Envelopes – wrappers – and paperboard boxes – Paper or paperboard cup – Insulated
Patent
1996-12-12
1998-05-05
Elkins, Gary E.
Envelopes, wrappers, and paperboard boxes
Paper or paperboard cup
Insulated
270738, 229400, B65D 328
Patent
active
057463727
ABSTRACT:
A beverage container holder formed from a water soluble starch based material in a configuration facilitating the wrap around engagement of a beverage container for the insulation thereof and convenience of the user. The cup holder may be provided in a generally planar sheet construction for facilitating the packaging, shipping and handling thereof and with an interlocking tab assembly for facilitating the securement around a beverage container, such as a coffee cup. Once used for insulating the hands of a user, the cup holder of the present invention may be discarded and disposed of with water or the like to comprise an environmentally convenient, water soluble, biodegradable assembly.
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60/013,437 Mar. 15, 1996, Spence.
American Excelsior Company
Elkins Gary E.
Gray J. Kevin
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