Koolee stein drink device
OwnerKenneth J. Deferinventor
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Abstract
A drink device 16 is shown and described. The drink device 16 can be located adjacent to a beverage can 17 such that a first position provides closure of the drinking hole 36 on the top of can 17. When the user applies a force to the drink device 16 the drinking hole 36 is exposed (second position) allowing the user to consume the beverage. When the force is removed from the drink device 16 another manual force is used to close the drinking device 16 adjacent to the drinking hole 36 or first or closed position. Alternatively, a spring 68 and spring force is used to bias the drinking device 16 against the drinking hole 36 and the top of the can 17 or back to the first or closed position. Decorative items such as stickers and sports paraphernalia can be affixed to the top of the pivot top.
Claims4
A device removably attached to and for selectively covering and uncovering the drinking hole in a beverage can, the device comprising:
- a pivot top having a top and a bottom, the pivot top having a second end and a first end, the first end having a rectangular section with a pair of bosses located near the bottom, one co-linear boss hole located in each boss, a pair of holes located between the bosses in the bottom;
- an arm, the arm having an inner surface and an outer surface, a top end and a bottom end, the top end having a pair of bosses extending away from the outer surface, each boss having a co-linear arm hole;
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- a pin, the pin inserted into one arm hole in the arm and through a corresponding adjacent boss hole in the boss of the pivot top, the pin inserted through a longitudinal center axis of a coiled spring such that the spring is located on the pin, the spring having a pair of legs, said legs inserted into holes in the bottom of the pivot top between the bosses, the pin inserted through the opposite boss hole of the pivot top and into the arm hole in the arm whereby the pivot top rotates on the pin relative to the arm and the spring biases the bottom of the pivot top against the top of the can.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.