US 7,458,589 B2
Stacked arrangements of travel coolers
Matthew Alexander Vanderberg, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Ian D. Kovacevich, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Daniel Lee Bizzell, Charlotte, N.C. (US); and Chris Hoy, Charlotte, N.C. (US)
Assigned to M & C Innovations, LLC, Charlotte, N.C. (US)
Filed on Apr. 25, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/380,203.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/674622, filed on Apr. 25, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0237928 A1, Oct. 26, 2006
Int. Cl. B62B 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 280—47.26  [280/33.998; 280/47.17; 280/47.34; 280/47.35] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stacked arrangement of travel coolers, comprising:
(a) a plurality of travel coolers arranged in at least one stacking pair;
(b) wherein each travel cooler includes,
(i) a base including a bottom surface,
(ii) a pair of wheels mounted to said base for rolling movement of said base, each said wheel of said pair being disposed on a respective lateral side of said base,
(iii) an insulated container having an interior, insulated space for receiving and preserving perishable food items,
(iv) a front end of said base, and
(v) a rear end of said base, said pair of wheels being mounted closer to said front end of said base than said rear end of said base; and
(c) wherein each stacking pair includes an upper travel cooler disposed on top of a lower travel cooler,
(i) said bottom surface of said base of said upper travel cooler resting upon said bottom surface of said base of said lower travel cooler, said lower travel cooler having been turned upside down, and
(ii) said front end of said upper travel cooler being disposed over and generally aligned with said rear end of said lower travel cooler.