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Decorative door for cooler

USPTO Application #: 20080024047
Title: Decorative door for cooler
Abstract: A decorative door for a cooler includes a frame featuring a circumferential slot and a circumferential chamber that are in communication with one another. The frame is adapted for mounting to a cooler in a hinged fashion. An interior transparent panel is secured by its edges within the circumferential slot of the frame and features a decorative channel formed therein. A number of light-emitting diodes serve as light sources positioned in the circumferential chamber and illuminate the decorative channel of the interior transparent panel. Inner surface and outer surface transparent panels are mounted to the frame on opposite sides of the interior transparent panel and the spaces there between are at least partially evacuated of air. The frame also includes a circumferential passage containing an insulating material, such as molecular mesh. (end of abstract)



Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP - Chicago, IL, US
Inventors: Chun Jiang Juo, Shao Hua Li, Jin Lai
USPTO Applicaton #: 20080024047 - Class: 312405000 (USPTO)

Decorative door for cooler description/claims


The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080024047, Decorative door for cooler.

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CLAIM OF PRIORITY

[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/832,881, filed Jul. 24, 2006, currently pending.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The invention relates generally to coolers for storing and refrigerating beverages and food items and, more particularly, to an illuminated and insulated decorative door for such a cooler.

BACKGROUND

[0003] Coolers are typically used in retail establishments to display beverages or other food items that require refrigeration. Such coolers typically feature doors with at least one window that permit viewing of the beverages and/or food items being sold. The door is hinged and may be opened to retrieve the beverage or food item out of the cooler. The door typically seals when closed to insulate the refrigerated interior of the cooler. It is desirable for the front of such coolers to be decorative so as to attract attention and advertise the beverages and/or food items contained in the cooler.

[0004] The present invention offers an insulated decorative door for a cooler featuring a window having a design that is side-lit so as to be illuminated in an attractive fashion.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0005] FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an embodiment of the cooler door of the invention;

[0006] FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the cooler door of FIG. 1;

[0007] FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cooler door of FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0008] FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the cooler door of FIGS. 1-3 taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 1;

[0009] FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of circled portion A of FIG. 4;

[0010] FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the cooler door of FIG. 1 taken along line 6-6 of FIG. 1:

[0011] FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of circled portion B of FIG. 6;

[0012] FIG. 8 is a front elevational view of the door frame of the cooler door of FIGS. 1-7;

[0013] FIG. 9 is a sectional view of the cooler door of FIG. 8 taken along line 9-9 of FIG. 8;

[0014] FIG. 10 is a front elevational view of the interior transparent panel of the cooler door of FIGS. 1-7;

[0015] FIG. 11 is a sectional view of the interior glass of FIG. 10 taken along line 11-11 of FIG. 10;

[0016] FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of circled portion C of FIG. 11; FIG. 13

[0017] FIG. 13 is a rear elevational view of a section of the insulation bridge of the cooler door of FIGS. 1-7;

[0018] FIG. 14 is a sectional view of the insulation bridge of FIG. 13 taken along line 14-14 of FIG. 13;

[0019] FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view of the door gasket of the cooler door of FIGS. 1-7;

[0020] FIG. 16 is a sectional view of the door gasket of FIG. 15 taken along line 16-16 of FIG. 15;

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