Abstract: A cup holder incorporating an expandable circular band to which is affixed a handle having vertically oriented finger rings and a vertically projecting stem that includes a finger pad.

Abstract: A container with a foldable holder for holding both a primary substance and a secondary substance. The container has a volume defined by a substantially upright sidewall and a bottom to receive the primary substance such as french fries therein. The container also has a lip extending from the upright sidewall upwardly. The lip has an opening and can be folded outwardly to form a holder for receiving a second container containing the secondary substance such as ketchup therein in the opening of the lip.

Abstract: A blank for a cupholder to facilitate handling of cups containing hot beverages has one or more cuts defining a strip or a flap. The strip or flap can be folded relative to the or each cut to define a pocket or opening for receiving and retaining an accessory for the cup or the beverage, such as a spoon or a sachet of sugar.

Abstract: A communion cup for religious communion services includes a body defining a top rim. A handle member is connected to the body and extends upwards from a plane through the rim. The handle member includes a manual grasping section such that a person can manually lift the communion cup from a serving tray by grasping the handle member at the grasping section.

Abstract: The hand-held cuspidor with replaceable cup has a base which receives a replaceable cup. A holder engages on the base and retains the cup in the base. The holder has a handle for manual carrying. A pivoted cover swings from a closed position over the holder to an open position where the replaceable cup is available for expectoration.

Abstract: A paperboard cup holder for use with a hot coffee cup, the cup being tapered as in the form of a cross section of a right circular cone of relatively small taper angle. Such cups are generally of paperboard or plastic and are often used in vending machines and fast food retail outlets for serving hot coffee. The holder is formed from a flat, generally arcuate unitary paperboard blank having a convex outer edge and a concave inner edge. The arcuate length of the blank is substantially the same as the mid circumference of the cup, and the ends of the blank are glued together to form an annular holder. The upper edge of the blank integrally carries a plurality of apertured flaps which bend 180 degrees to as to lie parallel with the main portion of the blank. When the holder is slid onto a cup, the apertured flaps are sandwiched between the outer (hot) surface of the cup and the main portion of the holder.

Abstract: A combination coaster and cup holder is constructed from a planar panel formed from thin, flexible material. The panel has an upper surface and a lower surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge. A slit extends from the upper surface to the lower surface between the top edge and the bottom edge, and extends from a point adjacent the first side edge to a point adjacent the second side edge. The slit has an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end and a second end. The slit has a length equal to one half the circumference of a tapered cup measured at a point between the upper rim of the cup and the base. The panel is folded along the slit and the upper edge is separated from the lower edge and the cup is introduced between the edges form a cup holder located about the circumference of the cup. The cup holder will fit frictionally about the cup between the rim and the base, adapting automatically to the taper of the cup.

Abstract: A food scoop having a holder for a condiment receptacle is disclosed. The holder and food scoop are formed from a unitary blank of material and the holder forms a continuation of the side wall of the scoop to allow for stacking and storage until the holder is deployed for use. After deployment, the holder securely retains a condiment receptacle and resists the forces applied to the receptacle during use. A blank for forming the food scoop and holder is also disclosed.

Abstract: A holder for a container having a sleeve with an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper end and a lower end. The upper end of the sleeve is configured to permit the sleeve to be position on an outer peripheral surface of a container with the inner surface of the sleeve being engaged with an outer peripheral surface of the container. The sleeve is constructed of a insulated, transparent or translucent material to permit a user to comfortably and conveniently hold the outer surface of the sleeve positioned on a container with a hot or cold beverage being disposed therein while permitting indicia printed on an exterior surface of the container to be visible therethrough.

Abstract: This invention relates to the construction of sleeves for use with paperboard cups. Such structures of this type, generally, employ a paperboard sleeve backed with hot-melt glue dots which are used to improve the insulating characteristics of a paperboard cup to the same level of common polystyrene cups.

Abstract: A beverage container holder designed to be used in a motor vehicle which includes a body capable of receiving a beverage container. The body includes a top opening and a closed base. In different embodiments disclosed herein, the body is cylindrical or rectangular in shape. The body may be integrally formed or selectively attachable to the base. Formed evenly across the bottom surface of the base is a plurality of mini suction cups. During use, the mini suction cups apply sufficient suction to a flat surface in the motor vehicle to securely hold the holder with a beverage container inserted therein to the flat surface during normal driving conditions.

