A portable cooler and support for a pressurized keg

Claim 1

A portable cooler adapted to house a pressurized keg complete with its own tapping system in dispensing position comprising a rectangular container having a bottom, two sidewalls, a front wall and a rear wall, intermediate said front and rear wall a thin transverse support member extends up from said bottom and has its opposite ends attached to said sidewalls thereby forming a compartment along the bottom of the cooler between the front wall and the transverse support member, an arcuate cutout section formed along the top surface of said transverse support member for supporting a keg, the front wall having an aperture therein which represents a substantial portion of said front wall through which the entire front dispensing end of a keg can extend when placed in the cooler in dispensing position, said aperture having an inwardly sloping wall which conforms to the contour of a keg, an aperture plug whose shape substantially conforms to the shape of said aperture removably inserted in said aperture, the bottom of the cutout section of said transverse support member and the bottom of said aperture being at least a height above the bottom of said cooler equal to the depth of said plug whereby said pluG may be stored in said compartment along the bottom of the cooler when a keg is inserted in said aperture, a removable top for the cooler having a lip extending around its periphery to form a tight fit when placed into engagement with the bottom section, said plug, top and bottom section of said cooler being made of a lightweight plastic material having heat insulating properties.