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US 4,889,302 AGranted
Drinking container holder
OwnerDalton R. Tuckerinventor
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Abstract
A beverage container holder for supporting a drinking container on a wide variety of surfaces and for keeping the beverage hot or cold, as desired, comprising a container holder, a liquid-impervious bladder secured around and beneath it and containing a small amount of cellulose fibers and a bacteriostat that swell in the presence of water to fill the bladder and be amenable to heating in a microwave oven or freezing to adjust the temperature of the swollen material.
Claims34
A shippable drinking container holder comprising:
- (a) means for supporting a drinking container including a rigid, open-topped receptacle terminated by an upper rim and having an enclosed bottom wall;
- (b) a liquid-impervious bladder secured about said receptacle and extending loosely therearound and beneath it to form a sealed chamber therebetween;
- (c) a mixture comprising a small amount of a bacteriostat and a small quantity of fibrous material, of the type that will swell in the presence of liquid to form a thick, mushy substance, in said chamber;
- and,
- (d) means for adding liquid to said fibrous material to fill said chamber.
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A drinking container holder comprising:
- (a) means for supporting a drinking container including a rigid, open-topped receptacle terminated by an upper rim and having an enclosed bottom wall;
- (b) a water-impervious bladder secured about said receptacle and extending loosely therearound and beneath it to form a liquid-sealed chamber therebetween;
- and,
- (c) an amount, sufficient to fill said chamber, of a mixture comprising:
- (1) a small amount of a bacteriostat;
- (2) a small quantity of fibrous material of the type that will swell in the presence of a liquid to form a thick, mushy substance;
- and,
- (3) sufficient liquid to form the thick, mushy substance.
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A process for manufacturing a shippable drinking container holder comprising:
- (a) providing means for supporting a drinking container including a rigid, open-topped receptacle having an enclosed bottom wall and terminated by a rim;
- (b) providing a water-impervious bladder and securing it about said receptacle such that it extends loosely therearound and beneath to form a chamber therebetween;
- (c) placing in said chamber a mixture comprising a small amount of a bacteriostat and a small quantity of fibrous material of the type that will swell in the presence of a liquid to form a thick, mushy substance;
- and,
- (d) providing a means for accessing said chamber from outside said holder to add liquid to said chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.