Patent ID: 7628290
Filing Date: 2009-12-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage container with a built-in stabilizing insulation sleeve comprising; providing a disposable frustoconic beverage container having a closed bottom end and an open top end that is wider than said bottom end; providing a stabilizing insulation sleeve comprising; (a) a cylindrical sleeve having a larger open end, a smaller open end, and a tapered frustoconic cylinder wall there between that nests or wraps around a major portion of said disposable frustoconic beverage container; (b) said smaller end of said cylindrical sleeve extending below rim of said closed bottom end of said container; (c) said stabilizing insulation sleeve made of insulating material; (d) said stabilizing insulation sleeve having at least eight (8) spaced-apart vertical slits extending from said smaller open end towards a middle portion of said tapered frustoconic cylinder wall producing at least eight (8) stabilizing legs between said slits; (e) said beverage container attached to the portion of said stabilizing sleeve where there are no said slits and no said stabilizing legs; (f) said stabilizing legs being able to radially expand out to more than 100% of the diameter of said container's closed bottom end so that when positioned on a flat surface, said stabilizing legs provide a wide footprint or a base of support for said stabilizing insulation sleeve; whereby when said beverage container is inserted into said stabilizing insulation sleeve, said sleeve stabilizes said beverage container on a flat surface, and said sleeve and said container are lifted and carried together.