Cooler Harness Carrying System with Storage Panels and Pockets

Abstract

A harness system for carrying storage panels and pocket panels on a cooler includes a flexible harness extending around the outer surfaces of a cooler. The flexible harness has a first longitudinal surface of one part of a hook and loop fastener, and the cooler has a plurality of bracket to removably mount the flexible harness to the cooler walls. The first longitudinal surface of the flexible harness faces away from the cooler walls. Pocket panels for storing items have a second portion of a hook and loop fastener, or a rim, are removably attached to the flexible harness, or the brackets mounted to the walls of the cooler.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 62 / 907,385, filed Sep. 27, 2019, to the extent allowed by law.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates generally to storage devices, and particularly to a device with pockets to be supported by a cooler, which pockets are provided to hold items such as bottles, utensil, condiments and the like on the outside of the cooler.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Portable coolers are a convenience typically used to keep drinks and food preserved and chilled for later consumption. Typical coolers are portable and utilize ice, dry ice, chemical coolness retaining devices, or an electronic means of cooling for users traveling by vehicle or on foot on outings to picnics and parks, the beach, fishing, boating, camping, tailgating, and even the home and backyards.[0004]Coolers are available in many different sizes and are designed to fit a limited number of...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The cooler harness provides a convenient way to carry all of your picnic items in a cooler. It allows you to double or triple the carrying space by attaching special pockets to the cooler's exterior walls. This eliminates the need for additional bags and packs. When used for boating and tailgating, it allows for easy and quick access to all of your picnics.

Problems solved by technology

Because of the size of typical coolers, users can not store larger bottles such as wine, water and 1-2 liter soft drink bottles in the cooler.

Users have limited hands available to carry all the coolers, bags and packs from the vehicle to the picnic location.

Many times, users require several additional trips back and forth from the vehicle to picnic point which is time consuming and an inconvenience.

When picnickers, campers, tailgaters and the like arrive at the final picnic destination there is usually limited space for setting out all of the condiments plates, cups, bottles and utensils. necessary for a picnic.

Even a picnic table has limited space, and a beach or camping location becomes challenging.

Users with limited space to set up a picnic usually have to bring along an extra table, which is not always convenient.

Tables are heavy and do not provide reliable support for all the condiments and picnic accessories.

It is not always convenient to bring along extra tables, and on beaches and boats there is a tendency for things to tip over or fall off the table.

Users use the top of the cooler as a table but have the inconvenience of having to remove the items of the top of the cooler every time they need to remove the lid of the cooler to access contents within the cooler.

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