Patent ID: 8033727

Claim:
A collapsible ice bucket for carrying, displaying, chilling and serving a beverage in a beverage container, comprising: substantially parallel front and back panels, each having an upper edge, a lower portion, and two lateral edges; a pair of side panels, each having an upper edge, a lower edge, and two lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the front and back panels are joined to the adjacent lateral edges of the side panels; a bottom panel having at least one pair of opposing lateral edges, wherein the lateral edges of the bottom panel are joined to the lower edges of the side panels to form an interior portion of said ice bucket defined by the front, back, pair of side panels and the bottom panel, and an opening defined as the distance between the upper edges of the front, back and side panels; said front, back, side and bottom panels of said ice bucket being formed from a deformable, water-impermeable material for displaying and chilling said beverage container, the lateral edges of the front and back panels being welded to the opposing lateral edges of the side panels, and the pair of opposing lateral edges of the bottom panel being welded respectively to the lower edges of the side panels, wherein the welded edges of the panels have a thickness in the range of approximately 0.3 millimeters (mm) to 1 mm; the upper edges of the ice bucket having a double thickness of said deformable, water-impermeable material for retaining said opening in a substantially non-collapsed state; and at least one handle, wherein the at least one handle extends from at least one of the upper edges of the panels.