Travel Container for Transporting Of Beverage Containers

Abstract

A collapsible travel container allowing a consumer to safely transport beverage containers acquired abroad as baggage aboard a plane, ship, or other form of mass transit, while reducing the likelihood of breakage or compromise of one or more of the beverage containers.

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COPYRIGHT STATEMENT[0001]All material in this document, including the figures, is subject to copyright protections under the laws of the United States and other countries. The owner has no objection to reproduction of this document or its disclosure as it appears in official governmental records. All other rights are reserved.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The technical field is travel baggage and shipping containers.BACKGROUND ART[0003]Alcohol-related tourism has exploded in the past few decades. Many breweries, wineries, and distilleries have developed handsome alternative income streams by marketing themselves as travel “destinations”, offering anything from tastings to hosting and catering major events. However, there are many restrictions governing the transportation of alcoholic beverages. For example, in the United States, while adults can purchase wine in person, shipping is often a problem. In 24 states, shipping wine from a vintner to a consumer is felony offense carrying a five-yea...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]The invention pertains to a collapsible container made of flexible materials designed to surround industry standard beverage shipping containers, but with features to allow easy transport via plane, ship, or other form of mass transit. The flexible material allows one embodiment to be folded into a compact form when not in use such that the invention may be easily and efficiently stowed and carried when not in use. For example, consumers visiting a winery from out-of-state could fold the embodiment and pack it in their luggage.

Problems solved by technology

However, there are many restrictions governing the transportation of alcoholic beverages.

For example, in the United States, while adults can purchase wine in person, shipping is often a problem.

Given the increasing importance of wineries as tourist destinations, not being able to ship wine to consumers visiting from out-of-area is a barrier to commerce.

However, this is modernly infeasible.

In the past decade, the United States government has imposed severely heightened restrictions on individuals traveling by air, which prohibits such activity.

While there is currently no per-passenger quantity limit on beverages with less than 24 percent alcohol—such as wine and beer—transport is difficult because containers capable

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