Insulated bottle container having a bottle support as one part

Claim 1

A thermal-insulating container particularly adapted to completely contain an elongate vessel such as a baby bottle containing liquid at a predetermined temperature, said container comprising a cup-shaped base member and a cup-shaped cover member having mating portions adapted to be engagable secured together, said members being formed of a thermally insulating material and when secured together defining a generally cylindrical central cavity, said base member having a bottom end capable of supporting said container in an upright position and being open on the opposite end to define a cavity having a depth corresponding to no more than about one-half the length of a said vessel and being dimensioned to provide a frictional fit therewith, and an inner end surface corresponding generally to the shape of the base of a said vessel, said cover member cavity having a depth sufficient to contain that portion of a said vessel not contained in said base member cavity, a diameter slightly larger than the diameter of a said vessel and an inner end surface corresponding generally to the shape of the top surface of a said vessel wherein each of said cover member and said base member is formed of a cup-shaped outer member and a cup-shaped inner member one of said cup-shaped outer member and said cup-shaped inner member having a peripheral ridge at its open end and the other of said cup-shaped outer member and said cup-shaped inner member having a flange member at its open end, a said flange member having a portion projecting toward the closed end of the member with which it is associated and spaced from its outer surface providing an annular socket for receiving and engaging the open end of the other of said outer or inner members with said ridge abutting and in engaged relationship with the projecting portion of said flange member to provide said cover and base members having cavities between their inner walls and their outer walls.