AU2008100686A4 - Modified icebox - Google Patents

Description

AUSTRALIA

Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION Innovation Patent Applicant(s): Yetimo International Pty Ltd Invention Title: MODIFIED ICEBOX The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method for performing it known to me/us: P78455.AU Pat_Set_Filing Application 2008-7-24.doc (S) 00 MODIFIED ICEBOX Technical Field Disclosed is an icebox that has been modified to enable it to carry additional N items internally and/or externally, whereby it can display the items externally. In a particular, though certainly not exclusive application, the icebox has been modified to 0-10 carry and display elongate items such as sporting equipment (eg. cricket stumps).

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_Background Art 00 0It is known to make use of an icebox as a kind of equipment or marker when Splaying recreational sport. For example, iceboxes have been used as wickets, bases, posts etc. in the playing of games such as cricket, baseball, football rugby-related games, etc. Sometimes sporting items such as balls etc. are also loosely placed in iceboxes.

Any reference herein to the prior art is not intended as an admission that the prior art forms a part of the common general knowledge of a person of ordinary skill in the art in Australia or elsewhere.

Summary of the Disclosure In a first aspect there is provided an icebox that comprises a first display holder arranged at an external face thereof, and a second storage holder arranged at either an external or an internal face thereof.

The display holder can allow an item a sporting equipment item such as a set of cricket stumps) to be displayed for use on the icebox, and the storage holder can allow that item to be stored at the icebox when not in use.

The term "icebox" as used herein is not intended to refer to permanent installations such as refrigerators. It is to be considered in relation to portable cooler boxes and thermally insulated boxes that may be carried by users.

When, for example, the icebox has opposing side external faces and opposing end external faces an icebox in the form of a rectangular prism) the first holder can be arranged at an end external face of the icebox in use. This can display e.g. a sporting equipment item (such as cricket stumps) at what is typically a relatively narrower icebox end. Also, either or both ends of the icebox can carry the first display holder.

00 The first display holder can comprise a set of display clips that can be

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Oarranged on a given end external face, with the clips allowing for rapid and easy attachment and detachment of the item.

In an embodiment of the icebox the second storage holder can be arranged at either or both of a side external face or an internal underside face of a lid for the icebox (eg. of an in-use upper lid that is hingedly mounted to the icebox). The second 00D holder can be arranged at either or both of the side external faces, and/or at another 00 Iinternal face of the icebox other than the lid underside). The second storage

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holder can also comprise a set of storage clips for rapid and easy storage and removal 00

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When the icebox is in a standard orientation sitting on its base on the ground), the display holder can be arranged so as to orientate an elongate item held therein in a generally vertical configuration. This can correspond to the item being ready for use cricket stumps being vertically orientated and correctly spaced, with bales being arrangable thereon to define a wicket for use in a cricket game).

In this standard icebox orientation the storage holder can be arranged so as to orientate an elongate item held therein in a generally horizontal configuration (e.g.

corresponding to the cricket stumps being stored away from use at a side of, or inside, the icebox).

In an embodiment of the icebox the first and second holders can each be adapted for retaining thereat one or more different elongate sporting equipment items, such as a set of cricket stumps, bat(s), racquet(s), as well as balls, bales, gloves and other sporting accessories, for use in the playing of games such as cricket, baseball, football rugby-related games, tennis, badminton etc.

In a second aspect there is provided an icebox that comprises a first display holder arranged at an external face thereof, the holder being adapted for releasably securing and displaying an item at the icebox external face.

The icebox of the second aspect can be as defined in the first aspect, and in this regard can comprise a second holder as defined in the first aspect. The item displayed can be elongate, and can be held and displayed therein in a generally vertical configuration the item can be sporting equipment as per the first aspect).

00 When the icebox of the second aspect does not include a second holder, the 0 item can be simply loosely) stored in the icebox when not being displayed at the icebox external face.

C, In a third aspect there is provided an icebox that comprises a holder arranged at a face thereof, the holder being adapted for releasably mounting an elongate item at N the icebox face.

00 IAgain, the icebox of the third aspect can be as defined in the first or second aspects. In this regard the holder can comprise either the first and/or second holder as 00 defined in the first and second aspects, and can be located internally and/or externally.

In the icebox of the third aspect the elongate item can be secured by the holder and optionally displayed at the icebox face in a generally vertical or a generally horizontal configuration, or in a configuration between vertical and horizontal.

The elongate item can comprise sporting equipment (as per the first aspect), or it may comprise elongate utensils or implements, especially for cooking and food and beverage preparation BBQ utensils).

When the icebox of the second aspect does not include a second holder, the item can be simply loosely) stored in the icebox when not being displayed at the icebox external face.

Brief Description of the Drawings Notwithstanding any other forms that may fall within the definition of the icebox as set forth in the Summary, specific embodiments of the icebox will now be described, by way of example only, and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 shows a rear perspective (storage) view of a first icebox embodiment; Figure 2 shows a front side perspective view of the icebox embodiment of Figure 1; Figure 3 shows an end (in-use) perspective view of the icebox embodiment of Figure 1; Figure 4 shows a front side (storage) perspective view of a second icebox embodiment in an open configuration; Figure 5 shows a front side (in-use) perspective view of the second icebox embodiment of Figure 4 in a closed configuration; and 00 Figure 6 shows an end (in-use) perspective view of the icebox embodiment of Figure 4.

