Upside Down Usage of Paper Coffee Cup Insulator Sleeve

Abstract

It is technically feasible to take existing insulator sleeves that are common at establishments selling hot beverages in paper coffee cups and turn them upside down. It is also feasible to place paper coffee cups onto the upside down insulator sleeve. The invention is to use insulator sleeves upside down for paper coffee cups. Using the insulator sleeve upside down provides a base when on a flat surface and a stable contact so the sleeve cannot fall off when on a flat surface. Carrying the two together is no harder than the current use of insulator sleeves. A benefit to advertisers is the upside down insulation sleeve aims the advertising message up toward human sight where the current usage has the advertising pointing down toward the ground.

1 . The invention precludes manufacturers from printing advertising on insulator sleeves used in the United States so the right-side up orientation is consistent with the invention of using insulator sleeves upside down without the patent holder's permission. This claim in inclusive of manufacture of insulator sleeves printed such that part of the advertising is consistent with the invention of using the insulator sleeves upside down. 
   
   
       2 . Currently the wide spread usage of insulator sleeves for paper coffee cups is that they are manufactured to be disposable, often made of paper. The invention precludes manufactures from making more durable less disposable insulator sleeves (for example made of but not limited to plastic or pottery or metal) if they are made to be used in the way the invention describes without the patent holder's permission.