Abstract: A container for holding a product such as snack food, wherein the container is transformable from a cylindrical shape to a bowl shape adapted to hold and provide easy access to the product. The container has a pleated sidewall comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending rigid sidewall panels and pleats, with each sidewall panel connected to adjacent pleats by frangible lines extending in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A container is provided including a handle assembly. The handle assembly comprising a reinforcement strip adhered to an outside surface of the container. At least two handles are attached to opposing sides of the strip and are enabled to be grasped by a user. A base tab may also extend downwards from the strip. Wherein the base tab is enabled to be lifted away from the surface and inserted inside a cup or drink holder while supporting the container outside of the cup or drink holder.

Abstract: A medicine cup, preferably stackable, disposable, of frustoconical configuration and optionally biodegradable. The medicine cup includes a cup member for the medicine and an infection control tab coupled to the cup member. The tab is preferably coplanar with and integrally mounted to the sidewall of the cup member and has a textured frictional surface. The infection control tab is for holding the cup by the health care provider, the tab minimizing the possibility of contamination of the cup and patient through the health care provider's hands.

Abstract: A utensil manipulating article has a sleeve formed of a pliable material. The sleeve is suitable for receiving the utensil therein. The sleeve is movable between a utensil-receiving position and a utensil-manipulating position. The sleeve has an adhesive material on an outer surface thereof. The adhesive is suitable for attaching to fingers of a user so as to allow the user to move the sleeve between the utensil-receiving position and the utensil-manipulating position. The adhesive material includes a first adhesive strip and second adhesive strip respectively placed on a first side and an opposite side of the sleeve. A liner is removably affixed over the first and second adhesive strips.

Abstract: A cup holder comprises a collar and a handle, which comprises a continuous loop of flexible sheet material in which two opposed holes are formed and which, in use, extends around and engages the outer surface of a cup. The handle comprises an elongate strip of flexible sheet material, integral with each end of which are two lugs, which extend laterally in opposite directions. Each lug has a distal edge, a proximal edge, an end edge and a length which does not substantially exceed the width of the handle at the region with which the lugs are integral. The proximal edge of each lug defines an angle with the adjacent edge of the handle of less than 90 degrees. The width of the handle at the region with which the lugs is integral is no greater than the maximum dimension of the holes in the direction of the length of the collar. The distance between the two end edges is greater than the said the maximum dimension.

Abstract: A system and method for reducing manufacturing costs of patterned constructible utensils and improving their constructability. One constructible utensil includes a set of scores (e.g., a quad of scores including an outer pair and an inner pair, a single such pair, or other number of scores) that are shaped to converge when moving from a bowl-region towards the handle portion. The scores do not intersect but stop and produce various alterations in the converging score pattern. These alterations in the converging pattern help with propagation of a bowl-forming fold responsive to a constructing manipulation of the handle portion (e.g., folding, bending, and other operation on the handle portion and one or more scores on the handle portion).

Abstract: A paper cup unit includes a paper cup which has a plastic layer formed along the open top of the paper cup. The plastic layer is an annular portion and has two slits defined therethrough, and the two slits do not communicate with each other. A portion between each of the two slits and the outer periphery of the plastic layer is a handle which is bent upward from the plastic layer.

Abstract: A beverage cup sleeve configured to provide multiple grip handles and additional layering for thermal buffering through reconfigurable handles. The sleeve includes a first and a second web portion corresponding to a first and a second cavity portion provided at the outer side, respectively, and a first and a second notch provided next the first and the second cavity portions, respectively, thereby providing the additional layering when either the first or the second notch fastens the corresponding web portion selected to fold out. Additionally, the strip includes a third and a fourth web portion corresponding to a third and a fourth cavity portion provided at the outer side, respectively, and a third and a fourth notch provided next to the third and the fourth cavity portions, respectively, thereby providing additional layering when either the third or the fourth notch fastens the corresponding web portion selected to fold out.

