Claims
- 1. A system for providing storage and heating for a plurality of individual liquid receptacles, comprising:
- a container including a lower enclosure part, said lower enclosure part including a plurality of side walls and a bottom wall delimiting an open mouth receptacle part therein; a separable top having a material thickness with a groove formed therein, the top, adapted to matingly close the open top of said container to firmly hold said liquid receptacles in position;
- a bottom portion which snuggly nests with said lower enclosure part with the lower face of the top proximate the upper faces of said liquid receptacles; and,
- an envelope wrapper for said top and bottom enclosure, said envelope adapted to receive said container and maintain said top and lower enclosure locked together, said envelope having a handle formed in it, said handle being aligned with the groove in said top.
- 2. The system of claim 1 wherein said side walls have a material thickness, at least two of said side walls have a plurality of lands and grooves formed in them, said grooves being sized to receive at least a part of the silhouette of individual ones of said liquid receptacles.
- 3. The system of claim 1 wherein said top has a plurality of fingers formed in it, defining a plurality of holders, said holders being sized to accept a portion of the individual ones of said liquid receptacles.
- 4. The system of claim 1 wherein at least one of said top and said bottom walls has a cutout formed in it for receiving a plurality of drinking straws, and a plurality of drinking straws in said container.
- 5. The system of claim 1 wherein said container is constructed from an insulative material, and said side walls and said bottom walls are integrally formed with one another.
- 6. The system of claim 1 wherein said wrapper is constructed from a cardboard material.
- 7. The system of claim 1 wherein said wrapper has at least one plain side for advertising indicia.
- 8. A package for holding liquid receptacles heated insitu, comprising:
- a container, said container having a lower packaging part arranged to define an open enclosure, and a separable top adapted to close said open enclosure, each of said lower packaging part and top being constructed from an insulative material having a predetermined thickness, the material thickness of said lower packaging part housing a plurality of lands and grooves formed in it, said separable top having an outwardly facing groove formed in the material thickness thereof;
- a plurality of bottles in said open enclosure, at least some of said bottles having an exterior shape sized for reception in the grooves of said lower packaging part; and
- a wrapper adapted to close said top and lower packaging part, said wrapper having a handle formed in it and positioned to be aligned with the grove of said top.
- 9. The package of claim 8 wherein said container is constructed from polystyrene.
- 10. The package of claim 8, further including a plurality of drinking straws positioned in said open enclosure.
Cross-Reference to Related Application
This is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 897,583, filed Aug. 18, 1986, U.S. Pat. No. 4,745,248.
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