Detachable Drinking Vessel
The invention relates to an easy to use drinking vessel and container arrangement in which the drinking vessel is easily detachable from the container allowing contents of the container to be easily dispensed into the drinking vessel and be consumed by a user. The invention a container and drinking vessel where the container can be in the shape of a bottle and is provided with a drinking vessel resting on top of and secured to the container. The drinking vessel is provided with handle used to grip, grasp or otherwise manipulate the drinking vessel and is further constructed to separate from the container and is capable of receiving a product from the container.
This application is a continuation-in-part of provisional Australian patent application no. 2014901992 filed May 27, 2014.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe invention relates to an easy to use drinking vessel and container arrangement in which the drinking vessel is easily detachable from the container allowing contents of the container to be easily dispensed and/or consumed by a user.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONOften times when people are using container or bottles to drink or pour from, they find it difficult to remove the container or bottle top while attempting to assess a separate cup to pour the container or bottle contents into. The present invention seeks to provide to an easy to use drinking vessel and container arrangement in which a drinking vessel is provided with the container and further where the drinking vessel is easily detachable from the container allowing contents of the to be easily dispensed and/or consumed by a user.
The invention is particularly advantageous for the elderly in that they may use the handle of the drinking vessel as leverage to assist in opening the container. Additionally, the easy to me drinking vessel and container arrangement allows young mothers with small children the ability to dispense drinks at anytime with ease while out in a car or when in the public, e.g. while they are out shopping.
The invention has particular uses in medicine as it may be used to contain pharmaceutical products, usually liquids, sealed within the container or bottle, and with the volume measurement calibration feature included the drinking vessel provides for easy to use accurate dosage when dispensing the product. Similarly, a pharmacist using the invention would have the option of using the volume measurement calibrated drinking vessel when mixing pharmaceutical compounds. The volume measurement feature could be particularly useful for patients receiving X-ray treatment which often time requires the mixture of different dyes; additionally the calibrated drinking vessel can be very useful for assisting patients requiring diabetic sugar tests.
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Having now fully disclosed the structural details and features of the drinking vessel and container arrangements 1 and 11, their use will be described. In typical use, container 2 will contain a product, usually a liquid, and particularly, a pharmaceutical, which is desired to be dispensed and consumed. By the screw threaded construction of the drinking vessels 3 and 13 and container 2, at lip 7 of the container and ridge 8 and 18 of the drinking vessels, a user can with great ease remove the drinking vessels, by unscrewing and lifting drinking vessels 3 or 13 from container 2. The user can then dispense as ninth of the product in the drinking vessel, using the volume measurement indicia 9 as a guide, of the drinking vessel 3, or of drinking vessel 13, consume the product and replace drinking vessel 3 or 13 onto container 2 for future use.
The principles of the invention could be practiced by those of skilled in the art with equivalent alternative shapes. The invention may be embodied and practiced in other specific forms without departing from the spirit and essential characteristics thereof. The present embodiments are therefore to be considered all respects as illustrative and not restrictive, the scope of the invention being indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description; and all variations, substitutions and changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are therefore intended to be embraced therein.
When introducing elements of the present invention or the preferred embodiments) thereof, the articles “a”, “an”, “the”, and “said” are intended to mean there are one or more of the elements. The terms “comprising”, “including”, and “having” are intended to be inclusive and mean that there may be additional elements other than the listed elements.
The preceding written description and the accompanying drawings are intended solely as representative examples.
Only the appended claims and their equivalents define the scope of the protected invention.
The invention described herein is susceptible to variations, modifications and/or additions other than those specifically described and it is to be understood that the invention includes all such variations, modifications and/or additions which fall within the spirit and scope of the following claims
Claims
1. A container and drinking vessel arrangement comprising a container and a drinking vessel wherein the drinking vessel rests on the top of and is secured to the container.
2. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 1 wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a handle used to grip, grasp or otherwise manipulate the drinking vessel.
3. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 2 wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a top portion and a bottom portion.
4. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 3 wherein the container and the drinking vessel are composed and constructed of the same material.
5. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 4 wherein the container and the drinking vessel are constructed to contain a product.
6. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 5 wherein the container and the drinking vessel are constructed such that the drinking vessel can separate from the container.
7. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 6 wherein the drinking vessel can receive a product from the container.
8. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 1 wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement has a circular cross sectional shape.
9. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 1 wherein the container is provided on its top portion with a lip which lip is provided with screw threads and wherein the lip is capable of filing and or dispensing of a product from container.
10. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 9 wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a ridge integral with and raised up from a bottom portion of the drinking vessel and wherein the ridge is of a circular cross-section and wherein the ridge is provided with screw threads with the same pitch and sized to fit and secure with the screw threads of the lip on top of the container.
11. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 10 wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a handle used to grip, grasp or otherwise manipulate the drinking vessel.
12. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 11 wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a top portion and a bottom portion.
13. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 12 wherein the container and the drinking vessel are composed and constructed of the same material.
14. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 13 wherein the container and the drinking vessel are constructed to contain a product.
15. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 14 wherein the drinking vessel can receive a product from the container.
16. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 15 wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement has a circular cross sectional shape.
17. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 16 wherein the drinking vessel has volume measurement indicia thereon.
18. The container and drinking vessel arrangement of claim 17 wherein the volume measurement indicia are located on the inside of the drinking vessel.
19. A container and drinking vessel arrangement comprising
- a container in the shape of a bottle having a circular cross-sectional shape and a height dimension which is substantially greater than its cross-sectional dimension and wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement is provided with
- a drinking vessel resting on top of and secured to the container and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a handle used to grip, grasp or otherwise manipulate the drinking vessel and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a top portion and a bottom portion and wherein the container and the drinking vessel are composed and constructed of the same material wherein the container and the drinking vessel are constructed to contain a product wherein the drinking vessel is constructed to separate from the container and wherein the drinking vessel is capable of receiving a product from the container and wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement has a circular cross sectional shape and wherein the container is provided on its top portion with a lip for the filing and or dispensing of a product and wherein the lip is provided with screw threads, and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a ridge integral with and raised up from a bottom portion of drinking vessel wherein the ridge is of a circular cross-section and wherein the ridge is also screw threaded with the same pitch and skied to fit and secure with the lip on top of the container and wherein when the container and the drinking vessel are separable from each other by having drinking vessel being unscrewed from the container and being lifted vertically by a user gripping or grasping the drinking vessel handle and wherein the lip is constructed to receive or dispense a product from the container.
20. A container and drinking vessel arrangement comprising
- a container in the shape of a bottle having a circular cross-sectional shape and a height dimension which is substantially greater than its cross-sectional dimension and wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement is provided with
- a drinking vessel resting on top of and secured to the container and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a handle used to grip, grasp or otherwise manipulate the drinking vessel and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a top portion and a bottom portion and wherein the container and the drinking vessel are composed and constructed of the same material wherein the container and the drinking vessel are constructed to contain a product wherein the drinking vessel is constructed to separate from the container and wherein the drinking vessel is capable of receiving a product from the container and wherein the container and drinking vessel arrangement has a circular cross sectional shape and wherein the container is provided on its top portion with a lip for the filing and or dispensing of a product and wherein the lip is provided with screw threads, and wherein the drinking vessel is provided with a ridge integral with and raised up from a bottom portion of drinking vessel wherein the ridge is of a circular cross-section and wherein the ridge is also screw threaded with the same pitch and sized to fit and secure with the lip on top of the container and wherein when the container and the drinking vessel are separable from each other by having drinking vessel being unscrewed from the container and being lifted vertically by a user gripping or grasping the drinking vessel handle and wherein the lip is constructed to receive or dispense a product from the container and wherein volume measuring indicia are located on the inside of the drinking vessel, to aid a user in pouring or dispensing a product from the container.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 8, 2015
Publication Date: Dec 3, 2015
Inventors: Katrina Goff Candy (Echuca), Ian Victor Chaffey (Echuca)
Application Number: 14/682,063