Patent ID: 8251247

Claim:
A thermal insulated holder for accommodating a container comprising: a cup-shaped body, said body including a cylindrical outside wall, a cylindrical inside wall concentric with and spaced inwardly from the outside wall, a circular bottom wall joined to said inside and outside walls, said bottom wall having a top surface, said inside wall and bottom wall top surface surrounding a chamber having an open top end, a cylindrical core of thermal insulation material located within said chamber, said core having an outside cylindrical surface located in circumferential contact with the inside wall of the body, and inside ribs adapted to engage a container located within the chamber, a base having magnet properties located in the chamber engageable with the top surface of the bottom wall of the body, said base having cup-shaped ferrous metal member having a top wall with a bottom surface and a downwardly directed continuous annular side wall joined to the top wall, said annular side wall having an annular bottom edge located in a generally horizontal plane, said bottom edge of the side wall of the cup-shaped ferrous metal member being located in engagement with the top surface of the bottom wall of the body, and a magnet mounted on the bottom surface of the top wall of the cup-shaped ferrous metal member, said magnet having a bottom surface located above the horizontal plane of the annular bottom edge of the annular side wall of the cup-shaped ferrous metal member whereby magnetic force at the bottom edge of the side wall of the ferrous metal ferrous metal member retains the base on the bottom wall of the body and the holder on a magnetic metal support.