Patent Application
20250113935
The present disclosure relates to an adjustable beverage container holder that may conform to a wide variety of beverage containers having a range of sizes.
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages come in a wide variety of cans and bottles that have an equally wide variety of shapes and sizes. For example, sodas generally come in standard twelve-ounce cans, alcoholic seltzers and ciders generally in a taller but skinnier twelve-ounce can, and beer in yet a different size can, particularly if more than twelve-ounces.
Moreover, beverage consumers often drink the beverage over time, and it is often desirable to maintain the initial temperature of the beverage. To this end, various ways of maintaining beverage temperature in the various cans and bottles have been provided, with cloth Koozies® being one of the most popular. Such Koozie® can holders hug the can due to the flexibility of the cloth, and may provide insulation. However, one has to have multiple sizes of the can holders to fit the various diameters and/or heights of beverage cans and bottles.
An alternative is a zippered sleeve such as described in U.S. Pat. No. 11,191,380 B2. The sleeve is adjustable between a first position and a second position using a zipper or other means of closings, such as a hook and loop closure. Such a sleeve, however, provides limited insulation and is not secure around the beverage container.
Therefore, there remains a need for an adjustable beverage container holder that can be adapted and conformed to fit a wide variety of beverage container sizes having a variety of diameters and heights.
According to various embodiments of the invention, an adjustable container holder is provided. The beverage container holder may include a container receiving portion, a deformable or flexible sleeve and a securing ring rotatable relative to the container receiving portion. The securing ring may include an inner ring portion and an outer ring portion wherein the deformable material is positioned or clasped between the inner ring portion and the outer ring portion of the securing ring. The can receiving portion may include a slot configured to receive a tab. The tab may be disposed on the interior portion of the securing ring to guide rotation of the securing ring from a container receiving configuration to a container securing configuration.
The first end of the deformable sleeve may be coupled to the container receiving portion and a second end of the deformable sleeve may be coupled to the securing ring such that rotation of the securing ring from the container receiving configuration to the container securing configuration reduces an interior diameter of the deformable sleeve. In this matter, the sleeve may be tightened.
The features and advantages described in this disclosure and in the following detailed description are not all-inclusive. Many additional features and advantages will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the relevant art in view of the drawings, specification, and claims hereof. Moreover, it should be noted that the language used in the specification has been principally selected for readability and instructional purposes and may not have been selected to delineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter; reference to the claims is necessary to determine such inventive subject matter.
So that the manner in which the features, advantages and objects of the invention, as well as others which will become apparent, are attained and can be understood in more detail, more particular description of the invention briefly summarized above may be had by reference to the embodiment thereof which is illustrated in the appended drawings, which drawings form a part of this specification. It is to be noted, however, that the drawings illustrate only one preferred embodiment of the invention and is therefore not to be considered limiting of its scope as the invention may admit to other equally effective embodiments.
The figures depict embodiments of the present invention for purposes of illustration only. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from the following discussion that alternative embodiments of the structures and methods illustrated herein may be employed without departing from the principles of the invention described herein.
Several embodiments will be described more fully in reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this disclosure should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. In the drawings, like numbers refer to like elements throughout. Thicknesses and dimensions of some components may be exaggerated for clarity.
The terminology used herein is for the purposed of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “and,” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “attached,” “coupled” or “connected” to another element, it can be directly attached, coupled or connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly attached,” “directly coupled” or “directly connected” to another element, there are no intervening elements present.
All patents, patent applications and publications referred to herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety. In case of a conflict in terminology, the present specification is controlling.
It is noted that any one or more aspects or features described with respect to one embodiment may be incorporated in a different embodiment although not specifically described relative thereto. That is, all embodiments and/or features of any embodiment can be combined in any way and/or combination. Applicant reserves the right to change any originally filed claim or file any new claim accordingly, including the right to be able to amend any originally filed claim to depend from and/or incorporate any feature of any other claim although not originally claimed in that manner. These and other objects and/or aspects of the present invention are explained in detail in the specification set forth below.
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It is recognized that the embodiment described in the specification is for the gripping of beverage containers such as cans and bottles. One skilled in the art would recognize that the invention would be applicable to gripping other objects that are cylindrical in shape but vary from specific article to specific article. For example, the present invention could be used to store various articles in an upright position such as umbrellas, tools, sport rods, bats and clubs and the like having a cylindrical handle or shape. Other articles include cups, pipes, adult toys, writing instruments, jars, other non-beverage bottles, wine bottles and the like.
Having thus described certain embodiments of the present invention, it is to be understood that the invention defined by the appended claims is not to be limited by particular details set forth in the above description as many apparent variations thereof are possible without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as hereinafter claimed.
The present application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 63/543,326 filed Oct. 10, 2023, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63543326 | Oct 2023 | US |
