ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,227, issued on July 29, was assigned to Dometic Sweden AB (Solna, Sweden).
"Cooler" was invented by Joakim Ahlstrom (Taby, Sweden) and Samuele Meda (Chichester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooler is provided which has various improvements. The cooler may be a passive cooler or may be actively cooled for providing desirable cooling effects. The cooler may include an accessory system, for example, with bottle or can holders or a post holder which utilizes the weight of the cooler to support a sunshade. The accessory system may be positioned in various locations of the cooler, one location being in a recess which is u...