Patent ID: 7178343

Claim:
A wine cooler and humidor comprising: a rectangular cabinet comprising, a base including four vertically oriented sidewalls, four vertically oriented legs, and a horizontally oriented bottom side, wherein the legs define four corners of the cabinet, each of the sidewalls are joined between a pair of legs, and the bottom side is attached to lower edges of the four sidewalls and to sides of the legs and positioned above a supporting surface; and a lid hingedly attached to an upper portion of the base, the lid including four side edges and a topside; a bottle tray having an upper and lower surface, the tray positioned within an upper area defined by the base in a generally horizontal manner, the bottle tray including, a first plurality of generally semicircular recesses formed in the tray, each of which are adapted to receive a wine bottle, the recesses being positioned laterally next to each other, and a plurality of longitudinal circulation slots disposed through the bottle tray, wherein the plurality of slots are adapted for assisting with air circulation within the wine cooler; and a thermoelectric cooling system comprising at least one thermoelectric couple, each thermoelectric couple having a cold and hot junction, wherein the cold junction is attached to the lower surface of the bottle tray and a first heat sink is attached to the hot junction, wherein the at least one thermoelectric couple is adapted to be powered by a 12 VDC source.