Abstract: The invention comprises a disposable beverage cup that comprises a ledge between the cup's rim and the grasping portion of the cup that is commonly held in the user's hand. The ledge, which comprises a curb, a horizontal plane, and one or more indentations, acts as a barrier between the user's hand and other objects, preventing a lid that has been press fit onto the cup's rim from being dislodged. In order to remove the lid, the user must insert a finger and/or thumb into the indentation(s) and press upward on the lid. The cup has a contour between the ledge and the grasping portion with ergonomic features to increase the user's comfort in handling the cup.

Abstract: A cup sling is a carrier for a frusto-conical container that is a sleeve with straps for retaining and carrying the container. The sleeve defines an opening to receive the cup. The sleeve is cut in such a manner so that, when the top portion and the bottom portion of the sleeve are twisted in opposite directions, the center portion will form two loops, or straps, that will extend out to the sides of the container. These straps can be retained above the container to hold the container in a generally vertical position allowing the user to hang the container from a finger or hook. In addition, the user can tote the container in the cup sling while using the hand concurrently to hold or tote other items.

Abstract: A paper cup with a hand grip has a cylindrical cup body with an open upper end to accommodate beverages and a hand grip attached to an outer wall of the cup body and a pair of ring-shaped portions. The ring-shaped portions are symmetrically disposed on right and left ends of the contact portion and each include a through hole through which a user puts a finger when grasping the hand grip. The ring-shaped portions are movable between a first position where they are attached to the outer wall of the cup body and a second position where the ring-shaped portions face each other. In this way the paper cup can be stably and conveniently grasped to prevent a beverage in the paper cup from being shaken and overflowing, even when a hot or cold beverage is filled in the paper cup.

Abstract: A drinking apparatus comprising a base and a sheet having a first end and a second end. The sheet is rolled to exhibit an inner side and a predefined perimeter, such that the first end is adhesively attached to the inner side of the rolled sheet, and such that the second end protrudes outwardly from the predefined perimeter of the rolled sheet. The rolled sheet is adhesively attached to the base to form an impervious cup. The second end comprises an operationally separable spoon-like stirrer, the spoon-like stirrer comprising an elongated end and a broadened end. Separating the operationally separable spoon-like stirrer leaves a hollow in the second end. The hollow is arranged to operationally serve as a handle to the impervious cup.

Abstract: A paper cup with a hand grip has a cylindrical cup body with an open upper end to accommodate beverages and a hand grip attached to an outer wall of the cup body and a pair of ring-shaped portions. The ring-shaped portions are symmetrically disposed on right and left ends of the contact portion and each include a through hole through which a user puts a finger when grasping the hand grip. The ring-shaped portions are movable between a first position where they are attached to the outer wall of the cup body and a second position where the ring-shaped portions face each other. In this way the paper cup can be stably and conveniently grasped to prevent a beverage in the paper cup from being shaken and overflowing, even when a hot or cold beverage is filled in the paper cup.

Abstract: A drinking apparatus comprising a base and a sheet having a first end and a second end. The sheet is rolled to exhibit an inner side and a predefined perimeter, such that the first end is adhesively attached to the inner side of the rolled sheet, and such that the second end protrudes outwardly from the predefined perimeter of the rolled sheet. The rolled sheet is adhesively attached to the base to form an impervious cup. The second end comprises an operationally separable spoon-like stirrer, the spoon-like stirrer comprising an elongated end and a broadened end. Separating the operationally separable spoon-like stirrer leaves a hollow in the second end. The hollow is arranged to operationally serve as a handle to the impervious cup.

Abstract: The invention concerns containers of liquids such as for example a beverage, and in particular but not exclusively, disposable cups, and more specifically a utensil provided in such cups. Such a device (1) can be used both for stirring, as a drinking straw, for protection from heat by rigidifying de body of the cup (3), and as a support for an advertising message. Said elements (12, 30) can easily be individually detached from one another to mix or to drink a beverage, and optionally for preserving a printed information on the heat protecting sheet (2) for preventing fingers from getting burnt.

