Patent ID: 8459494

Claim:
A combination comprising: a beverage container having a base, an upstanding peripheral wall and a top with an edge defining a top opening which is open to allow a user to drink beverage directly from the edge at the top through the open top opening; and an apparatus for shading the beverage container, the apparatus comprising: a rigid plastic body which includes bend lines across the body at spaced positions therealong; the rigid plastic body defining a flat base coaster portion for resting on flat surface; the beverage container and the coaster portion being separate and arranged such that the beverage container can be placed on the coaster portion for supporting the base of the beverage container and removed from the coaster portion for drinking of the beverage; the rigid plastic body defining a generally upstanding piece along one side of the peripheral wall of the beverage container shaped to have a front elevation which generally matches in shape a side elevation of the beverage container so as to shade the beverage container; the generally upstanding piece being arranged so that an upper edge thereof is at or adjacent the top of the beverage container; and the rigid plastic body defining a top cover piece, attached to the upper edge of the generally upstanding piece, and inclined upwardly and across the edge and top opening of the top of the beverage container; the top cover piece being shaped so as to provide shade to at least part of the edge and the top opening of the top of the beverage container.