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An integral floating cooler structure including a barge member having a barge bottom and barge sides with a storage chest having a chest bottom formed in common with the barge bottom, and chest sides of less thickness that the barge sides and having lower portions formed in common with the barge sid

An integral floating cooler structure including a barge member having a barge bottom and barge sides with a storage chest having a chest bottom formed in common with the barge bottom, and chest sides of less thickness that the barge sides and having lower portions formed in common with the barge sides. The chest bottom and said chest sides are of thickness sufficient to provide thermal insulation. The barge bottom and the barge sides are displacement volume sufficient to provide buoyancy for the cooler structure. The exterior surfaces of the chest sides; the barge sides and the barge bottom forms a common exterior surface for the cooler structure. The interior surface of the chest bottom and the chest sides forms a common interior surface for the cooler structure.

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A floating cooler chest comprising: (a) an integral molded body having: (i) a storage chest having: (a) rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a first inner cavity, (b) the first inner cavity having rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a first common inner surface, and (c

A floating cooler chest comprising: (a) an integral molded body having: (i) a storage chest having: (a) rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a first inner cavity, (b) the first inner cavity having rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a first common inner surface, and (c) the sides and bottom of the storage chest being of sufficient thickness to provide thermal insulation; (ii) a personal effects safe having: (a) rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a second inner cavity; (b) the second inner cavity having rectangular sides and a rectangular bottom defining a second common inner surface; and (c) one of the rectangular sides formed in common with the lower portion of one of the rectangular sides of the storage chest; (iii) the sides of the storage chest that are not formed in common with a side personal effects safe and the sides of the personal effects safe that are not formed in common with a side of the storage chest defining an outer side surface; (iv) the bottom of the storage chest and the bottom of the personal effects safe defining a continuous lower surface; (v) the lower portion of the outer side surface extending outwardly in all directions to form a barge member having barge side surfaces, a barge top surface and a barge bottom surface, and having a displacement volume sufficient to provide buoyancy for the floating cooler chest; (iv) the barge bottom surface formed in common with the continuous lower surface of the storage chest and personal effects safe; (vii) the lower portion of the outer side surface immediately above the barge member curving downwardly and outwardly as a radius merging with the barge top surface, and defining curved side surfaces; (viii) a plurality of cylindrical cavities formed in the upper portion of the barge member through the barge top surface and curved side surface, and defining inner cylindrical cavity surfaces; (ix) two opposite barge side surfaces curving downwardly and under the barge to merge with the barge bottom surface, and defining end bottom curve surfaces; (x) end recesses formed in opposite ends of the bottom of the barge through the end bottom curve surfaces, and defining inner end recess surface; (xi) the outer side surface, continuous lower surface, barge bottom surface, barge top surface, barge side surfaces, curved side surfaces, inner cylindrical cavity surfaces, end bottom curve surfaces and inner end recess surfaces defining a common exterior surface; and (b) a closure lid (in hinged connection with the) on top of the storage chest, releasing latching means for latching said closure lid in closed position, and sealing means for sealing the juncture of the closure lid with the top of the storage chest; (c) a closure cover in removably (latched and) sealed relation with the top of the personal effects safe; (d) towing eyes attached to the top of the barge near two corners at the same end of the barge; and (e) the first common inner surface, second common inner surface, and common exterior surface being formed in a mold as skins which enclose a cavity being filled with a hardened buoyant foam material.