Hand held insulated beverage holder with a phone compartment
AssigneeArchduke Enterprises, LLC
InventorsJohn Timothy DEAKIN, Ralph Vincent TREMAGLIO
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Abstract
A beverage holding and mobile device holding apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a cylindrical housing formed from an insulating material and has flexible members attached to the cylindrical housing. A transparent member is attached to the flexible members to create a compartment which holds and allows use of the touch screen of a mobile device while in the compartment.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical housing configured to receive a cylindrical container;
- a first elastic member secured to the cylindrical housing along a first edge of the first elastic member;
- at least a second elastic member secured to the cylindrical housing along a first edge of the second elastic member;
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- a transparent member having a first edge secured to a second edge of the first elastic member and a second edge secured to a second edge of the at least second elastic member;
- wherein a compartment for receiving a mobile device is formed between the transparent member and the cylindrical housing that is configured to expand away from the cylindrical housing by extending the elastic members, and
- wherein the transparent member is formed from a transparent material configured to permit operation of a touch screen on the mobile device positioned beneath the transparent material by a user making contact with the transparent material.
The apparatus of claim 2, further comprising a sealing element configured to seal a third, base edge of the transparent member to secure the mobile device in the compartment.
The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the sealing element is a third elastic member attached to the transparent member on one edge and attached to the cylindrical housing on another edge.
A method for creating a beverage and mobile device holding apparatus comprising:
- attaching a first edge of a transparent member to a first elastic member;
- attaching a second edge of the transparent member to a second elastic member;
- folding a piece of a temperature insulating material;
- positioning the transparent member and first and second elastic members inside the folded temperature insulating material;
- attaching the transparent member and first and second elastic members to the temperature insulating material;
- sealing the folded piece of temperature insulating material on at least two edges providing a side seam through each of the at least two edges;
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- inverting the sealed temperature insulating material to provide a cylindrical housing configured to receive a container and an expandable compartment configured to receive a mobile device between the transparent member and the cylindrical housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.