Cooler

Abstract

A cooler includes a housing, a lid coupled to the housing, and an interior post. The housing includes a floor surface and one or more interior walls that extend upward from the floor surface. The floor surface and the one or more interior walls define an interior volume. The interior post is positioned within the interior volume and the interior post extends upward from the floor surface. The interior post includes a first concave post surface and a second concave post surface.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooler comprising:
 a housing, the housing including a floor surface and one or more interior walls that extend upward from the floor surface, the floor surface and the one or more interior walls defining an interior volume;   a lid coupled to the housing; and   an interior post positioned within the interior volume and extending upward from the floor surface, wherein the interior post includes a first concave post surface and a second concave post surface.   
     
     
         2 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the first concave post surface forms approximately 50% or less of a perimeter of the interior post. 
     
     
         3 . The cooler of  claim 2 , wherein the first concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the interior post. 
     
     
         4 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the interior post is spaced apart from the one or more interior side walls about the floor surface. 
     
     
         5 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more interior walls includes a first interior wall, wherein the first interior wall includes a first concave first interior wall surface and a second concave first interior wall surface, wherein the first concave post surface faces the first concave first interior wall surface and the second concave post surface faces the second concave first interior wall surface. 
     
     
         6 . The cooler of  claim 5 , wherein the first concave post surface and the first concave first interior wall surface together define a first can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a first can. 
     
     
         7 . The cooler of  claim 6 , wherein the first concave post surface and the first concave first interior wall surface have a same radius of curvature. 
     
     
         8 . The cooler of  claim 6 , wherein the second concave post surface and the second concave first interior wall surface together define a second can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a second can. 
     
     
         9 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the interior post further includes a third concave post surface and a fourth concave post surface. 
     
     
         10 . The cooler of  claim 9 , wherein the first concave post surface, the second concave post surface, the third concave post surface, and the fourth concave post surface are equally spaced apart about a perimeter of the interior post. 
     
     
         11 . The cooler of  claim 10 , wherein each of the first concave post surface, the second concave post surface, the third concave post surface, and the fourth concave post surface form approximately 25% of the perimeter of the interior post. 
     
     
         12 . The cooler of  claim 9 ,
 wherein the one or more interior walls includes a first interior wall, a second interior wall that is adjacent the first interior wall, and a third interior wall that is adjacent the first interior wall,   wherein the first interior wall includes a first concave first interior wall surface and a second concave first interior wall surface, the second interior wall includes a first concave second interior wall surface, and the third interior wall includes a first concave third interior wall surface, and   wherein the first concave post surface faces the first concave first interior wall surface, the second concave post surface faces the second concave first interior wall surface, the third concave post surface faces the first concave second interior wall surface, and the fourth concave post surface faces the first concave third interior wall surface.   
     
     
         13 . The cooler of  claim 12 , wherein the first concave post surface and the second concave post surface are at a first side of the interior post, and wherein the third concave post surface and the fourth concave post surface are at a second side of the interior post, the first side of the interior post being opposite the second side of the interior post. 
     
     
         14 . The cooler of  claim 13 ,
 wherein the first concave post surface and the first concave first interior wall surface together define a first can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a first can,   wherein the second concave post surface and the second concave first interior wall surface together define a second can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a second can,   wherein the third concave post surface and the first concave second interior wall surface together define a third can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a third can, and   wherein the fourth concave post surface and the first concave third interior wall surface together define a fourth can receptacle that is configured to receive and hold a fourth can.   
     
     
         15 . The cooler of  claim 14 ,
 wherein, when the first can is received and held at the first can receptacle, the first can receptacle is configured to span along at least 75% of a can perimeter of the first can,   wherein, when the second can is received and held at the second can receptacle, the second can receptacle is configured to span along at least 75% of a can perimeter of the second can,   wherein, when the third can is received and held at the third can receptacle, the third can receptacle is configured to span along at least 75% of a can perimeter of the third can, and   wherein, when the fourth can is received and held at the forth can receptacle, the fourth can receptacle is configured to span along at least 75% of a can perimeter of the fourth can.   
     
     
         16 . The cooler of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the interior post is a first interior post, and wherein the first interior post further includes a third concave post surface and a fourth concave post surface, and   the cooler further comprising:
 a second interior post positioned within the interior volume and extending upward from the floor surface, wherein the second interior post includes a fifth concave post surface, a sixth concave post surface, a seventh concave post surface, and an eighth concave post surface, 
   wherein the first concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the first interior post, the second concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the first interior post, the third concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the first interior post, and the fourth concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the first interior post, and   wherein the fifth concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the second interior post, the sixth concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the second interior post, the seventh concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the second interior post, and the eighth concave post surface forms approximately 25% of the perimeter of the second interior post.   
     
     
         17 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein a freezable fluid is included within the one or more interior walls, and wherein the freezable fluid is included within the interior post. 
     
     
         18 . The cooler of  claim 17 , wherein the freezable fluid is included within the lid. 
     
     
         19 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the lid includes a first coupling component, wherein the housing includes a second coupling component, and wherein the first coupling component is complementary to the second coupling component such that when the first coupling component and second coupling component are brought into contact the lid is removably closed at the housing. 
     
     
         20 . The cooler of  claim 1 , wherein the housing further includes a first exterior wall, wherein the first exterior wall includes a first convex first exterior wall surface, and wherein the first convex first exterior wall surface includes at least a portion thereof that is the inverse of the first concave first interior wall surface.