Vessel and Method for Making the Same

A spouted cup configured to contain liquid content, comprising:

• a flexible waterproof material shaped to define a side wall of a frusto-conical base region having an opening at a lower end thereof;
• a bottom secured in the opening such that the side wall and the bottom form a container so that the cup is configured to contain liquids;
• and
• a pair of opposing flaps, of the flexible material, extending from an upper end of the base region, each flap delineated from the base region by a corresponding curved scored path, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, are configured such that:
• at least a portion of the outer edge of one flap coincides with at least a portion of the scored path of the opposing flap;
• and
• the flaps are adapted to define an elevated drinking portion having an aperture-containing spout, formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps.

A spouted cup adapted to hold and dispense liquids, the cup comprising:

• a flexible material shaped to define a side wall of a frusto-conical base region having an opening at a lower end thereof;
• a bottom secured in the opening such that the side wall and the bottom form a container;
• an inner flap extending from an upper end of the base region, the inner flap having a first curved edge and comprising a first spout-forming region;
• an outer flap extending from the upper end of the base region, the outer flap having a second curved edge and comprising a second spout-forming region,
• the inner flap and the outer flap configured such that, when the flaps are folded:
• at least a portion of the first curved edge is in physical contact with an opposing portion of the vessel wall of the base region;
• and
• at least a portion of the outer flap overlaps at least a portion of the inner flap, the inner flap and the outer flap adapted such that at least a portion of the second spout-forming region overlies at least a portion of the first spout-forming region, and are adapted to form a spout having an aperture, the spout extending to a first height above a bottom edge of the base region.

A spouted cup adapted to hold and dispense liquids, the cup comprising:

• a flexible material shaped to define a side wall of a frusto-conical base region having an opening at a lower end thereof, and an inner surface sidewall;
• a bottom secured in the opening such that the side wall and the bottom form a container;
• an inner flap extending from an upper end of the base region;
• an outer flap extending from the upper end of the base region;
• the inner flap and the outer flap configured such that, when the flaps are folded, at least a portion of the outer flap overlaps at least a portion of the inner flap so as to form a first spout extending above a bottom edge of the base region, and a second spout extending above the bottom edge of the base region.