Patent ID: 8474641
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: A47G,B65D,F25D

Abstract:
1. A disposable stackable container for holding ice and a beverage, the container comprising: (a) a beverage container body comprising a circular base, a frustoconical wall, and a circular upper rim, the circular upper rim having a diameter; (b) an expandable ice pocket comprising two overlaid flexible walls, the ice pocket having a perimeter edge with a fixed closed portion attached to the beverage container body and an expandable open portion; (c) wherein the ice pocket, when expanded, has a lateral dimension generally less than half the diameter of the circular upper rim of the container body and wherein the ice pocket is positioned within and attached to the container body to align the expandable open portion of the perimeter edge of the ice pocket with a portion of the upper rim of the container body; (d) wherein the two overlaid flexible walls each comprise polymer plastic film; and (e) further wherein the two overlaid flexible walls are connected by a heat sealed seam to form a liquid barrier seal, for separating the ice from the beverage so as to cool the beverage yet prevent dilution of the beverage when the ice melts.