Combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler

Abstract

The technology described herein provides a combination beverage cooler and car seat cooler for simultaneously cooling food, beverages, and the like and cooling an unoccupied car seat. The combined cooler includes an insulated container having a back panel and a front panel opposite one another, a left side panel and a right side panel opposite one another and extended between the back and front panels, the back, front, left, and right panels integrally formed with a bottom panel, thereby defining an interior cavity for receipt of an at least one item to cool, and a sealable lid being sealable with the back, front, left, and right panels and hingedly connected to the rear panel and an insulated cover for thermally protecting an unoccupied car seat, the cover having a flexible thermal barrier and being foldably attached to the insulated container to provide a combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The technology described herein relates generally to the fields of car seat covers and food and beverage coolers. More specifically, this technology relates to systems and methods for simultaneously cooling food, beverages, and the like and cooling an unoccupied car seat.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Automobile car seats, strollers, and the like can endure significant heating due to the extreme heat buildup from continued sunlight upon the seat surfaces. The resultant overheated seat, straps, and buckles can result in burns or discomfort to an infant or child.[0003]Various seat covers are known in the art. Related patents known in the art include the following: U.S. Pat. No. 7,097,244, issued to Holmgren et al. on Aug. 29, 2006, discloses a thermal protection apparatus and method for a child car seat. U.S. Pat. No. 5,833,309, issued to Schmitz on Nov. 10, 1998, discloses a child car seat temperature control device and method. U.S. Pat. No. 4,899,693 is...

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Benefits of technology

[0010]The lower seat cover and the upper seat cover can each further include a plurality of pockets disposed with an underside of the unfolded insulated cover to receive a plurality of cover ice packs with which to cool the car seat cooler. The lower seat cover and the upper seat cover are attached to the insulated container with hook-and-loop fasteners and are detachable from the insulated container. Alternatively, the lower seat cover and the upper seat cover are attached to the insulated container with zipper fasteners and are detachable from the insulated container. The insulated cover for thermally protecting an unoccupied car seat can include a plurality of layers. One of the plurality of layers can be a reflective layer to provide additional insulation and reflect heat. The lower seat cover and the upper seat cover are configured to be unfolded and operatively be placed over a car seat base, back, head rest, and arm rests to provide thermal protection to the unoccupied car seat.

[0011]In another exemplary embodiment, the technology described herein provides a method for cooling an unoccupied car seat. The method includes utilizing an insulated container having a back panel and a front panel opposite one another, a left side panel and a right side panel opposite one another and extended between the back and front panels, the back, front, left, and right panels integrally formed with a bottom panel, thereby defining an interior cavity for receipt of an at least one item to cool, and a sealable lid hingedly connected to a top of the rear panel and an insulated cover for thermally protecting an unoccupied car seat, the cover having a flexible thermal barrier and being foldably attached to the insulated container to provide a combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler, placing the insulated container in the unoccupied car seat, and unfolding the insulated cover from the insulated container and covering the unoccupied car seat to thermally protect the car seat. The insulated container and the insulated cover together form a combined beverage cooler and car seat cooler.

Problems solved by technology

The resultant overheated seat, straps, and buckles can result in burns or discomfort to an infant or child.

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