Sleeve member, container assembly kit including same, and associated method of manufacturing a sleeve member
AssigneeLiquitek LLC
InventorsJAMES G. GETSAY, PAUL TERLINSKI
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Abstract
A sleeve member includes a bellows member having a top and a bottom located opposite the top, and an inner liner located internal with respect to the bellows member. The inner liner has a top and a bottom located opposite the top of the inner liner. The top and the bottom of the inner liner are connected to the top and the bottom of the bellows member, respectively, such that a vacuum entrapment is provided between the bellows member and the inner liner. A passage is provided through the top and the bottom of the bellows member, and through the top and the bottom of the inner liner.
Claims51
A sleeve member comprising:
- a bellows member having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top;
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- an inner liner disposed internal with respect to said bellows member, said inner liner having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top of said inner liner,
- wherein the top and the bottom of said inner liner are connected to the top and the bottom of said bellows member, respectively, such that a vacuum entrapment is provided between said bellows member and said inner liner, and
- wherein a passage is provided through the top and the bottom of said bellows member, and through the top and the bottom of said inner liner.
A container assembly kit comprises:
- a sleeve member comprising:
- a bellows member having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top, and
- an inner liner disposed internal with respect to said bellows member, said inner liner having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top of said inner liner, wherein the top and the bottom of said inner liner are connected to the top and the bottom of said bellows member, respectively, such that a vacuum entrapment is provided between said bellows member and said inner liner, and wherein a passage is provided through the top and the bottom of said bellows member, and through the top and the bottom of said inner liner;
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- a shell member comprising a body having a tubular wall and a base, said tubular wall having an end structured to be disposed proximate the bottom of said bellows member and the bottom of said inner liner, said base extending across the end of said tubular wall, said tubular wall extending from said base and being structured to be proximate the top of said bellows member and the top of said inner liner, said tubular wall being structured to be concentric with said inner liner and external with respect to said bellows member.
A container assembly kit comprises:
- a sleeve member comprising:
- an exterior member having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top, and
- an inner liner disposed internal with respect to said exterior member, said inner liner having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top of said inner liner, wherein the top and the bottom of said inner liner are connected to the top and the bottom of said exterior member, respectively, such that a vacuum entrapment is provided between said exterior member and said inner liner, and wherein a passage is provided through the top and the bottom of said exterior member, and through the top and the bottom of said inner liner;
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- a cup structured to be coupled to said sleeve member, said cup having an open top, a closed bottom, and a tubular wall extending therebetween, the tubular wall being structured to be disposed internal with respect to said sleeve member.
A method of manufacturing a sleeve member comprising the steps of:
- providing a bellows member having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top;
- providing an inner liner having a top and a bottom disposed opposite the top of said inner liner;
- inserting said inner liner into an interior of said bellows member such that a passage is provided through the top and the bottom of said bellows member, and through the top and the bottom of said inner liner;
- connecting the top of said inner liner to the top of said bellows member;
- connecting the bottom of said inner liner to the bottom of said bellows member;
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- providing a vacuum entrapment between said bellows member and said inner liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.