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Insulator for bottled beverages

  • US 4,549,410 A
  • Filed: 12/21/1984
  • Issued: 10/29/1985
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A refrigerant-free insulator and holder for beverages carried in containers having a neck ring comprising:

  • (a) a semi-rigid outer shell, the shell having a top opening to receive the container neck ring, the top opening having inner dimensions slightly smaller than the outer dimensions of the neck ring, the shell also having a bottom opening to receive the container, the bottom opening having inner dimensions slightly larger than the outer dimensions of the container body;

    (b) an inner insulating sleeve carried within the shell; and

    ,(c) means for supporting the bottom periphery of the container, the support means being carried within the shell and surrounding the bottom opening of the shell, the support means flexing to a position permitting insertion and removal of the container from within the shell and thereafter returning to a support position,such that when a container is admitted into the shell through the bottom opening the neck ring of the container causes the top opening to expand to permit passage of the neck ring, thereafter the top opening contracts underneath the neck ring, the contracted top opening and support means in the support position holding the container within the shell.

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