Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Container holder
Patent
1997-05-23
1998-12-08
Castellano, Stephen J.
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Container holder
220903, 206522, 383 3, 383 63, B65D 2534
Patent
active
058458069
ABSTRACT:
An inflatable beverage container insulating jacket, more particularly, a jacket which when collapsed conveniently stores in a credit-card sized pouch for carrying in a wallet or purse. The insulating jacket includes a generally cylindrical inflatable wall and a base unitarily attached to the wall, which when inflated forms the receiving space for the container. Both the wall and the base are made up of an interior partition and an exterior partition peripherally attached to one another, thus defining an interiorly disposed chamber for rigid inflation of the wall. An inflation valve having a minimal dimension, such as a resealable compression-type zipperless closure, is attached to the wall along a top edge of the wall, the valve permitting rigid inflation of the unitary base and wall by virtue of a plurality of interconnected air cells. Each air cell is defined in the wall and base by a plurality of tacking welds. When deflated, the jacket can be collapsed to credit-card sized dimensions and carried in an approximately credit-card sized pouch by virtue of its planar dimensions and minimally dimensioned valve. A method of construction which accommodates the objective of maintaining a very thin profile and planar dimensions of the jacket when collapsed is also described.
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Castellano Stephen J.
Litman Richard C.
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