Patent ID: 6814252
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
An insulating enclosure for a necked beverage bottle comprising:a rigid, generally cylindrical container having an open top and an insulated side wall, said container having a generally cylindrical recess of a diameter to relatively snugly receive the closed end of a beverage bottle; a frustoconical top for said container and formed of a flexible resilient insulating material characterized by stretchability in two dimensions, said frustoconical top including a rigid or semi-rigid ring-like major base sized to nest with said open top and an open, opposite minor base through which the neck of a beverage bottle may extend, said insulating material being secured to said major base by stitching; a resilient rubber-like ring stretched peripherally around said major base and covering said stitching; and interengaging elements on said cylindrical container and on said ring-like major base releasably mounting said frustoconical top on said cylindrical container open end to completely enclose a beverage bottle except for an end of the neck thereof.