Nesting measuring cups
AssigneeLovevery, Inc.
InventorsJohn Patrick Healy, Seth Thomas Murray
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Abstract
A set of nesting cups includes two or more cups, each cup including a respective rim having a flange, and a respective bowl depending from the rim. The respective bowl of each cup is formed by a curved side wall and one or two straight side walls extending from the respective rim of the cup to a closed bottom of the bowl. The curved side wall of each bowl has an upper edge at the rim of the cup, the upper edge forming a circle segment completed by a perimeter of the flange. The circle segments formed by the upper edges of the curved side walls of the cups define different included angles, and the bowls of the cups are sized to nest.
Claims19
A set of nesting cups, each cup comprising a respective rim having a flange, and a respective bowl depending from the rim,
- wherein the respective bowl of each cup is formed by a curved side wall and one or two straight side walls extending from the respective rim of the cup to a closed bottom of the bowl,
- wherein the curved side wall of each bowl has an upper edge at the rim of the cup, the upper edge forming a segment of a circle completed by a perimeter of the flange,
- wherein the segments of the circle formed by the upper edges of the curved side walls of the cups define different included angles,
- wherein the bowls of the cups are sized to nest, such that the set of nesting cups is configured to form a single stack of nested cups, with included angles decreasing from bottom to top of the stack;
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- wherein the flange and the upper edge of the rim together form a circular perimeter of the circle of each cup of the set of nesting cups.
A set of nesting measuring cups, comprising:
- a first cup having a first rim defining a first opening into a first cavity defining a first volume, the first cavity bounded by a bottom surface and by a first side wall having a first curved portion and a straight portion, the first opening defined by an upper edge of the straight portion and an upper edge of the curved portion, the upper edge of the first curved portion defining a constant radius, the rim also forming a first flange that extends laterally from the upper edge of the straight portion, the first flange and the upper edge of the first curved portion of the first rim together forming a circular perimeter of the first cup;
- a second cup having a second rim defining a second opening into a second cavity defining a second volume smaller than the first volume, the second cavity bounded by a bottom surface of the second cup and by a second side wall having a second curved portion and two straight portions, the second opening defined by upper edges of the two straight portions and an upper edge of the second curved portion, the upper edge of the second curved portion defining a constant radius, the rim also forming a second flange that extends laterally from the upper edges of the two straight portions, the second flange and the upper edge of the second curved portion of the second rim together forming a circular perimeter of the second cup, wherein the two straight portions together define an included angle of less than 180 degrees, and wherein the second cup is sized to nest within the first cup with the second flange lying against the first flange;
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- a third cup having a third rim defining a third opening into a third cavity defining a third volume smaller than the second volume, the third cavity bounded by a bottom surface of the third cup and by a third side wall having a third curved portion and two straight portions, the third opening defined by upper edges of the two straight portions of the third side wall and an upper edge of the third curved portion, the upper edge of the third curved portion defining a constant radius, the rim also forming a third flange that extends laterally from the upper edges of the two straight portions of the third side wall, the third flange and the upper edge of the third curved portion of the third rim together forming a circular perimeter of the third cup, wherein the two straight portions of the third side wall together define an included angle of less than 180 degrees, and wherein the third cup is sized to nest within the second cup with the third flange lying against the second flange,
- wherein the first, second, and third cups are configured to form a single stack of nested cups, with included angles decreasing from bottom to top of the stack.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.