Mobile cooling box with handle module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12044467-B2
Application number	US-202217886803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2022
Priority date	Jan 4, 2019
Publication date	Jul 23, 2024
Grant date	Jul 23, 2024

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 said mobile cooling box;
said box main body having first and second walls and third and fourth walls extending between said first and second walls at ends of said first and second walls;
an inside of the box main body wherein goods may be stored in an insulated and actively cooled volume;
a handle module disposed on each of opposed walls of said first and second walls, or of said third and fourth walls, each said handle module comprising a handlebar and a bracket;
said handlebar intended to be grasped by a user, said handlebar being pivotable relative to said bracket, said handlebar movable between a position against one of the opposed walls, and a second position pivoted outwardly from the one of the opposed walls in which the handlebar may be used to carry the mobile cooling box;
said inside of the box main body comprising a lining, said lining covering a floor of said inside;
said floor comprising at least a first elevation and a second elevation wherein said second elevation is disposed higher than said first elevation;
said box main body having a vent disposed on one or more of said walls adjacent to said second elevation of said floor.

2. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , said first and second walls being longer and said third and fourth walls being shorter.

3. The mobile cooling box of claim 2 , said handle module being disposed on each of said third and fourth walls.

4. The mobile cooling box of claim 3 , said vent disposed beneath one of said handle modules.

5. The mobile cooling box of claim 2 , said at least one lid being pivotable along one of said first or second walls.

6. The mobile cooling box of claim 5 , said at least one lid being two lids.

7. The mobile cooling box of claim 2 , said at least one lid being pivotable along one of said third or fourth walls.

8. The mobile cooling box of claim 1 , further comprising a user interface disposed on an exterior of said box main body.

9. A mobile cooling box, comprising:
a box main body;
a first lid and a second lid pivotally connected to said box main body;
an internal volume disposed within said box main body;
a handle module located on each of two opposing walls of said box main body, each said handle module having a handlebar that is movable relative to a bracket so that said handlebar moves between a position closer to the box main body and a second position that is pivoted away from said box main body;
said internal volume having a first portion and a second portion, divided by a partition aligned with adjacent edges of said first lid and said second lid; and,
one of said first portion and said second portion having a floor with a first elevation and a second elevation, said second elevation being higher than said first elevation, said portion with said first elevation and said second elevation having a smaller volume than the other portion of said first and second portions.

10. The mobile cooling box of claim 9 , said handlebar being circular in cross-section.

11. The mobile cooling box of claim 10 , said bracket disposed on an outer surface of said box main body.

12. The mobile cooling box of claim 9 , said box main body having one or more vents.

13. The mobile cooling box of claim 12 , said one or more vents being located on an outer surface of said one of said first and second portions adjacent to said second elevation of said internal volume.

14. The mobile cooling box of claim 9 , said box main body having two longer opposed walls and two shorter opposed walls.

15. The mobile cooling box of claim 14 , said handle module disposed on each of said two shorter opposed walls.

16. The mobile cooling box of claim 14 , said partition extending between said two longer opposed walls.

17. The mobile cooling box of claim 16 , said first lid and said second lid pivoting along one of said two longer opposed walls.

18. The mobile cooling box of claim 17 , further comprising a user interface disposed on an external surface of said box main body.

Assignees

• Dometic Sweden Ab

Inventors

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

Classifications

• B65D25/2841

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

• B65D2525/281

  Details relating to handles · CPC title

• 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

• B65D81/3813

  rigid container being in the form of a box, tray or like container · CPC title