An insulated container including a container assembly and a gel assembly. The container includes a first sleeve, second sleeve, and outer sidewall. The container includes a cavity to receive a beverage therein. The second sleeve extends about the outer circumference of the first sleeve. A spacing is defined between the first sleeve and the second sleeve. A gel layer of the gel assembly is received within the spacing. The gel layer, when the container is cooled, is cooled and provides cold energy to the beverage held within the container. Between the second sleeve and the outer sidewall exists a vacuum spacing. The vacuum spacing provides vacuum insulation to ensure that heat does not reach the first sleeve through direct contact when being cooled by the gel layer. Allowing the beverage to be cooled for extended periods of time within the insulated container.

Disclosed herein are systems for controlling and maintaining the temperature of a drink. The system may include a receptacle defining a recess for receiving a drinking vessel. The system may have a stand for holding the receptacle upright. The stand may be releasably attached to the receptacle. The receptacle may include a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an inner wall portion, and an outer wall portion. The top end portion may define a top opening of the recess. A system may include a first receptacle defining a first recess for receiving a drinking vessel. The system may include a second receptacle for receiving a drinking vessel, wherein the second receptacle defines a second recess. The system may include a first stand operable to releasably attach to the first receptacle and the second receptacle. Also disclosed are methods for controlling and maintaining the temperature of a drink.

A insert for a portable cooler containing ice in which the insert is preferably cylindrical and wherein the insert acts as a protective sleeve for a container, such as a bottle, within the cooler so as to prevent ice redistribution when the bottle is removed and then returned.

An apparatus for containing, positioning and thermally insulating plural axially aligned beverage containers provides an elongate body, a retention collar that is threadably engaged with the body, a handle carried by the body and a puck that is movable, by a user, between a first position adjacent to an opening of the body and a second position adjacent to an interior bottom surface of the body.

A floating beverage holder designed to chill and maintain a cold beverage container in an upright position on water. The beverage holder includes an open cavity sized and shaped to accommodate a desired beverage container, or multiple beverage containers. A first sealed compartment substantially surrounds the cavity and includes a freezable material, such as water, refrigerant or a gel. A second compartment filled with a buoyant and insulative material, such as a polyurethane, substantially surrounds the first compartment. A hard outer shell protects the insulative material of the second compartment. The body of the holder is shaped to provide stability on the water surface.

A thermally insulated shipping container 100 that includes (i) a banded 140 thermally insulated sleeve 120 with detachable insulated top 150 and bottom 160 trays, (ii) extrudable phase change material panels 180 lining the thermally insulated chamber 129 defined by the banded 140 thermally insulated sleeve 120, and (iii) a payload box 190 with standoff tabs 197 for spacing the payload box 190 from at least two of the sidewalls of the thermally insulated chamber 129.

An insulating holder is provided for a conventional disposable beverage cup. The insulating holder includes an upward-facing flange that supports the beverage cup at its peripheral bead and without interfering with a disposable lid that may be fitted to the cup by snap fit over the peripheral bead. The insulating holder further includes a retaining mechanism that holds the disposable cup and lid in the holder without interfering with the ability of the user to drink from the cup. The insulating holder further includes means to facilitate insertion of the cup into the holder without requiring the user to hold the cup either by its bead or by the lid.

An insulating holder is provided for a conventional disposable beverage cup. The insulating holder includes an upward-facing flange that supports the beverage cup at its peripheral bead and without interfering with a disposable lid that may be fitted to the cup by snap fit over the peripheral bead. The insulating holder further includes a retaining mechanism that holds the disposable cup and lid in the holder without interfering with the ability of the user to drink from the cup. The insulating holder further includes means to facilitate insertion of the cup into the holder without requiring the user to hold the cup either by its bead or by the lid.

A beverage insulating device to cool a beverage in a bottle or can includes an outer container, a lid, and an inner container. The inner container may be filled with an insulator or refrigerant material to increase the thermal resistance across the inner container. The size and shape of the inner container may allow the inner container to surround at least a portion of the beverage while also fitting inside the outer container. The lid fits over the bottle or can and securely engages with the outer container to allow the beverage insulating device to simultaneously cool and insulate the beverage while also allowing consumption of the beverage.

An insulating holder is provided for a conventional disposable beverage cup. The insulating holder includes an upward-facing flange that supports the beverage cup at its peripheral bead and without interfering with a disposable lid that may be fitted to the cup by snap fit over the peripheral bead. The insulating holder further includes a retaining mechanism that holds the disposable cup and lid in the holder without interfering with the ability of the user to drink from the cup. The insulating holder further includes means to facilitate insertion of the cup into the holder without requiring the user to hold the cup either by its bead or by the lid.