Patent ID: 8668109
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An insulating cup sleeve for encircling a frustoconical container having a sidewall end, a top end and a bottom end, said top end being wider than said bottom end, comprising: a) an elongate body having elongated and substantially straight top and bottom edges and first and second end side edges, said body being substantially flat when said elongate body is in an unassembled configuration and said body being substantially cylindrical when said elongate body is in an assembled configuration with said first and second end edges being fastened to each other with glue, said body in an assembled configuration defining an annular sleeve with top and bottom openings for receiving said container therein; and further consisting of: b) a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, adjacent parallel rows of slits disposed over a minor portion of the sidewall, each of said slits having slit and unslit areas, the slits of one row being offset from the slits of adjacent rows, said plurality of slits being arranged spaced apart from each other and arranged at least part way across the height of said annular sleeve and adjacent and parallel to the glued edge of the sleeve, serving for expanding the sleeve around the cup's circumference; and