Patent ID: 7055834

Claim:
A stand for supporting a cooler and items used with the cooler, the stand comprising: a) first and second side members, each side member having a forward leg and a rear leg joined at their tops by a horizontal element, one of the legs having a lower portion that is bent outward for enhanced stability; b) a rear member and a front member, each having two downward directed legs, the legs joined at their tops by a horizontal element, the legs of one of the rear member or the front member having a lower portion that is bent outward to correspond to the outward bend in the legs of the side members; c) opposed elongate rigid first panels fastened to the undersides of the horizontal elements of the front and rear members and extending inward sufficiently to support lower front and rear edges of a cooler thereon when the stand is assembled; d) the side members and the front and rear members formed of rectangular section tubing; e) a plurality of through holes in the legs of the side members and the front and rear members, the holes aligned so as to receive fasteners securing each side member leg to a leg of one of the front and rear members; and f) a plurality of fasteners for removable insertion in the through holes to reversibly join the side members to the front and rear members securely together with flat faces of the rectangular tubing juxtaposed to form a rigid frame.