Patent ID: 7604290

Claim:
A portable cooler bench seat comprising: a) a cooler body having a bottom wall and sidewalls depending peripherally therefrom, said bottom wall having a recess to accommodate a base; b) a hinged, padded cover enclosing a top opening of said cooler body and providing a cushioned seat; c) an extendible, retractable back support slidable vertically in and out of a a housing mounted on a rear sidewall of said cooler body; and d) a pair of substantially U-shaped legs extending vertically down from openings in a bottom of said recess of said bottom wall, said legs being extendable and retractable; and e) a bottom surface of said base having recessed channels to accommodate horizontal portions of said U-shaped legs whereby when said legs are retracted into said body said horizontal portions of said legs are flush with a bottom of said cooler body.