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US 8,091,702 B1Granted
Integrated cup carrier
OwnerCharles P. Keipinventor
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Abstract
A folding cup holder carrier that provides for multiple cup carrying from a single folded sheet material blank. The cup carrier has a central handle with opposing tapered sides with multiple apertured hinged cup engagement flaps formed thereon. A base is defined between said respective sides below said multiple apertures to support a cup's bottom once placed through the corresponding apertures and retained by resilient retainment by the hinge flaps.
Claims3
A folding cup holder carrier for carrying multiple cups at one time comprises,
- an upstanding hand grip comprising first and second handle formation portions having aligned hand grip openings therein,
- locking tabs in said first handle formation portion and locking tab engagement apertures in said second handle formation portion securing said handle formation portions together,
- a pair of inclined sidewalls extending integrally from said respective handle formation portions, each of said inclined sidewalls having at least one cup receiving cut-out therewithin,
- a continuous solid surface cup engagement support base hinged to and extending between said respective inclined sidewalls,
- each of said cup receiving cut-outs of an elliptical shape having an identical hinged integral cup engagement flap and having a pair of relief cuts defining a hinge flag line extending along the entire lower base thereof extending from within said cut-out engaging with the respective cup in spaced relation to the planar surface of said inclined sidewalls.
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