Drinking container with barrier system
AssigneeGreen Sprouts, Inc.
InventorsEmi Kubota, Becky B. Cannon
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Abstract
A barrier system for a container, includes a fluid permeable solids barrier comprising an outer flange surrounding a central fluid permeable sieve; an upper port located at an interior edge of an upper side of the outer flange, a lower port on an opposite lower side of the outer flange in fluid communication with the upper port by a flow path therebetween, and a fluid permeable sieve located in the flow path between the upper port and the lower port. The system also includes a straw having an upper end configured to fittingly engage the lower port of the fluid permeable solids barrier spout; and a spout having a lower port configured to fittingly engage the upper port of the fluid permeable solids barrier.
Claims14
A drinking container, comprising:
- a cup having an open top;
- a spout configured for passage of fluid from the cup to a port on an upper portion of the spout;
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- a fluid permeable solids barrier positionable between the spout and the open top of the cup, the fluid permeable solids barrier comprising an outer flange surrounding a central fluid permeable sieve;
- an upper port located at an interior edge of an upper side of the outer flange, a lower port on an opposite lower side of the outer flange in fluid communication with the upper port by a flow path therebetween, and a fluid permeable sieve located in the flow path between the upper port and the lower port.
A drinking container kit, comprising:
- a cup having an open top;
- a fluid permeable solids barrier positionable over the open top of the cup, the fluid permeable solids barrier comprising an outer flange surrounding a central fluid permeable sieve;
- an upper port located at an interior edge of an upper side of the outer flange, a lower port on an opposite lower side of the outer flange in fluid communication with the upper port by a flow path therebetween, and a fluid permeable sieve located in the flow path between the upper port and the lower port;
- a first drinking spout installable over the fluid permeable solids barrier, the first drinking spout comprising a straw having an upper end configured to fittingly engage the lower port of the fluid permeable solids barrier and a straw spout having a lower port configured to fittingly engage the upper port of the fluid permeable solids barrier, and
- a second drinking spout installable over the fluid permeable solids barrier, the second drinking spout comprising a spout body having an upper port extending upwardly from the spout body, and a lower edge of the body configured as an annular ring,
- the first drinking spout and the second drinking spout being interchangeably positionable over the fluid permeable solids barrier so that the user may utilize either the first drinking spout or the second drinking spout.
A barrier system for a container, comprising:
- a fluid permeable solids barrier comprising an outer flange surrounding a central fluid permeable sieve;
- an upper port located at an interior edge of an upper side of the outer flange, a lower port on an opposite lower side of the outer flange in fluid communication with the upper port by a flow path therebetween, and a fluid permeable sieve located in the flow path between the upper port and the lower port;
- a straw having an upper end configured to fittingly engage the lower port of the fluid permeable solids barrier;
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- a spout having a lower port configured to fittingly engage the upper port of the fluid permeable solids barrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.