Patent ID: 8215515

Claim:
A floating beverage cooler apparatus comprising: a flotation bladder having an inflatable portion; a protective cover adapted to enclose and cover the flotation bladder, the protective cover providing a bottom panel spanning an underside of the flotation bladder; a storage flap configured to be at least partially selectively engaged substantially centrally with the bottom panel, substantially about a free portion of a peripheral edge of the storage flap, forming a cavity therebetween, the storage flap having a means for allowing water to pass therethrough; and a securing means integral substantially about the free portion of the peripheral edge of the storage flap and configured for selective engagement with a corresponding securing means integral with the bottom panel; whereby, the storage flap is capable of selective engagement with the bottom panel in each of a first position, wherein the formed cavity is positioned substantially below the bottom panel when the apparatus is in use, and an opposing second position, wherein substantially all of the deflated flotation bladder and protective cover is positioned within the formed cavity when the apparatus is not in use.