초록 ▼

Cover means (10) for a wineglass or like container (24) are made from a flat sheet (10), and comprise means (20, 521) adapted to be bent from the sheet (10) and used to inhibit the cover means (10) from slipping off the container, which inhibiting means (20) comprise an inhibiting element (20), e.g.

Cover means (10) for a wineglass or like container (24) are made from a flat sheet (10), and comprise means (20, 521) adapted to be bent from the sheet (10) and used to inhibit the cover means (10) from slipping off the container, which inhibiting means (20) comprise an inhibiting element (20), e.g. a tab (20), adapted to be bent from the sheet at one or more bends (22, 50, 54) inwards of the periphery (18) of the cover means (10), whereby the whole of said element (22) is located inwards of and spaced from the periphery (18) or at least one said bend (22) extends inwards from said periphery (18). Two, three or more of said elements (20) may be adapted to be inside and/or outside the rim (26) of the container (24). Such an element (20) may point radially or circumferentially, and may be cut from the sheet (10) (or have a line 12 of weakening for ready separation from the sheet 10) apart from at said bend (22). Said elements (20) may be spaced apart around the cover means (10) and/or at different distances from a center to suit the diameters of respective said containers (24). A non-tab form said element (521) may have a cross-section of V-shape in a circumferential direction. The cover means (10) may be formed into a conical shape, e.g. by interlocking means (322, 342), e.g. comprising hook means (322, 342), or be held in conical shape by bending alone; and/or may be adapted to be such that the action of using a finger to apply pressure downwards at one portion of the outer edge of the cover (10) will lever the cover (10) up at the opposite side of the container (24).

대표청구항 ▼

1. A combination of a hand-held drinking container which has an open top comprising a mouth defined by a top rim, and a cover for the container, the cover comprising: a sheet adapted to lie across the mouth and sit on the top rim and comprising:at least one inhibiting element adapted to be made from

1. A combination of a hand-held drinking container which has an open top comprising a mouth defined by a top rim, and a cover for the container, the cover comprising: a sheet adapted to lie across the mouth and sit on the top rim and comprising:at least one inhibiting element adapted to be made from the sheet by the action of being bent down from the sheet by the user to be used to inhibit the cover from slipping off the container by engagement of said at least one inhibiting element with the rim,said at least one inhibiting element comprising:at least one bend line at which the element is bent down from the sheet, wherein at least part of said at least one bend line is spaced from a periphery of the cover on an inward side of the periphery and wherein said inhibiting element extends radially outwardly such that it has an edge that is configured to engage an inner surface of the container. 2. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein said at least one bend line is spaced from the periphery of the cover and is located entirely on the inward side of the periphery. 3. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which all of said at least one inhibiting element is located spaced from the periphery of the cover and located on the inward side of the periphery. 4. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which the cover is such that putative movement of the cover in a direction to urge said at least one inhibiting element towards the rim would increase the bending. 5. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which said at least one inhibiting element comprises two or more inhibiting elements which are adapted to be inside the rim of the container. 6. The combination as claimed in claim 1, in which said at least one inhibiting element has the form of a tab. 7. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is adapted for said at least one inhibiting element to have the form of a tab and wherein said tab has a bend line that extends substantially radially. 8. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is adapted for said at least one inhibiting element to be cut from the sheet apart from said at least one bend line. 9. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is adapted for said at least one element to have a line of weakening for ready separation from the sheet apart from said at least one bend line. 10. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein said cover is adapted such that said at least one inhibiting element comprises a plurality of inhibiting elements which are spaced apart around the cover. 11. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is adapted for said at least one inhibiting element to have the form of a tab and wherein said tab has a bend line that extends substantially circumferentially. 12. The combination as claimed in claim 1 wherein the container is a wine glass. 13. The combination as claimed in claim 12 wherein the cover has at least one radial score line. 14. The combination as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has at least one radial score line configured to allow the cover to be bent up in a conical shape.