Invertable thermally insulating carriers
OwnerRobert J. C. Kouwenberginventor
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Abstract
A thermally insulating drinks carrier is formed in two halves, an upper body portion and a lower body portion. Each portion defines six cylindrical pockets arranged in two rows and six columns. A pin and recess on each body portion enables the two portions to be located and locked together. A carrying strap is threaded through bridging loops on each portion to imprison the two body portions together. The bridging loops span channels or guide slots in the sides of the body portions to act as guides for the strap. Each free end of the strap is wrapped around a wedge and wedged under a respective loop.
Claims9
An invertable thermally insulating carrier for containing at least one cylindrical can or bottle, said carrier comprising:
- a body portion having two identical separable parts;
- identical locating means on each part for locating the two parts in a predetermined cooperating relationship, each part defining at least one cylindrical pocket, which pockets, when the two parts are brought into the predetermined cooperating relationship, cooperate to define an individual insulating enclosure for a cylindrical can or bottle;
- each said part defining identical parallel channels on opposite external sides thereof;
- a bridging member integrally formed on each opposing external side of each part to bridge each channel member, each bridging member of each opposing external side being identical;
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- an elongate carrying strap having opposite end portions and an intermediate portion, the opposite end portions being releasably secured to the opposing bridging members on one part of the body portion and the intermediate portion being threaded through the opposing bridging members of the other part of the body portion, to connect the two parts of the body portions to each other, the two parts of the body portion being identical to allow the two parts to be molded from a single mold, and to allow the two parts to be employed interchangeably with the strap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.