Claims
- 1. A cup holder comprising:
- a ring of thermally insulative material, having an inner surface, an outer surface, and upper and lower edges;
- said inner surface including an annular band projecting radially inwardly, the band having an annular inward surface textured to frictional engage a cup journaled through the ring;
- said inner surface decreasing in diameter from the upper edge of the ring to the lower edge of ring; and
- said band extending upwardly from the ring lower edge to a shoulder spaced below the upper edge of the ring.
- 2. The cup holder of claim 1, wherein said band has a height, as measured from the ring lower edge to the shoulder, which is less than one half the height of the ring, as measured from the upper edge to the lower edge.
- 3. The cup holder of claim 2, further comprising a handle mounted on the outer surface of the ring formed in a vertical loop oriented orthogonal to the orientation of the ring.
- 4. The cup holder of claim 2, wherein said handle includes an upper leg, a vertical distal leg, and a lower leg interconnected to form the loop, and further comprising a projection depending from the handle at, the juncture of the lower leg and distal leg, forming a concave finger grip between the projection and the handle lower leg.
- 5. The cup holder of claim 4, wherein said handle upper leg includes a depression in an upper surface thereof to form a thumb grip.
- 6. The cup holder of claim 5, wherein said ring outer surface includes a depression formed therein and located generally diametric to the handle, for receiving the palmar surface of a thumb.
- 7. The cup holder of claim 6, wherein said thumb depression is generally circular in elevational view.
- 8. The cup holder of claim 7, wherein said thumb depression is generally cylindrical in shape, with an axis of the cylinder oriented horizontally and orthogonal to a radius of the ring.
- 9. The cup holder of claims 3, wherein said ring outer surface includes a depression formed therein and located generally diametric to the handle, for receiving the palmar surface of a thumb.
- 10. The cup holder of claim 9, wherein said thumb depression is generally cylindrical in shape, with an axis of the cylinder oriented horizontally and orthogonal to a radius of the ring.
- 11. The cup holder of claim 2, further comprising a handle mounted on the outer surface of the ring, and wherein said ring outer surface includes a depression formed therein and located generally diametric to the handle, for receiving the palmar surface of a thumb.
- 12. The cup holder of claim 1, wherein said thumb depression is generally cylindrical in shape, with an axis of the cylinder oriented horizontally and orthogonal to a radius of the ring.
- 13. The cup holder of claim 1, further comprising a handle mounted on the outer surface of the ring, and wherein said ring outer surface includes a depression formed therein and located generally diametric to the handle, for receiving the palmar surface of a thumb.
- 14. The cup holder of claim 13, wherein said thumb depression is generally cylindrical in shape, with an axis of the cylinder oriented horizontally and orthogonal to a radius of the ring.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 08/555,578 filed Nov. 8, 1995 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,613,720.
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