Refrigeration – Portable – commodity-containing – Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant
Reexamination Certificate
2003-04-07
2004-02-10
Jones, Melvin (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Portable, commodity-containing
Mutually supported commodity and solid coolant
C062S457200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06688133
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1) Field of the Invention
This invention relate to containers for cooling and presenting bottles and cans of soda, beer, other beverages and the like and more particularly to such containers which utilize melting ice as the cooling media and include a built in drain for the liquid resulting from the melted ice.
2) Description of the Prior Art
Cooling containers, such as seen in U.S. Pat. No. 5,596,880, are known in the art, but must be disposed adjacent to a drain so the drain hose
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thereof can drain the container. Likewise in U.S. Pat. No. 958,931, drain hose “g” must be disposed lose to a drain. In either case, if a drain is not close, the entire cooling device must be moved to the vicinity of a drain so that the drain hose can reach it.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention solves the draining problem by providing a cooling container, for containing ice and containers of cooled beverages, with a supporting base, with the latter having a “doored” opening therein for receiving an easily removable drain receptacle. The bottom of the cooling container has a medially located drain opening therein which connects to a drain hose, with the latter extending to and emptying into the drain receptacle. When it is desired to empty the drain receptacle, the door in the supporting base is opened to access the receptacle, and the latter removed to be dumped in a drain without having to move the entire setup to the vicinity of the drain.
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Jones Melvin
Shall Harold D.
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