Abstract: A cup having a safety structure has a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom wall closing a lower end of the sidewall. The cup has a bottomed cylindrical shape. The sidewall has at least one protrusion protruding outward in such a size and a shape as to hook a finger of a user. The protrusion may have substantially a linear shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a broken line shape or a dot-chain line shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a curved portion extending along a circumference of the sidewall so as to correspond to an outer edge shape of a palm between a thumb and an index finger of the user.

Abstract: A recyclable beverage container handle is disclosed, fabricated from sheet material, such as cardboard or any other recyclable or biodegradable material. The handle comprises a cylindrical portion for receiving a beverage container and an “A” shaped handle portion. Both of these portions are fabricated from the same single continuous sheet. A method of manufacturing the container handle includes handle members that are continuous with the cylindrical portion which wraps around the outer walls of a container held therein. Thus, the handle is uniquely rigid, providing the user with a sense of firmness. A person using the handle need not have direct contact with the beverage container held therein, thus increasing his or her comfort level. Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing and compacting the handle for easy storage and access of the invention.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paper cup having an integral handle. An extended section is integrally formed at one end of a side wall of a paper cup which one end is overlapped with the other end of the side wall to be heat-fused therewith. At least a distal end of the extended section is heat-fused to the side wall in a manner such that a remaining part of the extended section serves as a detached part which is not heat-fused to the side wall. Cut lines are formed on the detached part of the extended section to define contours of a pair of handle segments. Each cut line includes a perforated line. Folding lines are formed on each handle segment so that reinforcing are flaps are created by folding the handle segment along the folding lines. A reinforcing strip is affixed to a connecting portion of the detached part, which is located between the pair of handle segments.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paper cup having an integral handle. An extended section is integrally formed at one end of a side wall of a paper cup which one end is overlapped with the other end of the side wall to be heat-fused therewith. At least a distal end of the extended section is heat-fused to the side wall in a manner such that a remaining part of the extended section serves as a detached part which is not heat-fused to the side wall. Cut lines are formed on the detached part of the extended section to define contours of a pair of handle segments. Each cut line includes a perforated line. Folding lines are formed on each handle segment so that reinforcing flaps are created by folding the handle segment along the folding lines. A reinforcing strip is affixed to a connecting portion of the detached part, which is located between the pair of handle segments.

Abstract: A cup having a safety structure has a cylindrical sidewall and a bottom wall closing a lower end of the sidewall. The cup has a bottomed cylindrical shape. The sidewall has at least one protrusion protruding outward in such a size and a shape as to hook a finger of a user. The protrusion may have substantially a linear shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a broken line shape or a dot-chain line shape extending along a circumference of the sidewall. Alternatively, the protrusion may have a curved portion extending along a circumference of the sidewall so as to correspond to an outer edge shape of a palm between a thumb and an index finger of the user.

Abstract: An improved sleeve for insulating a user's hand from a hot beverage cup is disclosed that includes first and second wing portions extending outwardly from the container side wall and spaced apart therefrom by spacer elements to form air gaps between the wing portion and the cup. A blank for forming the subject sleeve is also disclosed.

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: 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 heat-insulating container comprises a paper cup body having an inner surface, an upper open end, a shell member and a bottom, the inner surface being coated with polyolefine resin, the upper open end having an outward curled portion and the shell member having a side wall on which at least one rib is formed; and a tubular member being formed of paper and having an inverse truncated conical shape, the tubular member having at a lower end thereof an inward curled portion. The tubular member is combined with an outer periphery of the paper cup body so as to come into contact with the paper cup body in contact portions provided on the at least one rib of the paper cup body and on an outer periphery of an lower end of the side wall of the shell member.

Abstract: An improved cup device including a cup unit having an improved holder. The cup device includes a one-piece holder structure with two parallel sides, a holding part, a supporting part having two parallel sides, and a fitting part positioned between the two parallel sides of the supporting part. The supporting part contacts the side of the cup unit. The holding part is located at the two parallel sides of the one-piece holder structure and positioned above the supporting part in a direction away from the side of the cup unit. An upper portion of the supporting part includes an extruded rib. The fitting part is positioned at a tail end of the one-piece holder structure and below the holding part. The fitting part rests against the side of the cup unit. The extruded rib is upwardly pushable to enable a front part of the supporting part to bend and form a tied pressing part that can be pressed and locked to the upper edge of the cup unit.

