Patent ID: 9382058
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A method for making a cup sleeve from a flat panel of a foldable material, the sleeve having inside dimensions for jacketing a cup, the method comprising: (a) providing a two-sided flat said panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, a left edge, a right flap, a left flap, and a waistline extending from said right edge to said left edge and crossing said right flap and said left flap, said waistline defining an upper panel section above said waistline and a lower panel section below said waistline; wherein, (b) folding said flaps on said right and left flap foldlines so that said flaps are folded inwardly onto a first side of said panel; (c) hingedly folding said lower panel section inwardly-onto said first side of said panel over said upper panel section on said hinge members formed by said waistline foldlines and thereby locking said right and left flaps between said upper panel section and said lower panel section of said panel as folded; (d) with slit downwardly disposed, opening a generally annular center passageway between an inside wall of said upper panel section and an inside wall of said lower panel section, thereby forming an open sleeve with outside sleeve walls and inside sleeve walls; and, (e) inserting the cup into said center passageway of said sleeve and through said slit until engirdledly seated therein, thereby locking said right and left flaps between said inside sleeve walls and a sidewall of the cup engirdledly jacketed therein.