Beverage container cooling apparatus

Abstract

A beverage container cooling apparatus comprising a compression sleeve and a cooling pad. The compression sleeve having an outer sleeve of a substantially circular configuration. The outer sleeve being of an insulative and a resilient material. The cooling pad comprises a separate material having a plurality of polymer film sheets joined together by a plurality of seals which define a plurality of cavities filled with a fluid that can be cooled. The cooling pad extends about a beverage container and the compression sleeve extends about the cooling pad. In turn, the sleeve maintains the cooling pad against the beverage container. The plurality of seals facilitate the bending of the cooling pad to conform to the beverage container around which the cooling pad extends.

1 . A beverage container cooling apparatus comprising:
 a compression sleeve having an outer sleeve of a substantially circular configuration, the outer sleeve being of an insulative and a resilient material;   a separate cooling pad comprising a plurality of polymer film sheets joined together by a plurality of seals which define a plurality of cavities filled with a fluid that can be cooled,   wherein the cooling pad extends about a beverage container and the compression sleeve extends about the cooling pad, to in turn, maintain the cooling pad against the beverage container, and wherein the plurality of seals facilitates the bending of the cooling pad to conform to the beverage container around which the cooling pad extends.   
     
     
         2 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the compression sleeve includes an inner sleeve within the outer sleeve, the inner and outer sleeves are coupled together along a respective lower end of each of the inner and outer sleeves to form a circular compression sleeve, and defining a pocket, the cooling pad positioned within the pocket. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 2  wherein a seam extends substantially vertically between a lower end of the outer and inner sleeves to the upper end of the outer and inner sleeves, to, in turn, additionally couple the inner and the outer sleeve to each other. 
     
     
         4 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 2  wherein the outer sleeve is substantially more insulative than the inner sleeve. 
     
     
         5 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the outer sleeve comprises a neoprene sleeve. 
     
     
         6 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 1  wherein the seals of the cooling pad are spaced apart vertically and horizontally from each other so as to define a plurality of substantially rectangular cavities therebetween. 
     
     
         7 . A beverage container cooling apparatus comprising:
 a compression sleeve having an outer sleeve of a substantially circular configuration, the outer sleeve being of an insulative and a resilient material, and an inner sleeve coupled to the outer sleeve along at least a lower end of each of the outer and inner sleeves, the inner sleeve being of a thinner material than the outer sleeve, the outer and inner sleeves defining a pocket therebetween;   a separate cooling pad comprising a plurality of polymer film sheets joined together by a plurality of seals which define a plurality of cavities filled with a fluid that can be cooled, the plurality of seals including a plurality of seals in a first direction and a plurality of seals in a second direction wherein the first direction and the second direction are substantially perpendicular to each other, to, in turn, define a plurality of substantially similarly shaped cavities;   wherein the cooling pad extends about a beverage container and the compression sleeve extends about the cooling pad, to in turn, maintain the cooling pad against the beverage container, and wherein the plurality of seals facilitates the bending of the cooling pad to conform to the beverage container around which the cooling pad extends, and to substantially evenly distribute the fluid about the outer surface of the beverage container.   
     
     
         8 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 7  wherein a seam extends substantially vertically between a lower end of the outer and inner sleeves to the upper end of the outer and inner sleeves, to, in turn, additionally couple the inner and the outer sleeve to each other. 
     
     
         9 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the first direction is substantially horizontal and the second direction is substantially vertical, to, in turn, define substantially rectangular cavities. 
     
     
         10 . The beverage container cooling apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the upper end and the lower end are tapered.