Patent ID: 8870007

Claim:
A cup holder comprising: a sidewall having an inner surface and an outer surface, an upper margin of the sidewall surrounding an opening into an interior, the sidewall including a pair of recesses situated on opposite sides of a vertical midline, each of the recesses including at least one socket portion and a wedge-shaped slot extending from each of the at least one socket portions; a pair of handle elements adapted to be received wholly within the pair of recesses in the sidewall, each of the handle elements including at least one socket engaging portion connected to the respective handle elements through a web portion sized to pass through the wedge-shaped slot, wherein the at least one socket engaging portion is received in the at least one socket portion of one of the recesses, the at least one socket engaging portion being pivotable within the at least one socket portions so as to permit the handle elements to be displaced from within the sidewall recesses to a position projecting outward from the sidewall sufficiently to permit the pair of handle elements to be grasped in one hand; and a shoulder continuously joined to the upper margin of the sidewall and extending from the sidewall to a finish, the finish being adapted to receive a closure.