Patent ID: 8561422

Claim:
A portable canned drink cooler and dispenser, comprising: a tube comprising an outer wall and an inner wall with a webbing between the walls connecting the walls, the inner wall forming a generally cylindrical inner chamber comprising a length that slidably holds multiple drink cans end-to-end; spaces between the inner and outer walls and between the webbing forming longitudinal thermal chambers surrounding the inner wall suitable for receiving thermal packs along the length of the inner chamber; and the inner chamber comprising an access opening at a front end of the tube for receiving and dispensing the drink cans endwise; an elevator in the inner chamber for moving the drink cans toward the access opening, the elevator comprising an elevator plate slidably mounted in the inner chamber, and cords or rods attached to the elevator plate and extending from the front end of the tube that pull the elevator plate toward the front end of the tube to move the drink cans toward the access opening; the elevator plate comprising diametrically opposed slide bars slidably engaged in longitudinal tracks formed in the inner wall, one of the cords or rods attached to each of the slide bars and extending from the front end of the tube for manually pulling the elevator toward the access opening via the cords or rods; wherein the elevator plate comprises sides that converge toward each other and away from the inner wall with increasing distance behind a front surface of the elevator plate to prevent binding of the elevator plate against the inner wall; wherein the sides of the elevator plate are formed as a surface of rotation with a sectional radius centered approximately at the diametrically opposite side of the elevator plate, wherein no degree of canting of the plate can cause binding of the plate in the inner chamber.