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US 2019/0039872 A1Published application
Weighted funnel
AssigneeTPG Plastics LLC
InventorPatrick Owen Kelly
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Abstract
A weighted funnel, the weight assisting to keep the funnel substantially upright, the weight comprising a periphery defining an internal void, the void receiving the neck of the funnel. The neck of the funnel is threaded externally while the weight is threaded internally (in the void) so that the threads engage each other, securing the weight in place. Other embodiments allow for alternate methods of securing the weight.
Claims21
1-18. (canceled)
A funnel system, the system comprising:
- a funnel, the funnel having a body and a neck with a weight interface, and operative to direct substances received at the body to the neck;
- and
- a weight, the weight including a void and a surrounding periphery, and configured to encompass the neck through the void at the weight interface;
- wherein
- the funnel at the weight interface is securable to the weight at the void, whereby the funnel is anchorable by means of gravity on the weight in a substantially upright position on a receptacle.
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A funnel system, the system comprising:
- a funnel, the funnel having a body and a neck with an extended spout interface, and operative to direct substances received at the body to the neck;
- an extended spout for the funnel, the extended spout having a funnel interface and a weight interface;
- and
- a weight, the weight including a void and a surrounding periphery, and configured to encompass the extended spout through the void at the weight interface;
- wherein
- the funnel at the extended spout interface is securable to the extended spout at the funnel interface and the extended spout at the weight interface is securable to the weight at the void, whereby the funnel is anchorable by means of gravity on the weight in a substantially upright position on a receptacle while the extended spout extends into the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.