Blog: Comments and Summaries on the Cup Holding Insulator Patents
US 6343735 B1 Insulating sleeve
Summary: This patent is very similar to the other patents that I will be discussing, but the main difference is that the design involves a protruding “blank” structure that apparently makes it easier to hold hot beverages without feeling the hotness. The foldable blank supposedly will make insulation more effective.
US 2661889 A Thermal coffee cup
Summary: One of those bottles that can store really hot beverages but you cannot feel the warmth because there is an insulation mechanism that is created by having an inner wall and outer wall, where the warmth is protected from the outer wall from the inner wall.
US 8,251,277 B1 Thermal Sleeve, Method for manufacturing a thermal sleeve, and combination cup and thermal sleeve
Summary: This patent talks about how to create one of the sleeves for coffee that is used for insulation for hot coffee drinks. It talks about manufacturing a sleeve that looks like a mesh of cardboard. The patent draws where you should fold the paper or cardboard so as to maximize the insulation properties of the device.
US 7,922,031 B1 Insulator Sleeve for a Beverage Container
Summary: This patent features an invention that helps people hold hot coffee cups in a cylindrical container. It is very similar to the other insulator sleeve patents that I have had to look at. Filing date March 1, 2006
US 8118189 B1 Temperature-indicating sleeve and related container
Summary: This patent explains that a cup can indicate the temperature of the content inside. The cup has a thermometer on its outer surface so that the user can better tell the temperature of what is inside the cup so he or she will not get burnt.
US 6152363 Sleeve construction for improved paperboard cup insulation
Summary: this patent argues that there is a more effective way to insulate a user from the hot contents inside his or her cup which involves putting hot melt glue dots which arguable increase the safety and ability to insulate the user from heat.
Patent Applications:
US 20080078824 A1 Beverage cup sleeving system and method
Summary: This patent illustrates different kinds of insulation holders that can be fitted into cups and other modifications that can come in handy. It talks about the various mechanisms and shapes that can be used to fit the cover with the cups, and goes into details about the options for the cups (e.g. can add a hole to put keys, or can put ads on the cup).
US 20100019023 A1: Hand held medical device, protective sleeve, filed Aug 15, 2009 (Priority date)
Summary: This patent refers to creating a device that helps you hold medical devices without getting diseases, since many medical diseases are used in context that are likely to gather unwanted germs. It is supposedly a clear, sealable isolation sleeve, which when applied, still allows you to manipulate the keypads well.
US 20140151385 A1 Hot and Cold Cup Sleeve
Summary: This patents seems to show the normal cup sleeve that we have in Starbucks. It seems really basic now that it is common. Also, in my opinion, it seems pretty obvious that a sleeve protection idea would be used so widely, so I am not sure if it will be able to pass.
Good work summarizing each patents. You gave a good representation of what each patent was about. One suggestion is to maybe go a bit deeper on the background and claims of each patent.
ReplyDeleteGreat work! Love your post and definitely learnt so much from it. I thought it was really great how you delve into so much detail. Keep up the great work!
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