Insulated container

Claim 1

A container, comprising, a. a housing having a bottom with integral upright sidewalls and endwalls to form a cavity therebetween said housing being open on one end portion thereof, b. a top removably mounted with said sidewalls and endwalls on said open end portion by a means to mount same, c. said housing having rib members in interior corners thereof at junctures of said sidewalls and said endwalls, said rib members extending upward from said bottom and having their upper ends in a center portion of said housing. d. a shelf removably mountable in said container, said shelf when mounted in said container resting on the upper ends of said rib members, and e. a carrying strap means mounted on said housing having a pair of carrying straps formed in separate loops on opposed sides of one of said sidewalls, said carrying strap means having strap mounts integrally formed in an outside portion of one of said sidewalls in a spaced relation at corner portions of same said sidewall, said strap mounts each have a recessed portion in said sidewall and a bar portion in a spaced relation in said recessed portion and say carrying strap each have their opposite ends secured to said bars on one side portion of said container, f. said shelf has a substantially flat center portion with raised portions oppositely extending perpendicularly from opposed faces of said center portion on opposed end portions of said center portion, and said shelf being alternately mountable in said container in one position with one of said raised portion resting on said upper end of one of said rib members or in a second position with the face of said shelf opposite to said first named raised portion thereon resting on said upper end of said one of said rib members; said container is constructed and adapted to in use be carried by said carrying strap means on a person's back with said loops being around the person's shoulders.