Beverage container holder and blank therefor
OwnerSaskia J. van der Wal, Jurjen van der Walinventors
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Abstract
A cardboard or plastic blank having an elongated main body, an enlarged head portion, an elliptical opening formed in the enlarged head portion and a pair of elongated wing portions, connected to the main body, adjacent the elliptical opening. The elongated wing portions include outer securing elements that allow the wings to be secured together while the main body is folded to form a beverage container holder.
Claims18
A blank for forming a beverage container holder, comprising, in combination:
- a substantially flat elongated body including a handle portion;
- an enlarged head portion secured to said handle portion;
- an opening formed through said enlarged head portion;
- a pair of elongated wing portions secured to said enlarged head portion on opposite sides of said opening;
- a plurality of crease means formed in said handle portion and said pair of elongated wing portions, to form fold lines along which said wing portions and said handle portion may be folded;
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- each of said pair of elongated wing portions having a tip with an angled slit formed therein, whereby said pair of elongated wing portions may be joined together by the joining of the angled slits when said wing portions are bent toward each other.
A beverage container holder for holding a beverage container, comprising in combination:
- a body having an enlarged head portion secured to an elongated handle portion;
- an opening formed in said enlarged head portion through which a beverage container may be inserted and held in said beverage container holder;
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- a pair of wing portions secured to said enlarged head portion;
- said pair of wing portions being bent toward each other and having tips which are secured together so as to form a support means for a beverage container inserted in said opening.
A beverage container holder made from a blank, comprising, in combination:
- a body having an enlarged head portion secured to an elongated, tapered carrying portion;
- an elliptical opening formed in said enlarged head portion;
- a pair of elongated, tapered wing portions secured to said enlarged head portion;
- fold lines formed in said elongated, tapered wing portions substantially along a line where each of said elongated, tapered wing portions are secured to said enlarged head portion;
- a plurality of crease means formed on said elongated, tapered carrying portion and said pair of elongated, tapered wing portions;
- said crease means forming further fold lines along which said elongated, tapered carrying portion and said pair of elongated, tapered wing portions may be folded;
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- each of said pair of elongated, tapered wing portions having an outer tip with securing means securing the respective outer tips together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.