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MugToGo is a young as of 2007 company headquartered in Cortlandt Manor, New York. They sell disposable paper mug holders (also called MugToGo) that convert plastic or paper coffee cups into disposable mugs. The holder will be used for alternative advertising by printing ads of various companies and distributing them to participating coffee shops.

It's innovation is based on lever principle and mechanical equilibrium folded paper, similar to that of origami figures, keeping hot beverage drinker finger away from hot cup. The sleeve is itself disposable and can be used to carry textual or graphic information or advertisements.

History
The US patent #5868310 for MugToGo was granted in 1999. After unsucessful manufacturing attempts the company was put on hold. The company was restarted in 2006 after redesigning all MugToGo products and identifying manufacturing partners. The first mass produced product was delivered in 2007.

Market
Approximately 300 billion disposable cups are used every year in the USA. Starbucks uses 2.3 billion paper cups in their stores every year.

Products
Various cup sleeves: MugToGo Mini(TM), MugToGo Nano(TM), MugToGo VMug(TM), MugToGo Monster(TM), ClearToGo(TM) System, TrayToGo(TM) Advertisments: MugAd(TM)