ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,146, issued on Aug. 5.
"Method and system for cooler conversion to a refrigerator" was invented by Adam Lehman (Santee, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for converting a conventional cooler to a refrigerator. A heat transfer module is disposed within the cooler for cooling the contents therein, while an external cooling module includes refrigerant in a closed loop configuration that stays outside of the cooler. The heat transfer module includes a closed loop chilling fluid that extends outside the cooler through a drain port to perform a heat exchange with the refrigerant loop."
The patent was filed on Oct. 3...