Patent ID: 8517211

Claim:
A method of ventilating a cooler having interior moisture, the cooler including a perimeter wall having an inner wall portion, an outer wall portion and a top edge, where the top edge has a width, the cooler also including a lid, said method comprising: opening the lid of the cooler; stretching first and second elastically yielding arms of a ventilation apparatus from a first position to a second position, wherein the first position defines a first gap between the first and second arms and the second position defines a second gap between the first and second arms, wherein the second gap is larger than the width of the top edge of the perimeter wall and wherein the first gap is smaller than the width of the top edge of the perimeter wall, wherein the first and second arms are non-metallic and wherein the first and second arms have a symmetrical shape; placing the first arm adjacent to the inner wall portion of the perimeter wall and placing the second arm adjacent to the outer wall portion of the perimeter wall, wherein the top edge of the perimeter wall is between the first arm and the second arm; releasing the first arm and the second arm to maintain a pinching force on the perimeter wall; and, closing the lid onto the ventilation apparatus, so as to maintain a ventilation space between the lid and the perimeter wall, allowing evaporation of the interior moisture through the ventilation space.