Shot glass or pipe with mechanical counter
AssigneeFdz, Inc.
InventorsRobert DiPasquale, Clayton Friday, Todd Zabaglo, David Reeb
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Abstract
A shot glass or pipe includes a counter in the form of a sleeve rotatably coupled to a main body or stem of the shot glass or marijuana pipe, the sleeve including a window through which a number indicative of the number of units of alcohol or marijuana consumed is visible. A ratcheting mechanism prevents reverse rotation of the sleeve, and ensures that the window stays in place in front of a particular number until the user intentionally applies force to rotate the sleeve to a next number.
Claims17
A drinking vessel combined with a mechanical counter for indicating a number of alcohol units consumed by a user of the drinking vessel, comprising:
- a main body, configured to hold approximately one of said alcohol units;
- numbers, symbols, and/or pictures extending at least partially around a circumference of the main body, said numbers, symbols, and/or pictures including at least one of:
- (a) a series of numbers that increase in increments of one, starting with number 1, and
- (b) symbols or pictures that represent a number of said alcohol units consumed or effects of the number of said alcohol units consumed;
- a sleeve rotatably mounted on the main body, the sleeve having a window through which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible at a time;
- and
- a ratcheting mechanism configured to enable rotation of the sleeve relative to the main body in a single direction, and that maintains the window in a first stationary position, in which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window, until force is applied by the user to rotate the sleeve from the first stationary position to a second stationary position, in which an incrementally higher one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window,
- whereby rotation of the sleeve relative to the main body causes the sleeve to move from one number to the adjacent, incrementally higher number, or from one symbol or picture to a symbol or picture representative of an incrementally higher number, in order to maintain a running count of a number of said alcohol units consumed by the user.
A marijuana pipe combined with a mechanical counter for indicating a number of marijuana units consumed by a user of the pipe, comprising:
- a pipe stem and bowl in communication with the pipe stem, the bowl being configured to hold marijuana for smoking;
- numbers, symbols, and/or pictures extending at least partially around a circumference of the pipe stem, said numbers, symbols, and/or pictures including at least one of:
- (a) a series of numbers that increase in increments of one, starting with number 1, and
- (b) symbols or pictures that represent a number of said marijuana units consumed or effects of the number of said marijuana units consumed;
- a sleeve rotatably mounted on the pipe stem, the sleeve having a window through which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible at a time;
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- a ratcheting mechanism configured to enable rotation of the sleeve relative to the pipe stem in a single direction, and that maintains the window in a first stationary position, in which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window, until force is applied by the user to rotate the sleeve from the first stationary position to a second stationary position, in which an incrementally higher one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window,
- whereby rotation of the sleeve relative to the pipe stem causes the sleeve to move from one number to the adjacent, incrementally higher number, or from one symbol or picture to a symbol or picture representative of an incrementally higher number, in order to maintain a running count of a number of said marijuana units consumed by the user.
An implement for consuming an intoxicating substance combined with a mechanical counter for indicating a number of units of the intoxicating substance consumed by a user of the implement, comprising:
- a main body;
- numbers, symbols, and/or pictures extending at least partially around a circumference of the main body, said numbers, symbols, and/or pictures including at least one of:
- (a) a series of numbers that increase in increments of one, starting with number 1, and
- (b) symbols or pictures that represent a number of said units consumed or effects of the number of said units consumed;
- a sleeve rotatably mounted on the main body, the sleeve having a window through which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible at a time;
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- a ratcheting mechanism configured to enable rotation of the sleeve relative to the main body in a single direction, and that maintains the window in a first stationary position, in which one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window, until force is applied by the user to rotate the sleeve from the first stationary position to a second stationary position, in which an incrementally higher one of the numbers, symbols, and/or pictures is visible through the window,
- whereby rotation of the sleeve relative to the main body causes the sleeve to move from one number to the adjacent, incrementally higher number, or from one symbol or picture to a symbol or picture representative of an incrementally higher number, in order to maintain a running count of a number of said units consumed by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.