Mobile cooling box with latch handle opening

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11913713-B2
Application number	US-201916728687-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 27, 2019
Priority date	Jan 4, 2019
Publication date	Feb 27, 2024
Grant date	Feb 27, 2024

Abstract

A mobile cooling box has a box main body and at least one lid for providing access to the inside of the mobile cooling box. At one side edge the lid is hinged to the box main body so that the lid is pivotable from a closed position to an open position. The mobile cooling box further has a latch handle module for manually locking and unlocking the lid. The latch handle module is integrated in the lid and located at another side edge of the lid. The latch handle module comprises an actuating element that is manually operable by the user, a locking element that is engageable with a corresponding counterpart located at the box main body in order to lock the lid from being opened and a casing, and the latch handle module provides a mechanism for locking and unlocking the lid. According to the mechanism for locking and unlocking the lid the actuating element and the locking element are mechanically connected to each other and, by operating the actuating element by the user, the locking element disengages with the corresponding counterpart located at the box main body and allows opening the lid.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A mobile cooling box comprising:
a box main body and at least one lid for providing access to an inside of the mobile cooling box, at one side edge the at least one lid is hinged to the box main body so that the at least one lid is pivotable from a closed position to an open position,
wherein the mobile cooling box further comprises a latch handle module for manually locking and unlocking the at least one lid, the latch handle module being integrated in the at least one lid and located near an other side edge of the at least one lid;
wherein the latch handle module comprises an actuating element that is coplanar with a top surface of the at least one lid and is manually operable by a user, further comprising a gap between said other side edge and said actuating element for positioning of a finger of the user and lifting of said actuating element, a locking element that is engageable with a corresponding counterpart located at the box main body in order to lock the at least one lid from being opened and a casing, and the latch handle module provides a mechanism for locking and unlocking the at least one lid according to which the actuating element and the locking element are mechanically connected to each other, said locking element being normally extended toward said other side edge, and being retracted inwardly by actuation of said actuating element, and,
by operating the actuating element by the user, the locking element disengages with the corresponding counterpart located at the box main body, the actuating element is pivoted about an axis of rotation with a pivoting direction that is a same direction as a direction of the at least one lid, and allows opening the at least one lid.

2. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the locking element is designed as a snap-in latch which, in a closed state, extends into the corresponding counterpart being a recess in the box main body.

3. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the actuating element has a surface which is intended to be pushed by at least one finger of the user's hand, and the actuating element has a width of at least 6 cm.

4. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the latch handle module further comprises a shaft having a longitudinal axis being co-linear with the axis of rotation of the actuating element, the actuating element is connected to and pivotable about the shaft.

5. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , wherein the latch handle module further comprises at least one spring which provides a restoring force so that the actuating element and the locking element return to their respective initial positions after an operation of the actuating element by the user.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab

Inventors

• Guan Weixian
• Wang Peng
• Tan Wenmin
• Chen Yuelong

Classifications

• F25D3/08 Primary

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

• B65D1/00

  Rigid or semi-rigid containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material or by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material (with curved or partially-curved cross-section made by winding or bending paper B65D3/00; with polygonal cross-section formed by folding B65D5/00; specially constructed to be opened by cutting, piercing or tearing of wall portions B65D17/00; rigid pallets with side walls B65D19/02) · CPC title

• B65D1/0253

  Means facilitating removal of the closure, e.g. cams, levers · CPC title

• B65D1/0269

  Openers · CPC title

• F25D23/028

  Details · CPC title