Domed Cup Lid for Holding an Inverted Bottle
OwnerAlexander K. Millerinventor
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Abstract
A lid for a cup is described, where the lid acts to hold a bottle with a neck upside down inside the cup. The lid includes a rim attachment mechanism allowing the lid to be attached to the cup, a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having a aperture therein, and a bottle receptacle extending into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept the neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid.
Claims16
A lid for holding a bottle with a neck upside down inside a cup, the lid comprising:
- a rim attachment mechanism allowing the lid to be attached to the cup;
- a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein;
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- a bottle receptacle extending into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept the neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid.
A method for holding a bottle inverted in an interior of a cup comprising:
- inserting a lid onto a cup, the lid comprising:
- a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein;
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- a bottle receptacle extending into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept the neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid;
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- inserting a neck of the beer bottle into aperture in the lid such that the lid holds the bottle inverted in the interior of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.