초록

A shelf and a cooler are constructed so that the shelf can be supported in vertical or horizontal positions within the cooler, in a horizontal position on one of the handle assemblies of the cooler, or on top of the lid of the cooler.

대표청구항 ▼

In combination: a cooler having a horizontally extending bottom wall, parallel front and back walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and parallel end walls extending oetween the front and back walls, each of the front and back walls having an inside surface which is provided with vertically

In combination: a cooler having a horizontally extending bottom wall, parallel front and back walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, and parallel end walls extending oetween the front and back walls, each of the front and back walls having an inside surface which is provided with vertically extending retaining means for holding a shelf in a vertical position and horizontally extending supporting means for holding a shelf in a horizontal position, and a generally flat shelf having a pair of side edges, the side edges being engageable with the retaining means on the front and back walls of the cooler when the shelf is retained in a generally vertical position, the side edges being engageable with the supporting means on the front and back walls of the cooler when the shelf is supported in a generally horizontal position, the shelf including at least one tongue which extends generally perpendicularly to the generally flat surface of the shelf so as to engage one of the vertically extending retaining means whereby the shelf is restrained from horizontal movement when in the horizontal position.