Ice Chest Dry Rack

Abstract

An ice chest (a.k.a. portable cooler) rack designed to keep meats and/or other goods dry while inside the ice chest. The intent of the design is to keep game and/or domestic meats and/or other goods from getting “freezer burned”, and/or becoming water logged from coming into contact for periods of time with dry ice, ice, and/or water/liquids caused from melting/spillage. It has also been shown that this will prevent premature spoiling of products due to water logging. The present invention may be configured in a variety of different ways and may be constructed from a multitude of different materials including stainless steel, wood, extruded or molded plastics, various metals, aluminum, all with satisfactory results. The present invention may be configured to support all types of items such as game meats, domestic meats, dry goods, packaged or unpackaged foods, canned and/or bottled beverages, bulk items, or any other items desired to be kept away from the dry ice, various types of ice and/or water/liquids caused by ice melt/spillage of stored items.

1 . A method of keeping the items in the ice chest/ice box from coming into contact with dry ice, various ice products, and/or water/liquids accumulated from ice melt and/or spillage, thus keeping said items dry, comprising the following steps:
 Vertical supports to support the top of the rack (at least 4 and may be more as required) and any number of horizontal middle supports to be able to support the weight of the items placed on rack.   The top (where the items are placed) may consist of just 3 parallel linear horizontal rails as shown in the prototype photo's, and/or a top placed over, or integrated into the support rails, that includes parallel slats in a “grid” type system (linear slats going both directions) and/or parallel linear slats going only one direction, to give a more even distribution and fuller support for the items in the ice chest.   The present invention may be configured in a variety of different ways and may be constructed from a multitude of different materials including stainless steel, wood, extruded or molded plastics, various metals, aluminum.