Bicycle attached beverage container carrier

Claim 1

A small personal sized beverage container carrier for containing and insulating elongated beverage containers against ambient heat transfer relative thereto, said carrier comprising loosely telescopingly related inner and outer cylindrical shells defining an annular space between the opposing outer and inner surfaces thereof, said inner and outer cylindrical shells having radially registered substantially rectangular openings formed through corresponding wall portions thereof intermediate the opposite ends thereof and with said openings oriented longitudinally of said shells, one of said shells including generally radially projecting integral flange means extending about the corresponding opening and at least substantially bridging the radial spacing between said wall portions, said outer shell including end walls closing the opposite ends thereof outwardly of the corresponding ends of said inner shell, said inner shell including closure walls closing the opposite ends thereof inwardly of said end walls, insulation disposed between the opposing outer and inner surfaces of said shells and end and closure walls, a heat insulative partial cylindrical door hingedly supported from said carrier and swingable between open and closed positions providing unobstructed access through and closing said openings, one of the shells including radially extending circumferentially spaced ribs spanning the radial spacing between said one shell and the other shell.