U.S. patent application number 09/871447 was filed with the patent office on 2002-12-05 for wrap-around for a beverage container.
Invention is credited to Babka, Dina, Barthlow, Landra, Harvey, Kristin, Lanigan, Kim.
Application Number | 20020179617 09/871447 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 25357452 |
Filed Date | 2002-12-05 |
United States Patent
Application |
20020179617 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Barthlow, Landra ; et
al. |
December 5, 2002 |
Wrap-around for a beverage container
Abstract
The invention pertains to a wrap-around attachment to be used as
wrap for a beverage container. There is a main sheet of a water
repellent styrene foam and an inner layer of an absorbent material
in contact with the outer surface of the beverage container. At one
edge of the inner layer there is an adhesive strip which will
adhere to any location on the outside of the main layer to make the
warp-around usable on differently sized containers. Adjacent to the
adhesive strip is placed a protective non-stick strip. Prior to
use, the adhesive strip is folded over the protective strip to make
the wrap-around non-sticking until use. Because of the materials
being used, the wrap-around is easily disposable.
Inventors: |
Barthlow, Landra; (Naples,
FL) ; Harvey, Kristin; (Naples, FL) ; Babka,
Dina; (Naples, FL) ; Lanigan, Kim; (Naples,
FL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
JOHN T. MILLER, ESQ.
11576 QUAIL VILLAGE WAY
NAPLES
FL
34119
US
|
Family ID: |
25357452 |
Appl. No.: |
09/871447 |
Filed: |
May 31, 2001 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/739 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A47G 23/0216
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/739 |
International
Class: |
B65D 025/00 |
Claims
What we claim is:
1. A wrap-around attachment for a beverage container including a
main layer of a styrene foam, an inner layer of an absorbent
material to be in contact with an outer surface of said beverage
container, said absorbent material having at one edge thereof an
adhesive strip attached thereto, a protective non-stick strip is
placed adjacent to said adhesive strip, said adhesive strip is
folded over said protective strip prior to the use of said
wrap-around on a beverage container.
2. The wrap-around attachment of claim 1, wherein said absorbent
layer consists of two sheets.
3. The wrap-around attachment of claim 1, including means for
adjusting said warp-around to differently sized beverage
containers.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The invention pertains to a wrap-around attachment for a
beverage container or more specifically to a wrap-around that
completely surrounds the outer circumference of a beverage
container in a snug fit. The beverage container can contain a hot
or cold beverage. The container can be a regular soda can or a beer
can. The container can be any glass of any size, whether
cylindrical or fluted and the beverage container can be a bottle.
It is a well known fact that when a cold beverage can is taken from
a refrigerator or from an ice box or cooler chest, the can will
form a condensation on its outer surface once the can is placed in
an ambient atmosphere, especially in a hot and humid environment.
The condensation will run down the outer surface of the can and
form undesirable water puddles or rings wherever it is placed.
Moreover, the condensation will drip on the clothing a person wears
when drinking from the can which leaves undesirable spots on the
clothing. The same is true for drinking glasses that contain a cold
beverage such as are served in a bar, for example.
[0002] Various items are known that alleviate the above noted
problems. For example, cylindrical containers are known that are
made of a certain size and are made of foam rubber and are designed
to mostly keep the content of the can in a cold or cooled state.
The condensation will still form on the container, maybe to a
lesser extent over a longer period of time, but the condensation is
not absorbed by the thick wall of foam rubber and eventual will run
down the surface of the can again creating the undesirable result
of soiling the clothing or staining a surface. The foam rubber
sleeve container is mostly designed to keep the beverage in the can
at a cooled or lower temperature.
[0003] Wrap-arounds for beverage cans are also known that are made
of cloth having a wadding inside, again to keep the beverage in a
cooled state. The material of the sleeve is not designed to absorb
any moisture. While this sleeve is designed to be initially wrapped
around a beverage container and then fastened upon itself, it is
not adjustable because of the use of VELCRO.TM. where certain loop
and hook sections have to meet each other and cannot operate
side-by-side. At best, the sleeve item mentioned above will act as
an insulator.
[0004] The foam receptacle and the sleeve mentioned above are not
designed to be disposable. Sure, everything is disposable because
it can be thrown away and thereby be disposed of. But the items
mentioned above are considered to be usable over and over
again.
SUMMARY AND OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
[0005] An object of the invention at hand is to construct a low
cost disposable wrap around for a beverage container which has a
lining that absorbs the condensation on the surface of the
container, keeps the content of the container hot or cold whatever
the case may be, and is adjustable and can be applied to different
size or different shapes of containers.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0006] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a container wrap-around
partially opened;
[0007] FIG. 2 shows the container wrap-around laid out flat.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the wrap-around as it is
installed on a container C. The outer layer 2 is a sheet of a
polyurethane vinyl Styrofoam which is very light in weight and is
water impervious. The reference character 3 indicates a liner which
will be explained below with reference to FIG. 2. One edge of the
wrap-around 2 has an adhesive strip 5 attached thereto which will
stick to any location on the outer surface of the sheet 2. To
prevent any sticking prior to use, there is a non-stick strip 6
provided next to the adhesive strip 5. Prior to use, the adhesive
strip is folded back over the non-stick strip and kept there in
place until use. This non-stick strip is similar to the well known
peel-offs on other adhesive items. These peel-off strips could also
be used on the invention at hand. But the present non-stick strip 6
adjacent to the adhesive strip 5 is preferred for environmental
reasons, especially in the setting where the wrap-around cover most
likely will be used, such as a bar or in an outdoor environment.
This way, no single peel-off strips have to be contended with which
could mar the environment.
[0009] Turning now to FIG. 2 which shows the overall wrap-around as
1 and like reference characters are applied to the same elements as
in FIG. 1. Again, the outside cover sheet 2 is shown as laid out
flat. As mentioned above, the inner surface of the cover sheet 2 is
covered with an absorbent layer 3. The absorbent layer 3 is
preferably made up of at least two layers, that is, 3 and an
additional layer 4. It has been found that this arrangement will
increase the absorbency of the inner layer both layers are lightly
adhering to the main or outer layer 2. Again, the adhesive strip 5
is shown next to the non-stick or protective strip 6. In practice,
the adhesive strip 5 is folded over the protective strip prior to a
use to protect the same from sticking anywhere else. Because of
this arrangement, it can now be seen that the wrap-around of the
invention can be used on differently sized containers because the
adhesive strip will stick to any location on the outside and along
the surface of the main sheet. The wrap-around can be used on
fluted beverage containers because the adhesive strip can be
attached to the wrap-around in a slanted manner.
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