Portable beverage container
AssigneeHydrovaze LLC
InventorHardy STEINMANN
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Abstract
A portable beverage container is provided. The portable beverage container may include a glass vessel having a neck; a metal outer shell configured to surround a first portion of the glass vessel; a cap configured to engage with the metal outer shell to surround a second portion of the glass vessel; and an amorphous thermoplastic spout having a neck configured to be inserted through an opening in the cap and into the neck of the glass vessel. The spout may be configured to securely engage with the cap. The cap may include a lid with an elastomeric sealing member having a knob configured to extend into a recess in the spout and a recess configured to wrap around and over a lip of the spout. The spout may be removable from the cap while the cap is engaged with the outer shell.
Claims40
A portable beverage container, comprising:
- a glass vessel having a neck;
- a metal outer shell configured to surround a first portion of the glass vessel;
- a cap configured to engage with the metal outer shell to surround a second portion of the glass vessel;
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- an amorphous thermoplastic spout having a neck configured to be inserted through an opening in the cap and into the neck of the glass vessel, wherein the spout is configured to securely engage with the cap.
A portable beverage container, comprising:
- a rigid outer shell;
- a cap comprising:
- a base configured to engage with the rigid outer shell, and
- a lid coupled to the base by a hinge, wherein the lid comprises an elastomeric sealing member on an internal surface thereof, the elastomeric sealing member comprising:
- a knob that protrudes from the internal surface, and
- a recess that runs around the knob;
- an inner vessel configured to be secured within the rigid outer shell and the cap;
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- a spout configured to securely engage with the cap, wherein the spout comprises:
- a recess having an opening that is configured to be fluidly coupled to the inner vessel;
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- a lip surrounding the recess, wherein, in a closed position for the lid with the spout engaged with the cap, the knob is sealingly disposed within the recess of the spout and the recess of the elastomeric sealing member wraps around and over the lip of the spout.
A portable beverage container, comprising:
- a rigid outer shell;
- a glass inner vessel configured to be disposed at least partially within the rigid outer shell;
- a cap configured to be secured to the rigid outer shell;
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- a spout configured to be engaged with the cap and to extend through an opening in the cap into a neck of the glass inner vessel, wherein the spout is removable from the cap while the cap is secured to the rigid outer shell.
A portable beverage container, comprising:
- a rigid outer shell;
- a glass inner vessel configured to be disposed at least partially within the rigid outer shell, the glass inner vessel having a neck and a base;
- an upper shock absorber disposed around the neck of the glass inner vessel and disposed between a first portion of the glass inner vessel and a corresponding first portion of the rigid outer shell;
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- a lower shock absorber, wherein the base of the glass inner vessel is configured to rest in the lower shock absorber, and wherein a portion of the lower shock absorber is configured be disposed between a second portion of the glass inner vessel and a corresponding second portion of the rigid outer shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.