Patent ID: 8740010

Claim:
A cooler assembly, comprising: a cooler shell, comprising a bottom wall, a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of opposing sidewalls to define a box structure; a compartment interior having a divider wall therein; a lid hingedly attached to said rear wall at an upper perimeter thereof; a fastening means for fastening said lid to said front wall; a pair of wheels each attached to opposing distal ends of an axle integral to and transversing a width of said bottom wall adjacent to a bottom edge of one of said rear wall; and, a handle assembly located on an outer surface of said rear wall, comprising: a handle housing comprising an integral portion of said rear wall; a pair of handle slide ways each vertically disposed within said handle housing; a handle comprising a pair of vertical supports and a horizontal grip connected between upper ends of said pair of vertical supports; a pair of handle stops located on each lower end of said pair of vertical supports; and a pair of slide way plugs each disposed within lower open ends of said pair of handle slide ways; wherein each of said pair of vertical supports slidingly moves along an interior of each of said pair of handle slide ways; and, wherein said pair of handle stops limits upward travel of said handle when abutting a tapered portion of each of handle slide ways; wherein said divider wall is an integral portion of said cooler shell; wherein said lid is removably secured to an opposing one of said pair of first sidewalls at an upper perimeter edge thereof when in a closed position; and, wherein said cooler shell and said lid comprise an insulating material.