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US 4,746,028 AGranted
Thermally insulating sleeve for a cylindrical beverage container
OwnerRobert D. Bagginventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a thermally insulating sleeve, that is mounted on a disposable beverage container, having an outwardly projecting handle. The sleeve is both flexible and resilient so that it grips the sidewalls of the container. The handle is C-shaped and provided with a mounting flange located inside of the sleeve. The mounting flange is provided with an arcuate inner surface for engaging the cylindrical sidewalls of a beverage container.
Claims1
A wrap around apparatus for thermally insulating the outside of a tubular container comprising:
- a flexible and resilient tubular sleeve of insulating material;
- said sleeve having two axially and linearly displaced openings;
- a rigid C-shaped axially disposed handle means perpendicular and external of said sleeve having an axial elongated web portion and two inwardly projecting spaced tang portions defining a hand opening for gripping the handle means;
- said tang portions extending internally of said sleeve through said openings in the sleeve,
- an axially disposed mounting flange positioned inside of the sleeve and secured to the two inwardly projecting tang portions of the handle means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.