Insulating vessel for chilled drink container

Claim 1

A heat insulating vessel for holding a cylindrical drink container, said vessel tightly fitting around a portion of the cylindrical wall of the container, said vessel having a body integrally formed of a cylindrical wall portion and a bottom portion, the body being formed from a microcellularly foamed plastic, at least one horizontal finger groove means for receiving substantially the entire palm side of a user's finger, said finger groove means being formed in the wall portion and extending circumferentially completely around said wall portion, parallel to said bottom portion, wherein the upper edge of said cylindrical wall portion is inclined with respect to the bottom portion, said inclined upper edge having an elliptical shape and wherein when said finger groove means is depressed by the fingers of a user holding said vessel, said elliptical shape forms a circular shape having a diameter larger than the diameter of said bottom portion of said body thereby facilitating the placement of a container in said vessel, and wherein when said finger groove means is not depressed, the entire said inclined upper edge contacts the container inserted in said vessel.