Beverage container
OwnerLev Wechsler, Martin Mutchinventors
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Abstract
A beverage container includes a vessel and a stopper. The vessel includes a body with a neck portion. The body has an outer wall and an inner wall, and the neck portion defines an open end of the vessel body. The stopper selectively seals the open end of the vessel body in a closed, sealed position and selectively unseals of the open end of the vessel body in an open position. The stopper includes a body having an outer sidewall and a bottom wall. A seal is releasably connected to the body. The seal has a seal sidewall and a rim extending inwardly from the seal sidewall. The seal sidewall sealingly engages the outer sidewall and the rim sealingly overlaps the bottom wall. The outer sidewall together with the seal define an air pathway for the flow of ambient air into an interior of the vessel.
Claims18
A stopper for an associated beverage container, comprising:
- a body having a top portion, an outer sidewall extended downward from the top portion relative to a longitudinal axis defined by the stopper, and a bottom wall, the outer sidewall adapted for connection to an inner part of the associated beverage container;
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- a seal releasably connected to the outer sidewall, the seal having a seal sidewall and a rim extending inwardly from the seal sidewall, the seal sidewall sealingly engaging the outer sidewall and the rim sealingly overlapping the bottom wall, wherein the outer sidewall together with the seal define an air pathway extending in an axial direction of the body,
- wherein the outer sidewall includes a first portion and a second portion axially spaced from the first portion relative to the longitudinal axis, the second portion includes the bottom wall of the body, the seal mounted on the second portion.
A beverage container, comprising:
- a vessel including a vessel body with a neck portion, the body having an outer wall and an inner wall, the neck portion defining an open end of the vessel body;
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- a stopper for selective sealing of the open end of the vessel body in a closed, sealed position and selective unsealing of the open end of the vessel body in an open position,
- wherein the stopper includes:
- a body having an outer sidewall and a bottom wall, and
- a seal releasably connected to the body, the seal having a seal sidewall and a rim extending inwardly from the seal sidewall, the seal sidewall sealingly engaging the outer sidewall and the rim sealingly overlapping the bottom wall, wherein the outer sidewall together with the seal define an air pathway for flow of ambient air into an interior of the vessel,
- wherein the seal sealingly engages an inner surface of the inner wall when the stopper is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.