Patent Application
20160022067
The present invention relates to beverage holder covers and, more particularly, to a beverage holder cover with adjustable, separable, collapsible handles.
Not all babies can hold their bottles if they do not have handles. And their parents prefer convenient functionality, for taking their child on the go, as well as compact designs so as to store well without extra baggage.
Handles on current cups and beverage holder covers are usually made out of rigid material, such as plastic, resulting in a bulky profile that makes them difficult to fit in limited storage spaces. In the case of a sippy cup, typically the handles permanently extend from the body of the sippy cup, taking up extra space needed in diaper bags as they cannot be attached thereto. Moreover, because of their rigidity, such handles sometimes break off due to being dropped or the like.
As can be seen, there is a need for a beverage holder cover with adjustable, separable, collapsible handles, whereby each handle is separable so as to reattach around specific objects or collapse into a compact configuration.
In one aspect of the present invention, a handle system for a beverage container holder includes a tubular body forming a cup cavity; at least one pair of spaced-apart slots formed through the tubular body; at least one separable strap extending from a first end to a second end; and a mating fastener disposed near the first and second ends.
In another aspect of the present invention, a handle system for a beverage container holder includes a tubular body of insulating material forming a cup cavity; a bottom covering disposed along an end of the tubular body; two pairs of spaced-apart slots formed through the tubular body; two separable straps made of at least one fabric, each strap extending from a first end to a second end; and a mating fastener disposed near each first and second ends, wherein each separable strap is snugly slid through each pair of spaced-apart slots so that each the first and second ends are not within the cup cavity.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description and claims.
The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a beverage holder cover with adjustable, separable, collapsible handles, whereby each handle is separable so as to reattach around specific objects or collapse into a compact configuration. The beverage holder cover includes a tubular body forming a cup holding cavity as well as a plurality of pairs of spaced-apart slots disposed along the body. The present invention includes a plurality of separable straps extending from a first mating fastener to a second mating fastener, whereby the mating fasteners can be attached to be positioned in a handle configuration or detached in the compact configuration. Each separable strap may snug slide through each pair of spaced-apart slots so as to be positioned in the handle configuration, providing adjustable, separable, collapsible handles for the beverage holder cover.
Referring to
The body 22 may define a cup cavity adapted to receive a beverage container 18, as illustrated in
A plurality of pairs of spaced-apart slots 12 may be formed in the body 22, as illustrated in
Each separable strap 14 may be made of suitable strong fabric or combination of fabrics. Each separable strap 14 may extend from a first end to a second end, wherein mating fasteners 16 may be disposed at or near the first and second ends, as illustrated in
A method of using the present invention may include the following. The beverage cover 10 and the plurality of separable straps 14 disclosed above may be provided. A user may slide each separable strap 14 through each pair of slots 12 so that the first and second ends' mating fasteners 16 protrude from the cup cavity. As a result, the user may secure the first end to the second end via the mating fasteners 16 to form a handle configuration. In the handle configuration, the user or a small child can grasp to manipulate the beverage cover 10, for example to drink from the beverage container 18 housed within the cup cavity. Each of these handle configurations are adjustable based on either an amount of the mating fasteners 16 that are removably secured as well as how symmetrically the separable strap 14 may be slid through its pair of slots 12, not to mention which pair of slots 12 it may be slid through (in the embodiments with asymmetrically spaced-part pairs of slots).
Moreover, the user may take advantage that each strap 14 can be separated to attach the beverage cover 10, and thus any beverage container 18 housed therein, to a separate object 20 for convenience, as illustrated in
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application No. 62/027,631, filed 22 Jul. 2014, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 62027631 | Jul 2014 | US |
