Temperature-regulation receptacle system
AssigneeVoChill Inc.
InventorsRandall Pawlik, Lisa Pawlik
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Abstract
A temperature-regulation receptacle system, the system comprising: a receptacle system defining a recess for receiving a stemless drinking vessel, the receptacle system including: an outer receptacle, and an inner receptacle that is removably couplable to the outer receptacle, wherein the receptacle system comprises a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an inner wall portion, and an outer wall portion, the top end portion defining an opening of the recess, wherein at least a portion of the outer wall portion is continuous about the outer receptacle, wherein the inner wall portion extends between the top end portion and the bottom end portion, the inner wall portion having at least one curved surface between the top end portion and the bottom end portion.
Claims20
A temperature-regulation receptacle system, the system comprising:
- a receptacle system defining a recess configured for receiving a stemless drinking vessel, the receptacle system including:
- an outer receptacle, and
- an inner receptacle that is removably couplable to the outer receptacle,
- wherein the receptacle system comprises a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an inner wall portion, and an outer wall portion, the top end portion defining an opening of the recess, and comprises at least one side opening extending laterally from the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, and extending vertically from the top end portion and a surface spaced apart from the bottom end portion, and the inner receptacle comprises an egress at the bottom end portion of the receptacle system,
- wherein at least a portion of the outer wall portion is continuous about the outer receptacle and contiguous at a region near the side opening and around a perimeter of the receptacle system and independent of any breaks about the circumference of the receptacle system and the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion,
- wherein the inner wall portion extends between the top end portion and the bottom end portion, the inner wall portion including multiple curved surfaces, each of varying degrees of curvature and of which at least one first curved surface is between the top end portion and the bottom surface of the bottom end portion,
- wherein a degree of curvature of the at least one first curved surface differs from a degree of curvature of the multiple curved surfaces,
- wherein the at least one first curved surface contacts the stemless drinking vessel to transfer thermal energy between the receptacle system and the stemless drinking vessel to cool or warm the stemless drinking vessel.
A temperature-regulation receptacle system, the system comprising:
- a receptacle system defining a recess configured for receiving a stemless drinking vessel, including:
- an outer receptacle,
- an inner receptacle that is removably couplable to the outer receptacle,
- a stand for holding the receptacle system upright, the stand releasably attached to the outer receptacle, the stand including a bottom portion and a lip extending away from the bottom portion, the bottom portion and the lip defining a reservoir,
- wherein the receptacle system comprises a top end portion, a bottom end portion, an inner wall portion, and an outer wall portion, the top end portion defining an opening of the recess, and comprises at least one side opening extending laterally from the inner wall portion and the outer wall portion, and extending vertically from the top end portion and a surface spaced apart from the bottom end portion,
- wherein at least a portion of the outer wall portion is continuous about the outer receptacle and contiguous at a region near the side opening and around a perimeter of the receptacle system,
- wherein the inner receptacle includes a bottom surface adjacent to the bottom end portion and an egress positioned at the bottom end portion,
- wherein the outer receptacle includes a pass through opening positioned adjacent to the egress when the inner receptacle is coupled to the outer receptacle,
- wherein the inner wall portion extends between the top end portion and the bottom end portion, the inner wall portion having at least one first curved surface between the top end portion and the bottom surface of the bottom end portion,
- wherein the inner wall portion includes a second curved surface positioned adjacent to the at least one first curved surface and the top end portion, each of the at least one first curved surface and the second curved surface having varying degrees of curvature,
- wherein the at least one first curved surface contacts the stemless drinking vessel to transfer thermal energy between the receptacle system and the stemless drinking vessel to cool or warm the stemless drinking vessel.
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