Portable amusement apparatus

Abstract

A portable amusement apparatus is provided comprising a portable ice cooler including a support member acting as a lid and having an upper surface and a lower surface; a receiving portion located adjacent with respect to said upper surface for receiving game pieces and playing a game in a game playing portion; and an engaging portion located adjacent with respect to said lower surface to mate with an upper surface of the portable cooler. An adapting structure is also disclosed to easily adapt the support member to mate with a different sized portable cooler.

1 . A portable amusement apparatus comprising: 
 a support member having an upper surface and a lower surface;    a receiving portion located adjacent with respect to said upper surface; and an engaging portion located adjacent with respect to said lower surface.    
   
   
       2 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said upper surface comprises at least an inner portion and an outer portion.  
   
   
       3 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein said inner portion is higher than said outer portion.  
   
   
       4 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein said inner portion and said outer portion are separated by a continuous rim.  
   
   
       5 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said receiving portion comprises a game playing portion.  
   
   
       6 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said receiving portion further comprises a game piece receiving portion.  
   
   
       7 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein said game piece receiving portion is selectively configured to maintain a game piece at a predetermined angle with respect to a visual field of a game player.  
   
   
       8 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein said game playing portion comprises an interchangeable removable surface.  
   
   
       9 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein said interchangeable removable surface comprises visual indicia.  
   
   
       10 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein said visual indicia comprises at least one of: a game board, a logo, a flag, a picture, an illustration, alphanumeric characters or a combination thereof.  
   
   
       11 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said support member further comprises a storage portion.  
   
   
       12 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said engaging portion comprises a mating structure protruding outwardly with respect to said lower surface.  
   
   
       13 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said engaging portion is integrally formed with said lower surface.  
   
   
       14 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein said engaging portion is removably secured with respect to said lower surface.  
   
   
       15 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said engaging portion is selectively configured to mate snugly in a mating thermal insulating relationship with respect to an upper portion of a container.  
   
   
       16 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said engaging portion is selectively configured to mate in a removably securing relationship with respect to at least one of: a container's lid and an upper portion of a container.  
   
   
       17 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein said engaging portion further comprises an adapting element removably securing said engaging portion with respect to at least one of: a container's lid and an upper portion of a container.  
   
   
       18 . A container's lid comprising the portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 .  
   
   
       19 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , comprising a portable cooler in combination with said support member.  
   
   
       20 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said portable amusement apparatus is made of at least one of: a non-cellular material, a thermal insulating material or a combination thereof.  
   
   
       21 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 20 , wherein said non-cellular material is selected from the group comprising at least one of: 
 plastic and fiberglass.    
   
   
       22 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said support member is at least partially hollow.  
   
   
       23 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said support member is at least partially translucent.  
   
   
       24 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein said support member comprises at least partially of a magnetic material.  
   
   
       25 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising at least one handle connected adjacent to said portable cooler.  
   
   
       26 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 25 , wherein said at least one handle comprises a retractable handle.  
   
   
       27 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising at least one beverage holding element connected adjacent to said portable cooler.  
   
   
       28 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 19 , further comprising at least one wheel connected for rotational movement with respect to said portable cooler.  
   
   
       29 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein said portable cooler further comprises at least one access portion connected adjacent to at least one side of said portable cooler.  
   
   
       30 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein said at least one side of said portable cooler further comprises at least one opening.  
   
   
       31 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 30 , wherein said at least one access portion is selectively actuated in a thermal insulating covering/uncovering relationship with respect to said at least one opening.  
   
   
       32 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 31 , wherein said at least one access portion is selected from the group comprising at least one of: a sliding door, a hinged door, a removable door, a zippered door, or a combination thereof.  
   
   
       33 . The portable amusement apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein said upper surface and aid lower surface of said support member are selectively adapted to interchangeably mate in a reversibly mating relationship with respect to an upper surface of said portable cooler.