Abstract: An insulated container of paper which does not feel hot to the touch even when a user holds a trunk portion thereof in a hot water-containing state. The trunk portion has a doubly-walled structure with an insulating space provided between two wall members thereof. The doubly-walled insulating space-retaining structure is formed, as shown in FIG. 2, by inwardly curling both end portions of a cylindrical member and firmly fitting the resultant cylindrical member around an outer surface of a trunk portion of an inner container body. This structure results in a container capable of being manufactured at a low cost and having a high insulating capability and a high grasping resistance.

Abstract: A cup holder for use with beverage containers which enables the beverage consumer to more effectively grasp and hold the combined holder and container when consuming a beverage from the container, more effectively stabilize the beverage container when supported on a supporting surface and provide insulation between the exterior of the beverage container and the hand of the beverage consumer. The cup holder is constructed in the form of a planar blank of recyclable material which can be quickly and easily formed into a sleeve and set up without the use of glue, easily assembled onto a cup or beverage container without requiring manual dexterity, easily removed from the cup and recycled when combined with the cup or separated therefrom.

Abstract: A sleeve (1) for beverage containers (2) made of a substantially planar rigid material, such as cardboard, having side sections (6) which are foldably connected along folding creases (4) to form a sleeve having a top opening (3) for inserting a container. The sleeve has a bottom coaster (11) which is foldably connected to a bottom of one of the side sections which is supported by a strut (8) under the coaster adhesively attached at a folding tab (9) to the bottom of the coaster. An extension (7) on the coaster (11) is also provided to extend through a slit (18) in the folding strut for additional support. When the sleeve is assembled, the entire coaster (11) and strut (8) fold up into the body of the sleeve for easy storage and shipping. When the sleeve (1) contains a beverage container during use configuration, the coaster (11) covers the entire bottom of the sleeve, thereby preventing moisture from wetting or damaging a surface on which it is placed.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for collecting a biological fluid specimen. The apparatus includes a holder article for a specimen container, wherein the holder article contains a ring which is removably engagable with a specimen container, a connector continuous with the ring, and a grasping portion continuous with the connector, the grasping portion having opposed lateral side portions which are continuous and contiguous along their entire length with one another. The grasping portion is movable along a longitudinal axis such that the lateral side portions are approachable one to another, with each side portion on an opposed side of a plane coaxial with the longitudinal axis. The connector includes a specimen collection area.

Abstract: A low profile beverage container holder having a base support for supporting the beverage container and a wall which extends around the base and thereby defines a cavity for receiving the beverage container. The holder is also provided with a wedging structure. In the preferred embodiment, the wedging structure comprises an annular rib disposed in the cavity and projecting upwards from the base support. Thus, when the beverage container is tipped, the annular rib contacts the concavity on the bottom surface of the beverage container and the container is thereby wedged between the annular rib and the low sidewall. A plurality of beverage containers which are adapted to be received within the beverage container holder are also disclosed.

Abstract: A specialized tray system including a tray, the tray having front and rear walls parallel with each other and side walls parallel with respect to each other, an imperforate bottom coupling the lower ends of the walls and a top coupling upper ends of the walls. Six plastic removable supports are positionable within the apertures and adapted to receive smaller glasses for transportation by the specialized tray. The height of the trays being such that the lower surface of the flange will rest on the upper surface of the top while the lower surface of the insert will rest on the upper surface of the bottom. Each support having a rigid plastic exterior and flange with a foam plastic interior for gripping a smaller glass. A large opening is formed in the front wall adapted to receive associated objects such as straws, condiments and the like.

Abstract: A collar flexibly movable between a first shape defining an opening for receiving one end of a cup and a second shape where the collar is substantially flat. A handle is flexibly connected to the collar. Tension members attach to the handle and collar on opposite sides of the handle to provide two opposing forces which prevent the handle from moving with respect to the collar.

Abstract: A heat insulative cup holder includes a cup-like holder base, a plurality of springy retaining members fastened to lugs inside the holder base for holding down a cup in the holder base by, and an anti-skid rubber packing ring mounted in an outside annular groove on the holder base for supporting it on a flat surface.

