Dual function insulating holder for bottle or can
AssigneeWallis H. Wallis Trust of 2004
InventorTom Beggins
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Abstract
An insulating holder for holding a beverage in a bottle or a can having a lower cylindrical enclosure which receives an upper enclosure having a dome-shaped upper end. The upper and lower enclosures are provided with mating threads or other mating devices to hold the upper and lower enclosures in place when enjoyed. The upper enclosure is adapted to cover the top portion of a bottle inserted into the lower enclosure and to snuggly receive a can when inverted and inserted into the lower enclosure.
Claims20
An insulating holder for a rigid bottle having a top with a neck that increases in diameter down its length, and a bottom, or for a beverage can that is generally cylindrical with a substantially flat top and bottom, the insulating holder comprising:
- a lower cylindrical enclosure formed of insulating foam material for thermally insulating the rigid bottle, the lower cylindrical enclosure having a first end and a second end, the first end closed and the second end opening into a cylindrical interior for receiving the bottom of the rigid bottle;
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- an invertible upper cylindrical enclosure formed of insulating foam thermally insulating the rigid bottle, the upper enclosure having a dome-shaped first end integrally formed into a cylindrical section that terminates in a circular rim at a second end adapted to telescopically fit into the cylindrical interior of the lower cylindrical enclosure;
- the first dome-shaped end having a circular opening therein extending into a cylindrical interior, the opening sized to pass the top of the rigid bottle and come into a locking relation with the neck of the rigid bottle somewhere along the neck, the cylindrical section of the upper cylindrical enclosure enclosing at least a portion of the rigid bottle beneath the circular opening;
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- a shim structure located in the cylindrical section of the upper cylindrical enclosure;
- the shim structure adapted to grasp the exterior of a cylindrical beverage can pushed through the circular rim and into the cylindrical section;
- whereby when the insulating holder is used for holding a beverage can, the upper cylindrical enclosure telescopically fits into the cylindrical interior of the lower cylindrical enclosure with the first dome-shaped end located at the first closed end of the lower cylindrical enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.