Patent ID: 7677580

Claim:
A travel cooler assembly, comprising: (a) a wheeled platform including, (i) a base, and (ii) a plurality of wheels mounted to said base for rolling movement of said wheeled platform; and (b) an insulated container including, (i) a rim and a lid, (ii) collapsible walls on which said rim and lid are supported, and (iii) a bottom wall from which said collapsible walls extend, (iv) wherein said collapsible walls and said bottom wall define a waterproof cooler, and (v) wherein said insulated container is configured to be selectively coupled to, and uncoupled from, said wheeled platform; (c) wherein said wheeled platform defines a container receiving recess within which a bottom portion of said insulated container is received when said insulated container is coupled to said wheeled platform, said collapsible walls of said insulated container extending out of said container receiving recess defined by said wheeled platform when said insulated container is coupled to said wheeled platform in a first configuration, and said collapsible walls being in a collapsed condition when said insulated container is coupled to said wheeled platform in a second configuration; and (d) wherein said insulated container further includes a drain conduit and said container receiving recess includes an opening configured to receive said drain conduit therein when said insulated container is coupled to said wheeled platform, and said opening is located at or near a bottom surface of the base.