Coaster

• US 20060075770A1
• Filed: 10/08/2004
• Published: 04/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Blue Swing LLC
• Original Assignee: The Blue Swing LLC
• Inventors: Lefkowitz, Brian, Wax, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,331,194 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 62/457.400
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0313 with means for keeping food cool or hot
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/0831 the liquid is disposed in the space between the walls of the container
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/0845 below the product
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/803 Bottles
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/36 Visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2500/02 Geometry problems
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/08 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/007 Bottles or cans

Abstract

A coaster for a beverage container has an enclosed base and a cooling material encapsulated therein. The enclosed base has a top surface with a substantially planar portion. The beverage container engages on the top surface of the base. In another embodiment, a coaster assembly has a base portion and a collar portion. The collar portion attaches to the base portion and reveals at least a portion of a top side of the base portion.

Claims

1. A coaster for a beverage container comprising:

an enclosed base with a top surface having a substantially planar portion for engaging the beverage container; and

a cooling material completely encapsulated within the base,

wherein indicia is present on the top surface.

3. The coaster of claim 1 wherein indicia is present on a body of the base portion.

4. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the cooling material is a gel.

5. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the cooling material is a liquid.

6. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the cooling material includes polypropylene glycol.

7. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the base portion is made of plastic.

8. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the base portion has a height of approximately three quarters of an inch.

9. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the base is comprised of a first and a second piece that melt together to form the base portion.

10. The coaster of claim 1 wherein the base portion further comprises a bottom surface on the opposite side of the base portion as the top surface, and further comprising three pads on the bottom surface of the base portion.

11. The coaster of claim 1 further comprising a first peripheral portion that is connected to the base portion.

12. The coaster of claim 1 further comprising a first peripheral portion that is removably connected to the base portion, a second peripheral portion that is removably connected to the base portion, wherein the first peripheral portion and the second peripheral portion are not connected to the base portion at the same time.

2. (canceled)

13. A coaster assembly for a beverage container comprising:

a base portion having a top side and a bottom side; and

a collar portion wherein the collar portion attaches to the base portion and reveals at least a portion of the top side of the base portion.

14. The coaster assembly of claim 13 wherein the area of the top side of the base portion revealed by the collar portion has indicia.

15. The coaster assembly of claim 13 wherein the collar portion has indicia, the indicia of the collar portion being related to the indicia of the base portion.

16. The coaster assembly of claim 13 comprising a second collar portion, the collar portion and second collar portion each capable of being separately removably connected to the base portion.

17. The coaster assembly of claim 13 wherein the collar portion is snugly fit to the base portion.

18. The coaster assembly of claim 13 wherein the base portion comprises a cooling material.

19. The coaster assembly of claim 13 wherein the collar portion is configured to depict a distinctive object.

20. A cooling coaster comprising:

a base portion having a top surface for receiving a beverage container; and

a material located within the base portion having a cooling state and a room temperature state, the cooling state being at a temperature less than room temperature, the room temperature state being at room temperature, wherein the material is in the cooling state before the beverage is in contact with the top surface, and the material warms towards the room temperature state while the beverage is in contact with the top surface.