engages a protrusion on the cooler 12 as is commonly known in the art a pair of side handles 28 are attached at the upper portion of sides 16 and 18 to enable a user to hand carry the cooler 10 a pair of wheel assemblies 30 located on the left and right sides 16 and 18 each comprise a wheel 32 which is made of rubber plastic metal or the like and is relative to its diameter to provide increased surface area making transport easier over variable surfaces such as sand and gravel the width and diameter of the wheel are not critical but the wheels are intended to be wide enough to easily roll over sand or other soft surfaces in a preferred embodiment the wheel is approximately four inches long and the diameter is three inches the wheel 32 has an axle 33 passing axially through the center the axle 33 is connected at each end to a rigid c shaped bracket 34 which permits free rotation of the wheel 32 on its axle 33 extending perpendicularly from the outside of the c shaped bracket 34 is a pivotable arm 36 which connects to a pivot hinge 37 having a horizontal axis of rotation the hinge 37 allows vertical arcuate movement of the bracket 34 from a position above the hinge 37 to a position below the hinge 37 movement of the arm 36 beyond the vertical downward position is restricted by a right triangle shaped stop block 38 at the corner of the right angle is pivotably connected the hinge 37 connecting the wheel assembly 30 with the cooler 12 the block 38 is mounted to the cooler 12 so that the arm 36 abuts one side of the.