Container for liquid additive for a beverage can

- WIX Industries LLC
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Description

FIG. 1 is a top, front, left side view of the container for liquid additive for a beverage can of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a top plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 7 is a top, front, left side view of the container for liquid additive for a beverage can of FIG. 1, illustrating how the claimed design would appear in actual use on a beverage can, the beverage can being shown in broken lines as unclaimed environmental structure.

The present invention is a container for a liquid additive to be used with a conventional beverage can. When placed atop a beverage can and the can and container opened, pouring of the liquid contents of the can will cause the liquid additive of the container to pour, too, with the additive becoming entrained into the liquid stream of the can.

The broken lines shown in the drawings are included for the purpose of illustrating environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a container for liquid additive for a beverage can, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D702557
Type: Grant
Filed: Nov 1, 2011
Date of Patent: Apr 15, 2014
Assignee: WIX Industries LLC (New York, NY)
Inventors: Christopher Eden Marchant Beardsley (New York, NY), Russell Jon Greenberg (New York, NY)
Primary Examiner: Carol P Rademaker
Application Number: 29/405,349
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D9/521; D9/535; D9/565; D9/575; D9/743; D9/434; D7/317; D7/319