ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,776, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Race cooler with integrated base valve" was invented by Connor Randall (Salida, Colo.), Ivan Tong (San Diego) and Regan Woelfel (Scotts Valley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a cooling device comprising a cooler body, wherein the cooler body has a first chamber and a second chamber, a cooler body cap disposed to fluidly couple the first chamber and the second chamber, wherein the cooler body cap has a recess that is suitable to receive a base valve, a first hose that is fluidly coupled to the first chamber, a second hose that is fluidl...