Detailed Description of Specific Embodiments r In the following description, whilst Figures 1 to 3 show a different icebox embodiment to Figures 4 to 6, like reference numerals will generally be used to 00 denote similar or like parts.

IIn the drawings there is shown an icebox in the form of a portable cooler box (Figures 1-3) and 10' having wheels 11 (Figures The cooler box 10, 00 comprises a first display holder in the form of a series of three display clip pairs 12A, C B C externally mounted at an end face 14 of the box.

The cooler box 10, 10' may also or alternatively comprise a second storage holder. In Figures 1 to 3 the second storage holder takes the form of two rows each 16, 18 of storage clip pairs 20A, B C and 22A, B C that are externally mounted at a rear side face 24 of the box. In Figures 4 to 6 the second storage holder takes the form of two rows each 26, 28 of storage clip pairs 30A, B C and 32A, B C that are internally mounted at an underside face 34 of a hingedly mounted lid 36 of the cooler box.

In the cooler box 10 (Figures 1-3) the storage clip pairs 20A, B C and 22A, B C enable a sporting equipment item such as a set of three cricket stumps S1, S2 and S3 to be externally mounted (snap-locked in) and stored at the rear side face 24 of the box when not in use.

In the cooler box 10' (Figures 4-6) the storage clip pairs 30A, B C and 32A, B C enable a sporting equipment item such as a set of three cricket stumps S 1, S2 and S3 to be internally mounted and stored at the underside face 34 of the box lid when not in use.

However, as shown in Figures 3 and 6, when it is desired to display the sporting equipment item to use the cricket stumps S1, S2 and S3 in a game of cricket) the item can be removed from storage and remounted for display at the relatively narrower cooler box end face 14, with each stump S1, S2 and S3 snaplocking into a respective one of the three display clip pairs 12A, B C.

Thus, the cooler box can be placed in a standard orientation sitting on its base on the ground as shown), and the item the stumps) can be held in the display clip pairs 12A, B C in a vertical configuration for use, and yet the cooler OO box lid can still be opened to allow for user access to and consumption of drinks,

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Ofood etc. during a game).

In this standard cooler box orientation the item the stumps) can also be stored out of the way in a generally horizontal configuration stumps stored at the rear side of the cooler box (Figure 1) or the stumps stored inside the cooler box (Figure 4, when the lid is closed)).

00O In Figure 4 it will be seen that bales B 1 and B2 can be retained under the

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pointed ends of the stored stumps S1, S2 and S3. Also, in Figures 3, 5 and 6 it will be _seen that bales BI and B2 have been arranged on the stumps S1, S2 and S3 to define a

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0wicket W for use in a cricket game. In addition, in Figure 4, it will be seen that a ball B can be stored within the cooler box at the lid underside).

The various clip pairs can allow for rapid and easy attachment and detachment of the sporting equipment item. As shown in Figures 4 and 6, the display clips can also be located so as not to interfere with an adjacent handle 40 of the cooler box.

Different elongate sporting equipment items, such as bats, racquets, posts etc.

can be mounted to the various clip pairs. The cooler box can also be adapted to carry other sporting accessories such as balls, bales, gloves, etc.

Whilst a number of specific icebox embodiments have been described it should be appreciated that the icebox may be embodied in many other forms.

For example, the display clips can be arranged at either or both of the end external faces of the cooler box. This can allow posts to be displayed at both ends of the cooler box (eg. to allow a net to be erected). Also, the storage clips can be arranged at either or both of front and rear side external faces of the cooler box, and/or at another internal face of the cooler box other than the lid underside).

The cooler box can also carry a second set of stumps (eg. for setting up remotely from the displayed stumps) in which case, two independent sets of storage clips can be arranged at the cooler box.

The variously modified cooler box can be used for the playing of games such as cricket (including beach cricket), baseball, football rugby-related games, tennis, badminton etc.

Also, whilst the cooler box will usually include at least one set of storage clips, if storage clips are not provided the item can be simply stored loosely) inside the cooler box when removed from the display clips.

00 Whilst the item as described is sporting equipment, the item may alternatively comprise utensils or implements, especially for cooking and food and beverage preparation elongate BBQ and cooking utensils, beverage and bottle openers t s etc).

In the claims which follow and in the preceding description, except where the 00 context requires otherwise due to express language or necessary implication, the word I "comprise" and variations such as "comprises" or "comprising" are used in an 00 the presence or addition of further features in various embodiments of the icebox.

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Claims (4)

1. An icebox that comprises a first display holder arranged at an external face thereof, and a second storage holder arranged at either an external or an internal face c, thereof N

2. An icebox as claimed in claim 1 that has opposing side external faces and opposing end external faces, wherein the first holder is a set of display clips that are 00 arranged at an end external face, and wherein the second holder is a set of storage Iclips that are arranged at either or both of a side external face or an internal underside face of a lid for the icebox. 00

3. An icebox as claimed in claim 1 or 2 wherein, for a standard orientation of Sthe icebox, the display holder is arranged so as to orientate an elongate item held therein in a generally vertical configuration, whereas the storage holder is arranged so as to orientate an elongate item held therein in a generally horizontal configuration.

4. An icebox that comprises a first display holder arranged at an external face thereof, the holder being adapted for releasably securing and displaying an item at the icebox external face. An icebox that comprises a holder arranged at a face thereof, the holder being adapted for releasably mounting an elongate item at the icebox face.