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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 12, 1996
Orville Spence, Arlington, TX (US);
American Excelsior Company, Arlington, TX (US);
Abstract
A beverage container holder formed from a water soluble starch based material in a configuration facilitating the wrap around engagement of a beverage container for the insulation thereof and convenience of the user. The cup holder may be provided in a generally planar sheet construction for facilitating the packaging, shipping and handling thereof and with an interlocking tab assembly for facilitating the securement around a beverage container, such as a coffee cup. Once used for insulating the hands of a user, the cup holder of the present invention may be discarded and disposed of with water or the like to comprise an environmentally convenient, water soluble, biodegradable assembly.