Patent ID: 7415839

Claim:
An apparatus for placement in a cooler of ice, the cooler having an ice compartment for holding pieces of ice and liquid and for holding items to be cooled, including food items, fluid containers, medicine and medical materials, and industrial and commercial materials, the ice compartment having a floor, the apparatus comprising: an elongated sleeve structure configured for readily removable placement in the ice compartment, said sleeve structure having a base portion and a medial portion and defining a chamber and an opening in communication with said chamber; a suction structure connected to said base portion for releasably attaching said base portion to the floor of the ice compartment; a flexible coupling connected to said base portion and to said medial portion for allowing said medial portion to be angled with respect to said base portion; and said chamber being configured to receive an item, such that upon placement of said sleeve structure into the ice compartment and said sleeve structure being bordered by pieces of ice in the ice compartment, such item is substantially isolated from contact with the pieces of ice.