Abstract: A sanitary cup which is inserted into a drinking water can including: a body which is made of a synthetic resin; a plurality of hemisphere type of projections which are formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the body; an inclined portion which is inclined by about 20.degree. on the upper end portion of the body; a first groove which is formed between a cup bottom surface and a bottom surface edge portion; a projection end which is formed on the bottom surface of the inner side of the body; a second groove which is formed between the bottom surface edge portion and the body to form a protrusion portion on the inner side of the body; and a third groove which is formed in the inner side of the bottom surface edge portion, whereby when a reinforcing edge on the top end of the drinking water can is inserted into the third groove, the protrusion portion is elastically inserted into the lower portion of the reinforcing edge.

Abstract: A detachable cup handle injection molded from plastic and adapted for securing a disposable cup for conveniently carrying the cup by hand. The detachable cup handle has a curved hand grip section for the holding of the hand, a vertical support section extended from a bottom end of the hand grip section and adapted for attaching to the periphery of the disposable cup to support the cup handle, and a retainer section extended from a top end of the hand grip section and defining with a top end of the support section a clamping space for clamping on the rim of the disposable cup.

Abstract: A popcorn bucket type of food container is adapted for mounting a drink cup along one side. This is facilitated by providing score lines along which one side of the container may be folded concave inwardly while allowing one band of the folded-in side to extend outwardly for encircling the cup and a lower portion to extend outwardly as a cup support ridge. For longer cups a portion of the bottom of the container may be folded so that the lower part of the sidewall may be folded inwardly as well.

Abstract: A drinking cup system comprises a holder for releasably engaging a drinking cup therein. The holder presents a base formed by a plurality of horizontal ribs extending from a hub, each rib having a depending offset at the end thereof. A plurality of ribs vertically extend from each offset to form a holder sidewall. The cup includes a depending flange adapted to be releasably received within the channel and supported by at least the channel and the plurality of horizontal ribs. Alternatively, a conventional cup can be supported with the holder atop the horizontal ribs. The cup includes a releasably engageable lid.

Abstract: The cup protector includes a vertically elongate insulating sleeve slidably receiving a cup therein, the protector also including a closure lid integrally formed with the sleeve and selectively movable relative thereto.

Abstract: A cardboard or plastic blank having an elongated main body, an enlarged head portion, an elliptical opening formed in the enlarged head portion and a pair of elongated wing portions, connected to the main body, adjacent the elliptical opening. The elongated wing portions include outer securing elements that allow the wings to be secured together while the main body is folded to form a beverage container holder.

Abstract: An insulating sleeve, preferably made of plastic, adapted to slidably receive and engage the outer sidewall of a container such as a cup. The sleeve is comprised of a plurality of concentric ring-like bands aligned one above the other and connected so as to form a unitary sleeve by peripheral ridges extending from the bottom edge of one band to the top edge of the next adjacent band. The sleeve is configured such that the top edge of each band rests in abutting engagement or contact with the sidewall when fitted around the container, with the remainder of the band and the associated ridge being located remote from contact with the container sidewall. A circular void or channel is thereby formed around the container between portions of the sleeve and the sidewall within an area defined by the top edges of adjoining bands. Heat or cold emanating from the container is accumulated within these channels and vented out the top of the sleeve via a series of notched vents provided within the top edge of each band.

Abstract: A "honeycombed" insulative sleeve is positionable around a portion of a beverage cup side wall. The sleeve is made from a preform which includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced-apart rows of generally longitudinally oriented and off-set slits. The slits thereby allow the sleeve to expand circumferentially when portioned on a portion of the beverage cup side wall and, by virtue of such circumferential expansion, thereby form the insulative honeycomb structure therearound.

Abstract: A cup holder includes a ring of thermally insulative material having an inner surface and an outer surface, with a strip of resilient compressible material affixed to the inner surface circumferentially around the entire extent thereof. A handle is mounted on the outer surface of the ring for supporting the ring and a cup held in the ring. The ring inner surface is generally cylindrical in shape, while the outer surface has an arcuate shape forming a convex shape from the upper to the lower edge of ring. The handle has a vertically oriented elongated oval-shaped aperture therethrough to receive at least two fingers of a human hand. A projection depends from the lower end of the handle loop adjacent a distal side to form a concave finger grip between the projection and a lower edge of the loop. A pair of depressions are formed in a forward portion of the outer surface of the ring and extend circumferentially, to receive the palmar side of the first and second fingers of the hand.

