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US 10,947,019 B2Granted
Portable beverage container
AssigneeTakeya Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorYukio Ban
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Abstract
A portable beverage container having a lid member attached to a container vessel. The lid member can have a lid wall and a skirt depending from the lid wall and defining a projection space. A drinking opening or a drinking spout is provided with the lid member, which can be covered by a spout cap. An ice guard can be included with the lid member. The ice guard can attach in a bore of the drinking spout or located over an opening to the bore of the drinking spout.
Claims21
A portable beverage container comprising:
- a lid member comprising a lid wall and a skirt depending from the lid wall;
- said lid wall, in an upright position, comprising an upper surface and an underside surface opposing the upper surface;
- a projection space defined by the skirt and the underside surface;
- a drinking spout formed with the lid wall, said drinking spout having a tubular body with a bore, a first opening, and a second opening, wherein the first opening has a circumference located within the lid wall such that the underside surface extends laterally all around the circumference of the first opening and the second opening is located above or remote from the upper surface of the lid wall and configure for dispensing fluid;
- a spout cap disposed over the drinking spout such that the second opening of the drinking spout is located within an interior of the spout cap and access to the second opening is blocked;
- an ice guard separately formed and positioned proximate the first opening or in the bore of the drinking spout, said ice guard comprising a plurality of plate parts extending radially of a central part, wherein each plate part comprises a wall having a base edge, a top edge, a length between the base edge and the top edge, and a thickness measured orthogonal to the length;
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- wherein an ice guard projection at an end of the ice guard is located in the projection space such that the top edge of each plate part and at least part of the central part of the ice guard, including part of the lengths of the plurality of plate parts, are exposed in the projection space below the first opening.
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A method of making a portable beverage container comprising:
- forming a lid member comprising a lid wall and a skirt depending from the lid wall;
- said lid wall, in an upright position, comprising an upper surface and an underside surface opposing the upper surface;
- providing a projection space defined by the skirt and the underside surface;
- providing a drinking spout with the lid wall, said drinking spout having a tubular body with a bore, a first opening, and a second opening, wherein the first opening is accessible from the projection space and the second opening is spaced from the upper surface of the lid member and configured to dispense fluid;
- positioning a spout cap over the drinking spout such that the second opening is located within an interior of the spout cap to block access to the second opening;
- incorporating an ice guard with the lid member so that the ice guard partially blocks the first opening or is in the bore of the drinking spout, said ice guard comprising a plurality of plate parts extending radially of a central part and each plate part comprising a lower edge line such that the plurality of plate parts comprises a plurality of lower edge lines;
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- wherein an ice guard projection at an end of the ice guard is located in the projection space such that the plurality of lower edge lines and the central part of the ice guard are located in the projection space below the first opening.
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A portable beverage container comprising:
- a lid member comprising a lid wall and a skirt depending from the lid wall;
- said lid wall, in an upright position, comprising an upper surface and an underside surface opposing the upper surface;
- a projection space defined by the skirt and the underside surface of the lid wall;
- a drinking spout formed with the lid wall, said drinking spout having a bore, a first opening accessible from the projection space and a second opening configured to dispense fluid;
- a spout cap disposed over the drinking spout to close access to the second end of the drinking spout;
- an ice guard partially blocking the first opening or located in the bore of the drinking spout, said ice guard comprising a plurality of plate parts intersecting at a central part of the drinking spout and extending radially outwardly from the first opening or from within the bore of the drinking spout;
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- an ice guard projection at an end of the ice guard is located in the projection space below the first opening of the drinking spout.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.