Insulated sleeve for a cup
US9102461B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 18, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 18, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/1393
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An insulative member for surrounding and embracing an exterior surface of a hot-beverage drink cup to provide a grippable low-temperature thermal barrier that can be gripped by a consumer, the member comprising a sheet comprising insulative cellular non-aromatic polymeric material having localized plastic deformation in the sheet and providing a plastically deformed first material segment having a first density located in a first portion of the sheet and a second material segment having a second density lower than the first density located in an adjacent second portion of the sheet.
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