Storage Container for Canned Drinks

Abstract

A storage container for canned drinks includes a vessel body having a top opening and multiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and a clamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having a collar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collar to fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, two openings communicating with the top opening and with one another, multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body for clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmly formed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to and releasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagement between the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Technical Field

The present invention is related to a storage container, in particular, a storage container for canner drinks.

Related Art

Nowadays, people tend to enjoy their lives as much as possible as daily work routines have greatly worn out both their physical and mental health. As a result, people want to live their lives to the fullest, even a little thing in daily life. For example, people love to go outdoors to enjoy the nature and exercise in the same time. While they are exhausted from a long hiking or mountain climbing, a cold drink would be the best cure for their sore backs and legs. However, being in outdoors, having a cold drink would somehow be a luxury thing to ask for. To solve this, a storage container having the ability to isolate heat from ambient air is introduced to the market. With which, people are able to store their cold drinks inside the storage container for at least hours long and still have their drinks cold. This is because the liner inside the storage container and/or the vacuum space created inside the storage container. Having both the liner and the vacuum space inside the storage container would best keep the drinks cold for a long period of time. However, there is one thing that is not convenient for the user while using this storage container, which is the cap or cover. Every time, when the user is using the storage container trying to grab a cold beer, for example, out of the storage container, the user has to unscrew the cap and then screw back the cap once the cold drink is out. This screw and unscrew process is somehow troublesome for the user.

As such, an improvement to the currently existing storage container is needed to allow the user to conveniently and quickly have access to the cold drinks without going through the screw and unscrew process again.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is directed to overcome defects of the prior art, and provides an improved storage container for canned drinks.

The primary objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is to have a storage container provided with a vessel body having a top opening and a clamping mechanism releasably attached to a top rim of the vessel body from the top opening. The clamping mechanism has a shape corresponding to that of the vessel body and includes an integrally formed circular collar, a skirt extending outward from a side of the collar to fit into the inside of the vessel body from the top opening of the vessel body and multiple support bars, preferably elastic support bars, provided to an inner periphery of the skirt for clamping a neck of the canned drinks.

Another objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the vessel body further has multiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body and the clamping mechanism has multiple L-shaped locking bars securely formed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to the bosses of the vessel body.

Still another objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the locking bar is composed of a vertical bar selectively in contact with the boss and a tapered transverse bar to gradually secure the connection between the vessel body and the clamping mechanism.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the vessel body has a liner provided inside the vessel body to function as an insulation from heat.

Still a further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is to provide a storage container for canned drinks. The storage container comprises a vessel body having a top opening and multiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and a clamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having a collar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collar to fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, two openings communicating with the top opening and with one another, multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body for clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmly formed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to and releasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagement between the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the storage container has a height adapted to be shorter than that of the canned drink to ensure a part of the canned drink is exposed.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that each of the locking bars is provided with a vertical bar integrally formed on an outer periphery of the skirt and transverse bar integrally formed with the vertical bar, wherein the transverse bar is tapered such that engagement between the transverse bars and the bosses becomes tighter and tighter as the clamping mechanism is rotated relative to the vessel body and the rotational movement of the clamping mechanism relative to the vessel body is stopped by the vertical bars.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the clamping mechanism further has an elastic rim formed with the collar to help further clamp the canned drink.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the support bars are elastic.

A further objective of the preferred embodiment of the present invention is that the storage container has a liner, a shell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the storage container constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the storage container with a canned drink received therein;

FIG. 3 is a partial cross sectional view showing the internal structure of the storage container while having the canned drink inside the storage container;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view showing the canned drink inside the storage container;

FIG. 5 is a side plan view showing the canned drink inside the storage container; and

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing alternate embodiment of a cap releasably connected to the vessel body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

The present invention will be further described below with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention provides a storage container for canned drinks. The storage container constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a vessel body 10 having a top opening and a clamping mechanism 20 releasably attached to a top rim of the vessel body 10 from the top opening and having two openings communicating with one another. The clamping mechanism 20 has a shape corresponding to that of the vessel body 10 and includes an integrally formed circular collar 21, a skirt 22 extending outward from a side of the collar 21 to fit into the inside of the vessel body 10 from the top opening of the vessel body 10 and multiple support bars 23, preferably elastic support bars, provided on an inner periphery of the skirt 22 for clamping a neck (not numbered) of the canned drinks. In addition to the elastic support bars 23, it is noted that the collar 21 further has an elastic rim 24 formed on a top periphery thereof to help further clamp the body of the canned drink.

The vessel body 10 has a top opening and defines therein a receiving space for accommodation of a canned drink (not shown). The vessel body 10 further has multiple bosses 11 formed on a top inner periphery thereof.