Abstract: A cup holder includes a ring of thermally insulative material having an inner surface and an outer surface, with a strip of resilient compressible material affixed to the inner surface circumferentially around the entire extent thereof. A handle is mounted on the outer surface of the ring for supporting the ring and a cup held in the ring. The ring inner surface is generally cylindrical in shape, while the outer surface has an arcuate shape forming a convex shape from the upper to the lower edge of the ring. The handle has a vertically oriented elongated oval-shaped aperture therethrough to receive at least two fingers of a human hand. A projection depends from the lower end of the handle loop adjacent a distal side to form a concave finger grip between the projection and a lower edge of the loop. A pair of depressions are formed in a forward portion of the outer surface of the ring and extend circumferentially, to receive the palmar side of the first and second fingers of the hand.

Abstract: Trays for carrying out beverage cups having at least one cell to support upright at least one cup in each cell, each of said cells having one fixed side wall and one opposing pressure side wall, said pressure side wall being directed downwardly and inwardly of the cell, and free at its lower end to be flexed outwardly by the entry of a cup or cups, said pressure side wall having convoluted areas between downwardly and inwardly directed ribs in order to provide lateral support between two of said ribs for each of said at least one cup, and to provide lateral flexibility across the width of said pressure wall.

Abstract: A device for holding and positioning a specimen cup for collection of a biological specimen with a ring (18) with a handle (14) attached by a hinge (24). The ring (18) receives and securely supports a specimen cup. The hinge (24) allows the handle (14) to assume folded or extended positions relative to the ring (18). The handle (14) extends outward and upward from the ring (18) when in use, thereby, removing one's hand from the specimen cup. One can then more easily hold and position the specimen cup without soiling their hand with the specimen. The hinge (24) also allows the handle (14) to be folded and secured to the ring (18) to facilitate packaging.

Abstract: A paint holder and delivery device comprising a container. A disposable insert fits within the container to facilitate the application of paint with a paintbrush.

Abstract: A box, or carton, for carry-out restaurant foods, includes a collapsible box body formed out of cardboard. Upper and lower straps are anchored to the box side walls and the box end walls to span the box corners. These straps can be pulled away from the box walls to form loops for retaining or stabilizing beverage containers located in corner areas of the box. The straps engage the cups near the upper and lower edges of the cups, so that the cup is effectively restrained against tipping or sliding. The box is provided with a cardboard carrying handle that can be folded into the box when it is desired to fold the box walls into a flat package suitable for storage or shipment.

Abstract: A low profile beverage container holder having a base support for supporting the beverage container and a wall which extends around the base and thereby defines a cavity for receiving the beverage container. The holder is also provided with a wedging structure. In the preferred embodiment, the wedging structure comprises an annular rib disposed in the cavity and projecting upwards from the base support. Thus, when the beverage container is tipped, the annular rib contacts the concavity on the bottom surface or the beverage container and the container is thereby wedged between the annular rib and the low sidewall. A plurality of beverage containers which are adapted to be received within the beverage container holder are also disclosed.

Abstract: A paper sleeve of with graduadly changing shape, stored in folded configuration, easy to expand for receiving a cup with at least a section being conical and containing hot beverage provides thermal protection to the hand carrying the cup.

Abstract: A sealable thermoformed container for containing liquids including a cup portion with an open end and a lid portion that is separable and sealably detachable from the cup. A cup sealing formation and lid formation are provided so that a liquid tight seal between the cup are formed when the lid is press-fit onto the top of the cup. Additionally, a detachable and disposable funnel may be attached to the cup for use in directing a stream of liquid into the cup prior to sealing.

Abstract: A cup holder is disclosed in the form of a sheet with distal ends. A web is formed in one of the ends, and a corresponding slot is formed in the other end such that the ends interlock. Thus the cup holder is assembled by rolling the sheet and interlocking the ends. The sheet can be an elongate band of pressed material, preferably pressed paper pulp, and is preferably formed with multiple nubbins and depressions. In one embodiment, the sheet has a top and bottom that are arcuate and concentric, and matching webs and cuts are formed in each end of the sheet, with the cuts being perpendicular to the top of the sheet.

