Thermosl.l.c.

The Thermos Company

John Bergeron

Yasuhiro Murakami

Shouji Toida

John Lanman

A cup holder for a conventional beverage cup that has a generally inverted frusto-conical side wail and an upper access opening surrounded by a radially outwardly extending peripheral bead adapted to be connected to a disposable lid by a snap fit within a downwardly and radially outwardly depending peripheral skirt on the lid. The insulated cup holder includes a double walled insulating vessel including an inner liner and an outer liner spaced therefrom to define an insulating space and snugly receives a conventional cup so as to insulate the contents of the cup to assist in maintaining its temperature at a desired level.

Insulated cup holder

A highly functional desk organizer includes a base ( ) with a bottom surface ( ) and a top surface ( ), ( ) with a thickness that is relatively small in relation to the periphery of the base ( ). An array of three pockets ( ), ( ), ( ); ( ), ( ), ( ) is located on the top surface ( ), ( ) that includes a relatively shallow pocket ( ), ( ) in the center of the array and is adapted to receive and provide support for a note pad, and the two side pockets ( ), ( ); ( ), ( ) on each side of the central pocket ( ), ( ) which are deeper than the central pocket ( ), ( ) and adapted to receive paper clips, rubber bands, business cards or the like. Two cylindrical pockets ( ), ( ); ( ), ( ) are located in the top surface ( ) and are substantially identical and relatively deep in relation to the central pocket ( ), ( ). A pen or pencil holder ( ), ( ) is sized to be received in either of the pockets ( ), ( ); ( ), ( ) and an upright beverage container ( ), ( ) is likewise sized to nest in either one of the cylindrical pockets ( ), ( ); ( ), ( ).

Desk organizer

A cup holder for a conventional beverage cup that has a generally inverted frusto-conical side wall and an upper access opening surrounded by a radially outwardly extending peripheral bead adapted to be connected to a disposable lid by a snap fit within a downwardly and radially outwardly depending peripheral skirt on the lid. The insulated cup holder includes a double walled insulating vessel including an inner liner and an outer liner spaced therefrom to define an insulating space and snugly receives a conventional cup so as to insulate the contents of the cup to assist in maintaining its temperature at a desired level.

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Barrington, IL, United States of America

John Bergeron