Advertising methods with re-configurable beverage sleeve
AssigneeHermes Innovations LLC
InventorJohn H. SHADDUCK
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Abstract
Combination devices that are adapted for marketing and promotion and use a sleeve for insulating beverage containers that is transformable into a toy module, building block, and/or geometric shape.
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A method for advertising, comprising:
- providing an advertising construct comprising a beverage container having a sleeve shape that is configured to be transformable from the sleeve shape into a geometric shape having at least one coupling portion on a surface of the geometric shape such that a second advertising construct can be coupled thereto;
- wherein the advertising construct carries at least one visual image visible on either the sleeve shape and/or on the geometric shape;
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- distributing the advertising construct to at least one viewer, such that the viewer can view the at least one visual image when in either the sleeve shape or the geometric shape.
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A combination toy and insulator sleeve for a beverage container, comprising a construct for positioning around an outer surface of the beverage container, wherein at least a portion of the construct comprises a modular toy configured to couple to a second modular toy.
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A toy building block, comprising:
- a polyhedron shaped body having a first surface having at least one projecting stud and a second surface with space for receiving at least one stud from a similar body;
- wherein the polyhedron shaped body is configured from at least one component having a flat shape.
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A method for distributing information to consumers, comprising:
- providing a message carrying construct, where the message carrying construct is transformable between a beverage container sleeve configuration and a modular geometric configuration;
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- distributing the message carrying construct to a consumer for use with a beverage container where the message carrying construct carries information on a surface visible in either the beverage container sleeve configuration or the modular geometric configuration.
A beverage container cover comprising:
- a panel being configurable to form at least a sleeve configuration;
- an identifiable image located on the panel;
- at least one geometric component being detachably affixed to the panel;
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- where in the sleeve configuration the panel is configured to receive the beverage container, and an exterior surface opposite to the beverage container having the identifiable image.
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A beverage container cover comprising:
- a plurality of panels being configurable between at least a sleeve configuration and at least a polyhedron shape, where the plurality of panels includes at least one hinge separating adjacent panels;
- an identifiable image located on at least one panel;
- at least a first nesting element located on at least one panel, where the first nesting element is adapted to engage a second nesting element;
- where in the sleeve configuration the plurality of panels maintain a substantially cylindrical shape having an interior surface that is configured to slidably engage the beverage container, and an exterior surface opposite to the beverage container having the identifiable image;
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- where the at least one hinge is deformable such that at least a first edge of a first panel and at least a second edge of a second panel can be coupled transforming the plurality of panels into the polyhedron shape with the identifiable image being visually observable from an exterior of the polyhedron shape.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.