Nesting and reconfigurable wine glass
AssigneeLuft Industrie, Inc.
InventorOliver Albers
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Abstract
Provided is a wine glass comprising a separate top portion and a bottom portion that can be joined together to form a single wine glass. The top portion has a drinking rim opposite a lower rim and the top portion has an enclosed bottom opposite and upper rim. The lower rim of the top portion and the upper rim of the bottom portion join together to form a leak-proof drinking vessel or cup of the wine glass. When separated, the top portion and bottom portion can be nested together. Additionally, a plurality of such wine glasses can be nested together, so that a large number of wine glasses can be packaged together for economical storage and shipping. The wine glass can be disposable and biodegradable or compostable, as examples.
Claims17
A drinking cup, comprising:
- a top portion having an open top and an open bottom, the open bottom defined by a bottom rim;
- and
- a bottom portion having an open top and a closed bottom, the open top of the bottom portion defined by a top rim, wherein the bottom rim of the top portion and the top rim of the bottom portion are configured to snap-fit together to form an assembled-drinking cup having a leak-proof closure, the leak-proof closure comprising:
- a foot;
- and
- a well configured to receive the foot, the well having a hook shaped curled edge that curls over a top of the foot when snapped together, such that the curled edge retains the foot within the well to secure the top portion to the bottom portion.
A wine cup having a two-piece bowl, comprising:
- a top bowl portion having an open top and an open bottom, the open bottom defined by a bottom rim;
- and
- a bottom bowl portion having an open top and a closed bottom, the open top of the bottom bowl portion defined by a top rim that is configured to snap-fit together with the bottom rim of the top bowl portion to form an assembled two-piece bowl having a leak-proof closure comprising:
- a foot;
- and
- a well configured to receive the foot, the well having a hook shaped curled edge that curls over a top of the foot when snapped together, such that the curled edge retains the foot within the well to secure the top portion to the bottom portion,
- wherein a circumference of the two-piece bowl is greatest between the open top of the top portion and the closed bottom of the bottom portion.
A plurality of stackable two-piece wine cups, comprising:
- a plurality of nestable top bowl portions, each top bowl portion having an open top and an open bottom, the open bottom defined by a bottom rim;
- and
- a plurality of nestable bottom bowl portions, each bottom bowl portion having an open top and a closed bottom, the open top of the bottom bowl portion defined by a top rim that is configured to snap-fit together with the bottom rim of the top bowl portion to form an assembled two-piece bowl having a leak-proof closure comprising:
- a foot;
- and
- a well configured to receive the foot, the well having a hook shaped curled edge that curls over a top of the foot when snapped together, such that the curled edge retains the foot within the well to secure the top portion to the bottom portion,
- wherein a circumference of the two-piece bowl is greatest between the open top of the top portion and the closed bottom of the bottom portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.