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US 2009/0255333 A1Published application
Measuring cup
OwnerLou HENRY, Chris Mellen +1inventors
InventorsLou HENRY, Chris Mellen, Jennifer Courington
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Abstract
A measuring cup includes a wall structure surrounding a holding space to hold contents, an opening exposing the holding space, and a surface pattern provided on the wall structure. The surface pattern includes a plurality of concave patterns superposed on each other. Each concave pattern is vertically concave such that edges therebetween are protruded to form a plurality of first visually observable lines indicative of a first set of predetermined volumes within the holding space.
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A measuring cup comprising:
- a wall structure surrounding a holding space to hold contents;
- an opening exposing the holding space;
- and
- a surface pattern provided on the wall structure and comprising a plurality of concave patterns superposed on each other, each concave pattern being vertically concave such that edges therebetween are protruded to form a plurality of first visually observable lines indicative of a first set of predetermined volumes within the holding space.
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A measuring cup comprising:
- a wall structure defining a holding space for containing contents;
- an opening exposing the holding space;
- and
- a surface pattern at least partially occupying the wall structure and comprising either or both of a concave pattern group and a convex pattern group,
- wherein the concave pattern group comprises a plurality of concave patterns arranged on each other, each concave pattern being vertically concave such that edges therebetween are protruded to form a plurality of first visually observable lines indicative of a first set of predetermined volumes, respectively, within the holding space,
- wherein the convex pattern group comprising a plurality of convex patterns arranged on each other, each convex pattern being vertically convex such that edges therebetween are recessed to form a plurality of second visually observable lines indicative of a second set of predetermined volumes, respectively, within the holding space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.