Insulated jacket for a beverage container and blank and method for fabricating same
US6164487A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S220/903
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An insulative jacket for a beverage container is fabricating from a unitary blank of flexible insulative material into a main body forming an annulus with continuous upper and lower edges openable into an annular form for receiving the beverage container and collapsible along diametrically opposed fold lines into a flattened rectangular form when not in use, and a circular end wall connected to the lower edge of the annulus at diametrically opposed locations with a sewn fold line bisecting the wall to urge it to fold inwardly within the annulus when collapsed into the flattened rectangular form.
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