Cup holder with a lidded sleeve

Abstract

A hot holder system comprises a holder and a lidded-sleeve component. The lid-sleeve as an integrated component encourages users, after consumption, to dispose of the lid-sleeve together so that the plastic lid will be less likely to separate from the sleeve and become a nuisance waste for years.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cup holder system to mitigate excess heat exposure at the holder surface comprises: the holder and a lidded-sleeve component as one integral component, wherein the lidded-sleeve component comprises a removable plastic lid that is firmly and securely attached onto a sleeve of the holder via a connecting means, wherein the lidded-sleeve component is disposable of to minimize the plastic lid being discarded alone that causes an environment issue. 
     
     
         2 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein said sleeve comprises an outer surface and a thermally resistant, textured inner surface configured to encompass a circumferential surface of said holder securely. 
     
     
         4 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve spans along a circumference of the holder appropriately. 
     
     
         5 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a paper, plastic, or cardboard material. 
     
     
         6 . The cup holder system of  claim 5 , wherein the sleeve is a sleeve sheet before forming the continuous sleeve, and wherein a first end of the sleeve sheet is being locked, glued or buttoned onto a second end of the sleeve sheet to form a cylindrically continuous sleeve loop that enables spanning along a circumference of the holder. 
     
     
         7 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve comprises a handle extended outwardly. 
     
     
         8 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve material is selected from a group consisting of silicone rubber, plastic, and reused clean paper. 
     
     
         9 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve is compatibly fit for a generally cylindrical holder, wherein the holder comprises a holder, hot soup holder, hot food holder, hot container, and so forth. 
     
     
         3 . The cup holder system of  claim 2 , wherein the thermally resistant, textured inner surface of the sleeve is corrugated, checkered, or configured with a mesh to intimately surround and hold the holder securely. 
     
     
         10 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the lid is with a sip hole for convenient drinking. 
     
     
         11 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the lid is made of a solid plastic material intimately and appropriately matching an open top area of the holder in order to keep the content material in the holder from spilling out. 
     
     
         12 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve encompasses the circumferential surface of the holder relatively firm. 
     
     
         13 . The cup holder system of  claim 1  further comprising identifying a producer or vendor of the sleeve or the holder via a mark, emblem, or logo. 
     
     
         14 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means is a strip, wire, or a strong thread. 
     
     
         15 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means comprises a flat, thin sheet of material. 
     
     
         16 . The cup holder system of  claim 15 , wherein said connecting means is flexible. 
     
     
         17 . The cup holder system of  claim 16 , wherein said connecting means is adapted to lay several holders as a collecting system in stack. 
     
     
         18 . The cup holder system of  claim 1 , wherein said connecting means become the integral part for the lidded-sleeve component. 
     
     
         19 . The cup holder system of  claim 18 , wherein the lidded-sleeve component is manufactured by a press stamp heated mold in a one-step process. 
     
     
         20 . A method of mitigating an issue of discarding a removable or detachable plastic lid of a cup holder comprises: firmly and permanently joining the plastic lid with a sleeve of the holder; wherein the joining step. comprises a connecting means of gluing, welding, hot compressing and so on, wherein the lidded-sleeve component can be disposed of to minimize the plastic lid alone being separately from the sleeve and/or discarded randomly that causes an environment issue.