Patent ID: 9248939
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B29C,B29D,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A container sleeve for wearing on a beverage container comprising at least one annular groove along a body of said beverage container, said container sleeve comprising: a cylindrical body defined by a resilient sheet of semi-rigid plastic shape-memory material having a plurality of characteristics, said body being open at both ends, slit from end to end, and furled lengthwise along an axis running end to end by one or more of said plurality of characteristics, wherein one of said plurality of characteristics is to normally retain a first diameter that can be forcibly expanded by parting along said slit to a larger second diameter; at least one of said ends of said cylindrical body being defined by an inwardly-protruding lip conforming to said at least one annular groove for insertion therein; whereby said sleeve can be inserted downward onto a freestanding beverage container and thereafter clings thereto as a second skin.