Abstract: A food or drink container more particularly with an integrally formed handle or handles which can be assembled from a stacking position to a position of use is described. In one construction the container (1) comprises a cup-shaped part (2) which tapers from an upper rim (3) to a cone or round shaped base (4) terminating in a base rim (5) with a cutaway portion (6) forming an angled edge (7). Extending radially from the upper rim (3) is a winged projection (8) the center part (9) of which is horizontal to the upper rim. Two fold lines (10) are formed in the part (9) to facilitate the folding of two wings (12a, 12b) downwards as shown by arrows “A”. The edge walls (13) of the wings (12a, 12b) engage and abut each other in their fully folded down position to form a resilient handle.

Abstract: A disposable all-purpose container assembly includes a disposable frustoconical container formed from polymer coated paper and a saddle-like insulation attachment straddling an associated portion of the container sidewall and mounted in fixed position on the sidewall. A raw edge of the sidewall blank is sealed with polymer tape to prevent wicking or migration of liquid from the container into the sidewall. The tape also enhances the bond along the sidewall seam. The insulation attachment has a plurality of spaced apart ribs which engage the outer surface of the sidewall. The ribs, and portions of the outer surface of the sidewall and inner surface of the insulation attachment define air spaces between the container and the insulation attachment. The insulation attachment has a pair of handle sections movable to a holding position for optional use.

Abstract: A condiment container with clip for attaching to the side of a food container such as a French-fry box or a sandwich container of the type typically used in fast food restaurants. The condiment container includes a bottom wall with a perimeter side wall upwardly extending around the outer perimeter of the bottom wall. The perimeter side wall has an upper edge defines a top opening. A clip is provided having an extent at the top end of the clip which is coupled to the perimeter side wall adjacent the upper edge of the perimeter side wall. The extent spaces the clip apart from the perimeter side wall to defines a slot therebetween adapted for extending a side of a food container therein such that the extent rests on the food container.

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 folding cup is disclosed which folds from an open pyramidal shape to a flattened folded state for easy storage. The edges of the pyramid shape form flexible hinges, and the cup can be manufactured from a planar plastic or paper blank.

Abstract: A drinking mug which includes a central core for holding liquid and having an outer surface. A hollow sleeve of flexible molded plastic material is disposed over the central core. The central core defines an outwardly protruding key while the inner surface of said hollow sleeve defines a keyway. The key and keyway are engaged in mating relationship to hold the sleeve non-rotationally upon the outer surface of the core.

Abstract: A container is constructed from a synthetic resin. The containers can be efficiently piled or stacked, since ears provided on the container do not prevent piling. The container includes: a bottom part, a drum part provided at the periphery of the bottom part and at least one ear on the drum part and formed by a kerf. The ear is formed unified with the drum part and can stand up from the drum part. A synthetic resin film covers the kerf in a liquid tight manner over at least the ear forming part of the drum part. The container is designed so the ear can stand in use while the container can pile without projection of the ear before using.

Abstract: The invention comprises a novel cup handle that includes an outer and an inner section combined so that a user may grasp a cup or mug comfortably and firmly. The outer section is adapted to fit adjacent the user's palm, and the inner section is adapted to be grasped by the user's fingers.

Abstract: A cup is made from sheet material. The cup has two opposite side sections for forming a cylinder with one of a gutter-like and spout-like shape in an open state of the cup, a rectangular including square bottom for serving as a base for the cup in the open state of the cup, and folding lines in the side sections that form sides and bases of two isosceles triangles. The folding lines that form the bases of the two isosceles triangles form two of four edges of the bottom. A central folding line in the bottom is parallel with the other two of the four edges of the bottom and runs along a center line of the bottom, connects to the folding lines of the bases of the two isosceles triangles and continues up along the perpendicular of the two isosceles triangles and the side sections to a rim of the side sections and cup. This divides the side sections into pairwise congruent surfaces with insides that bear upon each other when the cup is in a collapsed state.