Insulator for a Beverage Container

Abstract

A disposable insulator that can be wrapped around a chilled beverage container, or is capable of receiving and holding therein the chilled beverage container, for preventing the hands from becoming chilled includes a flexible, deformable, rectangular-shaped plastic member sized to encompass the beverage container and the plastic member having air-filled chambers dispersed therethrough so that the coldness of the chilled beverage container cannot be reach or be conducted to the hands. The insulator conforms to the various shapes of beverage containers, cans, cups and bottles, and can be cup-shaped so that the beverage container is able to be placed within the cup-shaped insulator.

1 . An insulator for a chilled beverage container, comprising: 
 an elongated, rectangular-shaped member having:    a pair of opposed outer surfaces;    a pair of inner surfaces that are encased by the outer surfaces and face each other;    a plurality of air-filled cavities formed between and bounded by the inner surfaces, the air-filled cavities distributed throughout the length of the rectangular-shaped member;    a pair of oppositely disposed end portions; and    the rectangular-shaped member capable of being fully wrapped around the beverage container so that the end portions overlap each other and the air-filled cavities provide an insulative capability so that a hand of an individual does not become chilled when gripping the rectangular-shaped member for holding and drinking from the beverage container.    
   
   
       2 . An insulative device for a chilled beverage container, comprising: 
 a unitary beverage holding member that includes a cylindrical cup-shaped portion, a floor, and a hollow so that the beverage container can be received within the hollow of the cup-shaped portion and supported by the floor;    a plurality of air-filled cavities distributed throughout the cup-shaped portion and the floor with the air-filled cavities providing an insulative capability; and    the unitary beverage holding member capable of receiving and holding the beverage container within the hollow of the cup-shaped portion so that a hand of an individual does not become chilled when the unitary beverage holding member is gripped by the individual's hand for holding and drinking from the chilled beverage container.