Coleman Outdoor Products, Inc.

The Coleman Company, Inc.

William J Steffes

Robert R Deines

A picnic cooler or the container comprises an open-topped container body and a removable lid. The lid includes a hinge portion which extends across the lid and divides the lid into first and second lid portions which are hingedly attached. One of the lid portions is removably attached to the container body, and the other lid portion can pivot about the hinge to provide access to the container body.

Picnic cooler with lid having integrally molded hinge

Picnic cooler

A container includes a container body and a lid. The lid includes a pair of pins which extend into slots in the side walls of the container body. The configurations of the slots and the pins are such that the pins can slide but not rotate in the main portions of the slot but can rotate in enlarged end portions of the slots. The position of the lid can be reversed by positioning the pins in the enlarged end portions of the slots, rotating the lid 180.degree., and sliding the lid and the pins to the other ends of the slots. The lid can then be opened or closed while the lid is in its inverted position by sliding the pins within the slots.

Container with multiple position lid

A shelf and a cooler are constructed so that the shelf can be supported in vertical or horizontal positions within the cooler, in a horizontal position on one of the handle assemblies of the cooler, or on top of the lid of the cooler.

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Wichita, KS, United States of America

William J Steffes