Mobile cooling box with handle module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11415355-B2
Application number	US-201916728604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2019
Priority date	Jan 4, 2019
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A mobile cooling box has a box main body and at least one lid for opening the mobile cooling box and providing access to the inside of the mobile cooling box. The mobile cooling box further has at least one handle module located at an outer side surface of the box main body. The handle module comprises a handlebar intended to be grasped by the user, the handle module having a longitudinal axis and two ends, hangers to which the handlebar is attached at its two ends, and brackets at which the hangers are rotatably mounted. The hangers are fixed to the outer side surface of the box main body. The handlebar of the handle module can be swung out and upwards from an unactuated state to an actuated state for carrying the mobile cooling box by the handlebar Each of the brackets comprises a mounting area and a shielding area. The mounting area faces the outer side surface of the box main body to which the bracket is fixed. The shielding area hides the hangers and the handlebar in the unactuated state of the handle module and in a lateral perspective along the longitudinal axis of the handlebar.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile cooling box comprising a box main body and at least one lid for opening the mobile cooling box and providing access to an inside of the mobile cooling box, wherein the mobile cooling box further has at least one handle module located at an outer side surface of the box main body;
a handlebar intended to be grasped by a user, the at least one handle module having a longitudinal axis and two ends, hangers to which the handlebar is attached at ends of the handlebar;
brackets at which the hangers are rotatably mounted, wherein the hangers are fixed to the outer side surface of the box main body, and wherein the handlebar of the handle module swung out and upwards from an unactuated state to an actuated state for carrying the mobile cooling box by the handlebar;
wherein each of the brackets comprises a mounting area and a shielding area, wherein the mounting area faces the outer side surface of the box main body to which each of the brackets is fixed, and the shielding area hides the hangers and the handlebar in the unactuated state of the at least one handle module and in a lateral perspective along the longitudinal axis of the handlebar.

2. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the at least one handle module is configured so that, in the unactuated state of the at least one handle module and in a lateral perspective along the longitudinal axis of the handlebar, at least a section of an outer contour of the shielding area is flush with the handlebar and with the hangers.

3. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the handlebar and the hangers are spring-loaded so that, in the unactuated state, the handlebar and the hangers are forced in a direction to the mobile cooling box by spring tension.

4. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the at least one handle module is designed and configured so that, in an actuated state, the hangers with the handlebar are swung out and upwards and rest in a position relative to the mobile cooling box so that the mobile cooling box can be carried by the user.

5. The mobile cooling box of claim 4 , wherein the hangers and the handlebar rest in the position by a region of the hangers abutting against a region of the brackets.

6. The mobile cooling box a of claim 1 , wherein each of said mounting area of the brackets comprises at least one through hole for fixation of the brackets to the outer side surface of the box main body by fixing elements, wherein, in the unactuated state of the at least one handle module, the through holes and the fixing elements are covered by the hangers being mounted to each of said brackets and the hangers abut against said mounting area.

7. The mobile cooling box of claim 6 , further comprising an additional accessory is attached at the through holes.

8. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the mobile cooling box is rectangular in shape and has different dimensions in width and depth and comprises two of said at least one handle modules, wherein one of said two handle modules is located on a first outer side surfaces of the mobile cooling box and the other one of the two handle modules is located at an opposite second outer side surfaces of the mobile cooling box.

9. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the handlebar has a circular cross-section and/or a length of at least 10 cm.

10. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein at least the handlebar, the hangers and the brackets of the at least one handle module are made of metal.

11. The mobile cooling box according to claim 10 , wherein at least a part of a surface of the handlebar, the hangers and the brackets of the at least one handle module is roughened.

12. The mobile cooling box according to claim 10 , wherein at least a part of a surface of the handlebar, the hangers and the brackets of the at least one handle module has an oxidic protective layer.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab

Inventors

• Thelin Mikael
• Guan Weixian
• Wang Peng
• Chen Yuelong

Classifications

• B65D25/2852

  provided on a local area near to or at the upper edge or rim · CPC title

• F25D2400/361

  Interactive visual displays · CPC title

• F25D11/00 Primary

  Self-contained movable devices, e.g. domestic refrigerators · CPC title

• F25D3/08 Primary

  portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally · CPC title

• B65D25/2841

  Horizontal, e.g. U-shaped · CPC title