Patent ID: 7337915

Claim:
An insulating receptacle for a beverage container which comprises: a) an insulating sleeve having an interior surface with a first girth, the insulating sleeve having first and second ends, said first end having a first opening dimensioned to conformably receive a beverage container therein, said second end including a second opening therein; b) first and second inwardly extending ribs each having a second girth smaller than the first girth, the inwardly extending ribs formed integrally with said sleeve and configured for sealingly engaging an outer surface of a beverage container, wherein: the first and second ribs are adjacently spaced from the first and second openings with no other inwardly extending ribs between the first and second fibs; and the first and second inwardly extending ribs are first and second peripheral gripping members formed in said sleeve and having the second girth for sealingly engaging a beverage container placed in said sleeve; (c) a third peripheral gripping member formed in said sleeve, the third peripheral gripping member located at the first end; (d) an inwardly extending flexible flange formed integrally with said sleeve at the second end thereof and bounding the second opening; (e) a plurality of suction cups affixed to the inwardly extending flange, wherein the suction cups have a diameter that is substantially three sixteenths of an outer diameter of the sleeve, wherein said sleeve and gripping members are formed of a single layer of a single piece of flexible insulating material.