Tip resistant beverage container providing a tip lip
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-025/20
B65D-081/38
A47J-041/00
F25D-003/08
출원번호
US-0406613
(2006-04-19)
등록번호
US-8162170
(2012-04-24)
발명자
/ 주소
Massad, Gary L.
출원인 / 주소
Massad, Gary L.
대리인 / 주소
Dooley, Daniel P.
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
6인용 특허 :
58
초록▼
A beverage container that includes at least a bottom portion with a side portion extending from the bottom portion, and a balance mass in pressing engagement with the bottom portion is disclosed. The balance mass is adjacent an inner surface of the bottom portion in a preferred embodiment, and adjac
A beverage container that includes at least a bottom portion with a side portion extending from the bottom portion, and a balance mass in pressing engagement with the bottom portion is disclosed. The balance mass is adjacent an inner surface of the bottom portion in a preferred embodiment, and adjacent an outer surface in an alternate preferred embodiment. In each embodiment, the balance mass includes at least a core portion encapsulated by an encapsulant, in which the density of the core is greater than the density of a beverage of the beverage container. In the alternate preferred embodiment, the balance mass further includes a tip lip portion with a condensate retention ridge, and a condensate aperture. The condensate retention ridge, in cooperation with a side portion of the balance mass, forms a condensate channel, and the condensate aperture drains condensate from the condensate channel.
대표청구항▼
1. A container comprising: a bottom portion;a side portion extending from the bottom portion, in which the side portion comprises an interior wall and an exterior wall, wherein the container directly contains a fluid adjacent the interior wall, and wherein the side portion provides a constant cross-
1. A container comprising: a bottom portion;a side portion extending from the bottom portion, in which the side portion comprises an interior wall and an exterior wall, wherein the container directly contains a fluid adjacent the interior wall, and wherein the side portion provides a constant cross-sectional area along its entire length; anda balance mass, in which the balance mass comprises a core portion encapsulated by an encapsulant, and wherein the encapsulant is in pressing engagement with the exterior wall, and further wherein the encapsulant directly contacting the core portion forms a base region in contacting adjacency with a container support surface, and in which the encapsulant further comprises a side surface and a tip lip portion extending radially from the side surface at a proximal end, the tip lip offset from the container support surface and providing a ridge interposed mid-way between the proximal end and a distal end of the tip lip, wherein the tip lip portion mitigates an inadvertent engagement of the side portion with the container support surface supporting the base region. 2. The container of claim 1, in which a first density of the core portion is greater than a second density of the fluid. 3. The container of claim 1, in which a portion of the tip lip portion between the ridge and the proximal extent of the tip lip portion defines a channel. 4. The container of claim 3, in which the side surface of the balance mass further comprising an aperture extending from the channel and through the side portion of the balance mass. 5. The container of claim 4, in which the ridge is a condensate confinement ridge, the channel is a condensate collection channel, and the aperture is a condensate drain aperture. 6. The container of claim 1, in which the bottom portion comprises an inner surface and an outer surface, and wherein the balance mass is adjacent the outer surface. 7. The container of claim 6, in which the encapsulant further comprises a top surface adjacent the side surface and a bottom surface separated from the top surface by the side surface, wherein the top surface conforms to the outer surface of the bottom portion. 8. The container of claim 7, in which the container further comprising a spill angle defined as an angle between the side portion of the container and the container support surface, wherein upon encountering an angle greater than the spill angle, the side portion contacts the container support surface. 9. The container of claim 8, in which the tip lip portion further comprises a tip engagement surface on a distal portion of the tip lip portion, wherein upon encountering a tipping force sufficient to engender an angle greater than the spill angle, the tip engagement surface engages the container support surface to preclude contacting engagement of the side portion of the container with the container support surface, and the balance mass returns the side portion of the container to an upright position relative to the container support surface. 10. The container of claim 9, further comprising a lid portion offset from the bottom portion by the side portion, wherein the side portion has a predetermined overall length, and in which the tip lip portion is offset from the lid portion by a predetermined portion of the predetermined overall length of the side portion, and in which the spill angel is directly proportional to the mass of the core. 11. The container of claim 10, in which the tip lip portion forms a member of specific width at each predetermined portion of offset, wherein each predetermined portion of offset is directly proportional to a mass of the core, and wherein each specific width associated with each predetermined portion of offset is indirectly proportional to a mass of the core. 12. The container of claim 11, in which the member of specific width formed by the tip lip portion is a non-continuous member.
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