a pair of rods  64  having first and second ends. The second end of the rods  64  is mounted to the exterior surface of the front wall  14 . The handle  60  is extendable through well known telescoping means, and is retractable to a stored positioned against the front wall  14 . 
     On the rear wall  16 , an extendable handle  70  having a pair of parallel arms  72  and a release button  74  is disposed on a support frame  76  comprised of a pair of longitudinal upright guide channels  78 . The guide channels  78  are mounted on the exterior surface of the rear wall  16 . 
     A pair of retractable wheels  80  positioned at opposed ends of a rod  82 , with a release button  84  disposed on the rod  82 , are mounted on the rear wall below the extendable handle  70 . When the release button  84  is depressed the rod  82  rotates downwardly and allows the wheels to touch the ground surface and provide support for the body  12 . 
     The handles  60 ,  70  and the wheels  80  can be adjusted for lifting and transport. The rear wall  16  may have a recessed cavity  90  to allow the wheels to rotate to a stored position so that the exterior surface of the bottom wall lies flat on the ground. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims attached. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description only and should not be regarded as limiting the scope and intent of the invention.