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US 10,512,348 B2Granted
Article for use as sleeve or coaster with a beverage container
OwnerJames E. Varainventor
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An article that can be formed into a sleeve or a coaster for a beverage container. The article includes: (a) a first sheet that is at least sufficiently flexible to be wrapped around the cylindrical body of the beverage container to position an inner surface of an end portion of the first sheet adjacent an outer surface of a tab portion of the first sheet to form an overlapping area between the end portion and the tab portion; (b) a first adhesive on a first portion of an inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the first portion is at least partially within the overlapping area; and (c) a second adhesive on a second portion of the inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the second portion is at least partially outside the overlapping area, and wherein the first adhesive and the second adhesive can be the same or different.
A method for forming an insulator sleeve for a generally cylindrical body from a flat body, wherein the flat body comprises a tab portion, an end portion adjacent the tab portion, an inner surface, an outer surface, a first vertically oriented crease, a second vertically oriented crease, a first adhesive section on the end portion, and a second adhesive section on the end portion, comprising:
A method for forming a coaster from a flat body, wherein the flat body has an inner surface and an outer surface, a tab portion having a first edge, and end portion having a second edge, a first adhesive section and a second adhesive section both on the end portion, and a major portion between the tab portion and the end portion, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.