Abstract: Known trays for carrying beverage cups have three or four pressure panels spaced apart around the perimeter of each cell in a manner to hold the cup upright. In the tray of this invention each cell has only two opposing pressure panels, each directed downwardly and inwardly toward the central area of the cell, and each panel having two projections on its inwardly directed face appropriately spaced apart to provide four pressure contacts around the perimeter of the contained article. The pairs of pressure contacts are thus displaced outwardly in diametrically opposite directions by the contained article, so that round, oval or rectangular shapes can be contacted by each of the four pressure contacts.

Abstract: A cup holder includes a movable adapter ring for use in selectively reducing the inner diameter of the larger upper socket that is the primary cup support. The large upper socket is movably secured to an underlying base member having an outer diameter sufficient to securely fit into the stationary cup holders found in most late model vehicles. The upper socket is movable in a lateral direction to accommodate use of two such supports in vehicle that provide two adjacently positioned cup holders.

Abstract: The glass holding device comprises a cylindrical portion (1) and a bottom portion (2), and the cylindrical portion (1) is provided with a hole (3) for inserting a finger of a user. The glass holding device is made of a sheet material, which is water proof, flexible and capable of being holded. The glass holding device is very inexpensive, and accordingly, it may be disposable. It can be stored after it is fabricated while it is folded and stacked one over the other. Thus, the space for storing the device can be minimum. A user using the glass holding device can simultaneously carry a glass and a plate for meal by his or her single hand during a stand-up dinner party. The glass holding device is applicable for holding various types of glasses.

Abstract: Sleeve for insulating the hand while holding a beverage cup. A tubular body of felt-like material having first and second ends, wherein the body is conically arrayed about an axis which intersects the centers of the first and second ends, is sized to conform in a press fit relationship with the sidewall of a beverage cup when the beverage cup is inserted into the sleeve through the first end of the body.

Abstract: A container holder for vehicles includes an aperture that can be automatically adjusted in size to accommodate differently sized containers. In one embodiment, a container holder includes a resilient sidewall with overlapping ends and locking mechanism for adjustably locking the sidewall into a selectable diameter. In another embodiment, a container holder includes a base having a first aperture, a movable plate pivotally mounted to the base having a second aperture aligned with the first aperture, and a bias spring biasing the plate toward an angled position whereby the projected area of the second aperture is reduced so that the plate moves and container holder automatically adapts in size to a container placed in the first and second apertures.

Abstract: A specimen gathering device is disclosed which permits a person to position the specimen gathering device for receipt of a specimen without contact with the specimen. Broadly, the specimen gathering device includes a container member and a handle assembly. The handle assembly is provided with a gripping portion which is selectively movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the gripping portion is disposed substantially adjacent the container member; whereas, in the second position the gripping portion extends outwardly and upwardly form the container member. Thus, when the handle assembly is in the second position, a person grasping the gripping portion of the handle assembly can readily position the container member for receipt of the specimen without contact with the specimen.

Abstract: A frusto conic stabilization device, open on each end, for the stabilization of a frusto conic liquid container. The stabilization device is inverted relative to the frusto conic liquid container with the larger open end surface of the stabilization device for resting on a support surface whereby the open smaller surface of the stabilization device receives the small closed end of the liquid container therein. The liquid container is supported on or slightly elevated from the fixed surface. The weight of the container and any liquid therein, forces the liquid container to wedge downwardly in the upper stabilization device opening when the container is elevated an. When the container rests on the support surface the edges of the opening in the stabilization device should be closely adjacent to the walls of the container. A plurality of frangible recesses positioned horizontally circumferentially around the stabilization device permit it to be adapted to a variety of container sizes.

Abstract: A multi-sided, invertible holder for beverage containers or the like comprises a hollow receptacle with a plurality of pairs of flat sides. A preferred embodiment is a hollow cube configuration having six flat sides. Four sides have holes through side walls; one side has a slot extending the length of the side wall; and another side has a hole through the side wall and a slot extending radially outward from the hole, and another side has a solid side wall. In use, the holder sits on a generally level surface and may be inverted such that any one of the side walls is on the top side to slidably receive a beverage container or other open top receptacle while the opposed bottom flat surface provides a stable supporting base. The invertible holder provides sufficient stability to prevent tipping or spilling the contents of the container.

Abstract: A paint holder and delivery device comprising a container. A disposable insert fits within the container to facilitate the application of paint with a paintbrush.