US 12,256,856 B2
Beverage can handle and method
Jeremy Graham Salter, Golden, CO (US)
Filed by Jeremy Graham Salter, Golden, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,701.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284810 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A47G 23/02 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC A47G 23/0266 (2013.01) [B33Y 80/00 (2014.12)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A C-shaped beverage can handle device that may be removably attached to a beverage can comprising:
a vertical handle portion forming a central portion of the C-shape, wherein the vertical handle portion is configured to run parallel to a height of the beverage can, and wherein the vertical handle portion comprises an internal facing surface proximal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can and an external facing surface distal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can;
a top portion coupled to the vertical handle portion at a top end of the vertical handle portion and generally perpendicular to the vertical handle portion, wherein the top portion comprises an internal facing surface proximal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can and an external facing surface distal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can, and wherein the internal facing surface of the top portion comprises a notch configured to secure a top rim of the beverage can; and
a base coupled to the vertical handle portion at a bottom end of the vertical handle portion and generally perpendicular to the vertical handle portion and generally parallel to the top portion, wherein the base comprises rotatably coupled first and second base members, wherein each of the first and second base members comprises two base extensions, wherein each base extension comprises an internal facing surface proximal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can and an external facing surface distal the beverage can when the beverage can handle device holds the beverage can, and wherein the internal facing surface of each base extension comprises a first and a second raised portion forming a notch therebetween wherein the notch is configured to secure a bottom rim of the beverage can.