US 10,368,673 B2 · Liquid containing vessels with integrated coaster

Abstract

Different liquid containing vessels with integrated coasters are provided. The liquid containing vessels have an upper portion, channel, base, and integrated coaster. The upper portion retains some amount of liquid. The channel is disposed beneath the upper portion and above the above the base. The channel is formed from a central stem connecting the upper portion to the base and a cavity that surrounds the stem for some radius that is less than a radius of the upper portion or base. Disposed in the channel is the integrated coaster. The integrated coaster is a trapping element that in some embodiments is a solid porous ring of an adsorptive or absorptive material. Condensation forming about the outer surface of the upper portion drips downwards towards the channel. The channel redirects the condensation to the trapping element where it is removed by the adsorptive or absorptive materials.

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Dependent claims

A liquid containing vessel with integrated coaster, the vessel comprising:

an upper portion comprising a liquid containing volume;
a base below said upper portion, the base retaining the vessel upright over a surface;
a channel between the upper portion and said base, the channel comprising a cavity extending centrally from an outer circumference of the base by a particular distance that is less than a width or radius of the base;
and
a trapping element disposed in said channel, the trapping element comprising a plurality of ceramic particulates baked to form a rigid, solid, and dishwasher safe permeable structure with a plurality of pores providing a plurality of nondeforming chambers with which to adsorb condensate from the outer face of the upper portion without modifying shape or dimensions of the plurality of nondeforming chambers or the plurality of ceramic particulates.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Liquid containing vessels with integrated coaster

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