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A beverage cup comprises a large-diameter tall main body providing a large capacity, a narrow-diameter short base adapted to be received in a vehicle cup holder, and a neck connecting the main body to the base to define a beverage-receiving cavity. The neck has a circumferential finger-receiving gro

A beverage cup comprises a large-diameter tall main body providing a large capacity, a narrow-diameter short base adapted to be received in a vehicle cup holder, and a neck connecting the main body to the base to define a beverage-receiving cavity. The neck has a circumferential finger-receiving groove configured and positioned to receive a user's finger when the user grasps the cup to remove it from the cup holder.

대표청구항 ▼

[ We claim:] [1.] A cup comprisinga narrow-diameter bottom portion having an annular side wall and a bottom wall appended to the annular side wall,a large-diameter top portion having an annular side wall having an upper edge and a lower edge,a neck portion connecting the lower edge of the large-diam

[ We claim:] [1.] A cup comprisinga narrow-diameter bottom portion having an annular side wall and a bottom wall appended to the annular side wall,a large-diameter top portion having an annular side wall having an upper edge and a lower edge,a neck portion connecting the lower edge of the large-diameter top portion to the annular side wall of the narrow-diameter bottom portion, the top, neck and bottom portions cooperating to define a beverage-receiving cavity having an open mouth defined by the upper edge of the large-diameter top portion, the neck portion forming an annular finger-receiving groove sized to receive a user's ring finger to permit a user's hand to grasp around the neck portion while the user's finger extends into the finger-receiving groove so as to stabilize the top portion during handling, the finger-receiving groove located at a first vertical distance generally perpendicular to the bottom wall between the lower and upper edges of the large-diameter top portion being greater than a second vertical distance generally perpendicular to the bottom wall between the bottom wall and the neck portion to position the finger-receiving groove closer to the bottom wall than to the open mouth and wherein an outside radius of the finger-receiving groove in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the cup is about 0.590 inch.