ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,181, issued on Oct. 21.
"Portable beach cooler" was invented by Lorenzo Badie Jr. (Riviera Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable beach cooler is capable of reducing the temperature of stored items. A main cooling body opens to reveal an ice tray. The ice tray may be connected to a lifting mechanism that allows the ice tray to rise for convenient user access to ice. The lid of the cooling body may have several cupholders traversing through the lid, providing direct access to ice for contained beverages. A cupholder adapter may support beverages atop the lid or may be inverted atop a beverage contained within the cuphol...