Patent ID: 7946436
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. In combination: a container including a neck portion which is constructed and arranged to receive a plastic drinking sleeve, said neck portion having a generally frustoconical wall section; and a plastic drinking sleeve which is constructed and arranged to be assembled onto said neck portion with an interference fit, said plastic drinking sleeve having a sidewall with an open first end, said sidewall being formed with external threads, said external threads having a thread major diameter and a thread minor diameter, said sidewall having a generally frustoconical inner surface, wherein the relative dimensional sizing of said generally frustoconical wall section and of said generally frustoconical inner surface results in said interference fit and wherein said thread major diameter and said thread minor diameter each having a first size prior to assembly of said plastic drinking sleeve onto said neck portion and a second size following assembly of said plastic drinking sleeve onto said neck portion, wherein said second size is larger than said first size due to said interference fit which expands said plastic drinking sleeve, wherein said neck portion includes a free edge that is formed over a portion of said sidewall adjacent said open first end, a part of said free edge being embedded into said plastic drinking sleeve.