The clamping mechanism 20 further has multiple locking bars 24 formed on an outer periphery of the skirt 22 to correspond to the bosses 11 of the vessel body 10. Each of the locking bars 24 includes a vertical bar 241 and a tapered transverse bars 242, together forming into a L-shaped locking bar 24. The vertical bar 241 intermittently connects to a corresponding one of the bosses 11 to function as a stop to a rotation of the clamping mechanism 20 relative to the vessel body 10. The transverse bar 242 is tapered so that when the clamping mechanism 20 is rotated relative to the vessel body 10, the rotation movement of the clamping mechanism 20 is gradually stopped as the engagement between the bosses 11 and the transverse bars 242 becomes tighter and tighter.

With reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, it is noted that when a canned drink 30 is to be received inside the vessel body 10 of the storage container constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the canned drink 30 is first inserted into a bottom opening of the collar 21 of the clamping mechanism 20, leaving the top face of the canned drink exposed. After the canned drink 30 is inserted into the bottom opening of the clamping mechanism 20, the support bars 23 engage with a neck of the canned drink 30 and the tapered transverse bars 242 engage with the bosses 11 inside the vessel body 10. And as the clamping mechanism 20 is rotated relative to the vessel 10, the bosses 11 respectively slide on a top side of the corresponding transverse bar 242. As the transverse bars 242 are tapered, the engagement between the transverse bars 242 and the bosses 11 is tighter and tighter. Finally, when the bosses 11 engage with the vertical bars 241 and are stopped by the vertical bars 241, the relative rotation of the clamping mechanism 20 relative to the vessel body 20 is stopped. Furthermore, in order to have better temperature preserving capability, it is to be noted that the vessel body 10 is provided with a liner 11, a shell 12 surrounding the liner 11 and a vacuum space sandwiched between the liner 11 and the shell 12. It is further noted that the storage container has a height shorter than that of the canned drink to ensure that the top portion of the canned drink is exposed after the canned drink is accommodated inside the storage container of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5, it is noted that after the clamping mechanism 20 is securely connected to the vessel body 10, a top side of the canned drink 30 is still exposed to the ambient air so that when the user wants to have access to the canned drink 30, the user can easily open the canned drink 30 without the conventional screw and unscrew operation to remove the canned drink out from the storage container.

With reference to FIG. 6, when the clamping mechanism 20 is not in use, the user may use a cap 50 to close the top opening of the vessel body to prevent pollutant from going into the interior space of the vessel body 10.

The present invention is described above in detail with reference to the embodiments of the accompanying drawings, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may make various modifications to the present invention according to the above description. Therefore, some details in the embodiments shall not constitute a limitation on the present invention, and the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A storage container for canned drinks, the storage container comprising:

a vessel body having a top opening and multiple bosses formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body; and

a clamping mechanism releasably connected to the vessel body and having a collar, a skirt integrally extending outward from a side of the collar to fit into a space inside the vessel body from the top opening, two openings communicating with the top opening and with one another, multiple support bars formed on an inner periphery of the vessel body for clamping a neck of the canned drink and multiple locking bars firmly formed on an outer periphery of the skirt to correspond to and releasably connect to the bosses of the vessel body to secure engagement between the clamping mechanism and the vessel body.

2. The storage container as claimed in claim 1 having a height adapted to be shorter than that of the canned drink to ensure a part of the canned drink is exposed.

3. The storage container as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the locking bars is provided with a vertical bar integrally formed on an outer periphery of the skirt and transverse bar integrally formed with the vertical bar, wherein the transverse bar is tapered such that engagement between the transverse bars and the bosses becomes tighter and tighter as the clamping mechanism is rotated relative to the vessel body and the rotational movement of the clamping mechanism relative to the vessel body is stopped by the vertical bars.

4. The storage container as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the locking bars is provided with a vertical bar integrally formed on an outer periphery of the skirt and transverse bar integrally formed with the vertical bar, wherein the transverse bar is tapered such that engagement between the transverse bars and the bosses becomes tighter and tighter as the clamping mechanism is rotated relative to the vessel body and the rotational movement of the clamping mechanism relative to the vessel body is stopped by the vertical bars.

5. The storage container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the clamping mechanism further has an elastic rim formed with the collar to help further clamp the canned drink.

6. The storage container as claimed in claim 3, wherein the clamping mechanism further has an elastic rim formed with the collar to help further clamp the canned drink.

7. The storage container as claimed in claim 3, wherein the support bars are elastic.

8. The storage container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the support bars are elastic.

9. The storage container as claimed in claim 1 further has a liner, a shell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.

10. The storage container as claimed in claim 3 further having a liner, a shell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.

11. The storage container as claimed in claim 6 further having a liner, a shell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.

12. The storage container as claimed in claim 8 further having a liner, a shell surrounding the liner and a vacuum space sandwiched between the shell and the liner to further isolate heat from ambient air.