Patent ID: 8479947

Claim:
A dual compartment cooler, comprising: a substantially rectangular cooler assembly having a cooler body divided by an interior dividing wall into a first compartment with a first floor panel and a second compartment with a second floor panel, said second compartment having a plurality of detents; at least one carrying handle attached to said cooler body; an interior horizontal shelf assembly for partitioning the second compartment into a first partition and a second partition; a first lid for selectively covering said first compartment; a second lid for selectively cover said second compartment; and said interior horizontal shelf assembly comprising: a first release handle comprising a first center member, a first horizontal member attached to a first end of said first center member and perpendicularly extending therefrom, and a first pair of vertical members located at each distal end of said first horizontal member perpendicularly extending away therefrom; a first two pin features in mechanical communication with a second end of said first center member a second release handle comprising a second center member, a second horizontal member attached to a first end of said second center member and perpendicularly extending therefrom, and a second pair of vertical members located at each distal end of said second horizontal member perpendicularly extending away therefrom; a second two in features in mechanical communication with a second end of said second center member; wherein said first release handle controls said first two in features to selectively fit into a first two of said plurality of detents; and, wherein said second release handle controls said second two pins features said to selectively fit into a second two of said plurality of detents.