US 11,083,314 B2 · Drinkware with lens base

Abstract

A drinkware product includes a vessel container and a base having upper and lower surfaces and a periphery, wherein the base includes a transparent section extending through the base from the upper surface to the lower surface and having an optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification when viewed through the transparent section from the upper surface of the base. The optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification is positioned to provide at least one focal point under the base positioned between the periphery of the base and a central location of the base when viewed through the transparent section from the upper surface of the base. The vessel container may be formed by a sidewall extending up from the base at the periphery of the base, or may be an upper portion of a stemware with a stem extending between the base and upper portion. An existing product mold may be modified by either adding material to the mold or removing material from the mold to form a modified mold surface which will impart an optical surface to the base of a stemware or other drinkware product formed with the modified mold.

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Dependent claims

A drinkware product comprising a vessel container and a base having upper and lower surfaces and a periphery;

wherein the base includes a transparent section extending through the base from the upper surface to the lower surface and having an optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification when viewed through the transparent section from the upper surface of the base;
and
wherein the optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification is positioned to provide at least one focal point under the base positioned between the periphery of the base and a central location of the base when viewed through the transparent section from the upper surface of the base;
wherein the drinkware product is a non-stemmed drinkware product, where the vessel container is formed by the base and a sidewall extending up from the base along the periphery of the base, such that the base and sidewall together form the container vessel with a vessel opening at the top of the sidewall;
and wherein the predetermined degree of magnification is provided when viewed through the vessel opening and the transparent section from the upper surface of the base.

2 more elements

A stemware product comprising:

an upper portion;
a base having upper and lower surfaces and a periphery;
and
a stem extending between the base and upper portion, where the stem is narrower than the periphery of the base and spaces the upper portion from the base such that the upper surface of the base is directly visible externally from the upper portion;
wherein the base includes a transparent section extending through the base from the upper surface to the lower surface and having an optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification when viewing through the transparent section from the upper surface of the base externally from the upper portion;
wherein the stem is attached to the base at a central location of the upper surface of the base, and the optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification is positioned to provide at least one focal point under the base positioned between the periphery of the base and the central location;
and
wherein the optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification extends continuously or discontinuously around the central location to provide a plurality of focal points positioned rotationally around the central location, and wherein the optical surface providing a predetermined degree of magnification varies continuously across at least a portion of the upper visible surface of the base to provide a continuously varying predetermined degree of magnification across the upper visible surface of the base.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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