Beverage container with insulated cover

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017362012-A1
Application number	US-201615188838-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Jun 21, 2016
Publication date	Dec 21, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A beverage container assembly is provided comprising a beverage container body, a stopper member removably attachable to the beverage container to seal a beverage container aperture thereof, and a thermal insulation member removably attachable to an upper body portion of the beverage container body. The thermal insulation member has a sidewall extending downwardly from an upper portion and defining a downwardly opening cavity within which the upper body portion and the stopper are positioned. The sidewall and the upper portion of the thermal insulation member each include an inner wall and an outer wall spaced apart from the inner wall. An insulation chamber is disposed between the inner and outer walls. The thermal insulation member includes an engagement portion adapted to engage with a corresponding engagement portion of the upper body portion to removably attach the thermal insulation member thereto.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A beverage container assembly comprising:
a beverage container body including a container lower portion having a beverage cavity, a container upper portion and a container aperture positioned between the container lower portion and the container upper portion, the container upper portion having a container upper portion passageway extending upwardly from the container aperture and terminating in an upwardly opening passageway end portion, the beverage cavity extending downwardly from the container aperture, the container upper portion including a stopper member engagement portion and a thermal insulation member engagement portion; a stopper member having a first container engagement portion removably engageable with the stopper member engagement portion to removably attach the stopper member to the container upper portion, the stopper member being sized to fit at least partially within the container upper portion passageway to close the container upper portion passageway and thereby seal the container aperture; and a thermal insulation member having a second container engagement portion removably engageable with the thermal insulation member engagement portion to removably attach the thermal insulation member to the container upper portion, an upper portion, a sidewall portion projecting downwardly from the upper portion, and an insulation chamber interior of the upper portion and the sidewall portion, the upper portion and the sidewall portion covering at least a portion of the stopper member located adjacent to the passageway end portion, the passageway end portion and at least a portion of the container upper portion extending downwardly from the passageway end portion when the thermal insulation member is attached to the container upper portion.

2 . The beverage container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the thermal insulation member engagement portion is located below the passageway end portion, and the second container engagement portion is located below the upper portion of the thermal insulation member.

3 . The beverage container assembly of claim 2 , wherein the container upper portion includes an outer sidewall portion and an inner sidewall portion, and the sidewall portion of the thermal insulation member includes an inner wall portion, the thermal insulation member engagement portion being located on the outer sidewall portion of the container upper portion and the second container engagement portion being located on the inner wall portion of the thermal insulation member.

4 . The beverage container assembly of claim 3 , wherein the container lower portion has an upper end portion, the thermal member engagement portion being located closer to the upper end portion of the container lower portion than to the passageway end portion.

5 . The beverage container assembly of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the outer sidewall portion of the container upper portion extends below the thermal insulation member engagement portion to the upper end portion of the container lower portion.

6 . The beverage container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the container lower portion has an upper end portion, and the sidewall portion of the thermal insulation member has a sidewall lower end portion spaced away from the upper portion of the thermal insulation member, and the sidewall lower end portion of the thermal insulation member being located below the second container engagement portion and adjacent to the upper end portion of the container lower portion.

7 . The beverage container assembly of claim 6 , wherein the sidewall lower end portion of the thermal insulation member abuts the upper portion of the container lower portion.

8 . The beverage container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the upper portion of the thermal insulation member includes an upper portion inner wall and an upper portion outer wall upwardly spaced apart from the upper portion inner wall, and the sidewall portion of the thermal insulation member includes a sidewall inner wall and a sidewall outer wall peripherally spaced apart from the sidewall inner wall, and the insulation of the thermal insulation member is disposed between the sidewall inner wall and the sidewall outer wall and between the upper portion inner wall and the upper portion outer wall.

9 . The beverage container assembly of claim 8 , wherein the insulation chamber is a vacuum-sealed chamber.

10 . The beverage container assembly of claim 8 , wherein the insulation chamber includes an insulation material therein.

11 . The beverage container assembly of claim 8 , wherein the upper portion inner wall, the upper portion outer wall, the sidewall inner wall and the sidewall outer wall are comprised of a same material.

12 . The beverage container assembly of claim 1 , wherein the upper portion and the sidewall portion of the thermal insulation member define a downwardly opening cavity sized to receive at least a portion of the stopper member located adjacent to the passageway end portion, the passageway end portion and at least a portion of the container upper portion.

13 . A thermal insulation member for removably attaching to a beverage container, the beverage container having a container upper portion with a container upper portion passageway and terminating in an upwardly opening passageway upper end, and a stopper having a stopper upper end portion and a stopper lower end portion, the stopper being removably insertable into the container upper portion passageway through the passageway upper end to position the stopper lower end portion below the passageway upper end, the thermal insulation member comprising:
a thermal insulation member removably engageable with the beverage container, the thermal insulation member having a downwardly opening insulated cavity defined by an insulated wall portion, the insulated cavity being sized to receive at least a portion of the container upper portion therein with the insulated wall portion extending above the stopper upper end portion and about the passageway upper end when the thermal insulation member is attached to the beverage container.

14 . The thermal insulation member of claim 13 , wherein the insulated wall portion has a lower end portion extending to a position below the passageway upper end.

15 . The thermal insulation member of claim 13 , wherein the thermal insulation member is removably engageable with the beverage container by the lower end portion of the insulated wall portion being removably engageable with the container upper portion at the position below the passageway upper end.

16 . The thermal insulation member of claim 13 , wherein the insulated wall portion extends downwardly sufficient to position the entire container upper portion within the insulated cavity when the thermal insulation member is attached to the beverage container.

17 . The thermal insulation member of claim 16 , wherein the insulated wall portion includes an outer portion and an inner portion, the outer and inner portions being space apart with an insulating medium therebetween.

18 . A beverage container assembly comprising:
a beverage container body including a container lower portion having a beverage cavity, a container upper portion with a container upper portion passageway in fluid communication with the beverage cavity and terminating in an upwardly opening passageway upper end; a stopper having a stopper upper end portion and a stopper lower end portion, the stopper being removably insertable into the container upper portion passageway through the passageway u

Assignees

• Pacific Market Int Llc

Inventors

• Choltco-Devlin Evan Michael
• Phan Ping The
• Beckman Michael Carl

Classifications

• B65D2251/0015

  of the 41-type · CPC title

• B65D39/0005

  made in one piece (B65D39/02, B65D39/04, B65D39/06, B65D39/08 take precedence) · CPC title

• A47J41/0011

  the stopper being completely removed from the opening during dispensing · CPC title

• B65D2251/0075

  of the 39-type · CPC title

• B65D81/3869

  formed with double walls, i.e. hollow · CPC title