beverage container

Abstract

The invention pertains to beverage containers comprising a disposable cardboard or plastic cup that are used for hot beverages. According to the invention, a cardboard or plastic holder embraces at a distance a disposable beverage cup and is connected to the cup outer surface and serves to protect fingers and insulate disposable beverage cup. Herein, the container can be used, without any danger of burning the fingers, to drink a hot beverage from a disposable beverage cup, and at the same time, slow down the cooling process due to air gaps between the disposable beverage cap and the holder.

1 . A beverage container comprising a disposable cardboard or plastic holder intended for hot beverages, distinctive in that the cardboard or plastic holder embraces at a distance a disposable beverage cup, and is connected to the cup's outer surface and serves to protect fingers and insulate the disposable beverage cup. 
     
     
         2 . The beverage container per  claim 1 , distinctive in that the holder ( 20 ) has a top edge ( 21 ) and bottom portion ( 22 ), and the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) is placed in the holder which, at a minimum, is connected by means of its top edge ( 21 ) to a top edge of the disposable beverage cup. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage container per  claim 1 , distinctive in that the holder ( 20 ) embraces at a distance the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) by means of a container wall ( 26 ) connected to top edge of the cup ( 11 ) by means of the bottom edge ( 12 ) of the holder 
     
     
         4 . The beverage container per  claim 1 , distinctive in that by means of a container wall ( 26 ) the holder embraces at a distance the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ), the holder's top edge ( 11 ) is connected to the top edge of the container wall ( 26 , wherein the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) is placed in the holder ( 27 ), and the container wall ( 26  is connected to the outer surface of the holder's bottom edge ( 28 ) ( FIG. 3 ). 
     
     
         5 . The container per  claim 1 , distinctive in that the container wall is formed from small tubes (plates) ( 24 ) and connected by means of its lower circumference to a bottom portion ( 22 ) of the holder, and the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) is placed in holder ( 20 ) ( FIG. 4 ). 
     
     
         6 . The container per one of  claims 1 - 5 , distinctive in that the disposable cup ( 10 ) is made with a film-thin wall reinforced with vertical ribs ( 14 ). 
     
     
         7 . The container per one of  claims 2 - 5 , distinctive in that the holder ( 20 ) or a container wall ( 26 ) of holder ( 20 ) are made from a cardboard or plastic film blank, and the blank vertical edges are connected to each other. 
     
     
         8 . The container per one of  claims 1 - 5 , distinctive in that the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) has an outward-bent top edge ( 11 ), the top edge's width determining the distance between the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ) and the holder ( 20 ), and the top edge of the holder ( 20 ) is connected to top the edge ( 11 ) of disposable beverage cup ( 10 ). 
     
     
         9 . A container per  claim 4 , distinctive in that cup holder's top edge  21  is lower than the height of the disposable beverage cup ( 10 ).