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A cooler insert for organizing articles inside a cooler. The insert is adapted for receiving tubular members. The tubular members are sized to hold beverage containers such as two liter bottles and the like. The insert provides an interconnecting structure for arranging the tubular members in modula

A cooler insert for organizing articles inside a cooler. The insert is adapted for receiving tubular members. The tubular members are sized to hold beverage containers such as two liter bottles and the like. The insert provides an interconnecting structure for arranging the tubular members in modular fashion.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cooling apparatus, comprising:a plurality of tubular members having a flange disposed at a first end of each said tubular member and capable of receiving a container to be cooled through an opening at a second end opposite the first end, the tubular member surrounding t

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A cooling apparatus, comprising:a plurality of tubular members having a flange disposed at a first end of each said tubular member and capable of receiving a container to be cooled through an opening at a second end opposite the first end, the tubular member surrounding the container;a portable cooler having a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls, and an opening at a first end of the side walls, the portable cooler having a channel defined therein, the channel being formed between a bottom surface of the cooler and a pair of opposed protruding members that extend above and substantially parallel to the bottom surface, the channel sized to he capable of receiving each flange such that each of the plurality of tubular members is capable of sliding into the channel and being positioned in a plurality of locations along the length of the channel; and,wherein the flange is wider than the distance between the opposed protruding members such that the flange is captured by the opposed protruding members and guided substantially along a longitudinal plane substantially parallel to the bottom wall.