Patent ID: 9533794
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. An insulator for use with a beverage container, the article comprising: (a) a first sheet, wherein the first sheet has an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the first sheet is at least sufficiently flexible to be longitudinally wrapped around a generally cylindrical body to position an inner surface of an end of the first sheet adjacent an outer surface of a tab portion of the first sheet to form an overlapping area between the end portion and the tab portion; (b) a first adhesive on a first portion of an inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the first portion is within the overlapping area; and (c) a second adhesive on a second portion of the inner surface of the first sheet, wherein the second portion is outside the overlapping area, and wherein the first adhesive and the second adhesive can be the same or different.