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US 2025/0194832 A1Published application
Elastic Safety Drink Cover
OwnerJhoann Gonzalezinventor
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Abstract
A safety cover for a drink to prevent tampering, comprising a long cylindrical body that stretches over a drink glass in a way that is difficult to remove, high-friction features to make the cylindrical body even harder to remove from the glass, and a small opening for drinking or straw insertion that is difficult to use for unauthorized tampering of the drink.
Claims19
A safety cover for a beverage, comprising:
- an approximately flat circular top cover, comprising a small sip opening close to an edge, comprising a thin elastic material, wherein the radius of the top cover is smaller than the radius of a drinking glass;
- a cylindrical body projecting from the circular top cover, wherein the cylindrical body is configured so as to fit tightly around a drinking glass and to cover at least 75% of the height of a drinking glass;
- at least two pull tabs placed on a distal edge of the cylindrical body in such a way as to assist in its installation or removal;
- wherein the safety cover is configured in such a way as to make it difficult to remove once it is installed on a drinking glass.
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A method of protecting a drink from unauthorized tampering, comprising:
- providing a drinking glass comprising a beverage requiring protection;
- providing a safety cover comprising an elastic material, wherein the safety drink cover comprises a top cover and a cylindrical body, wherein the cylindrical body has a diameter that is less than the diameter of the drinking glass, wherein the cylindrical body has a height that is at least 75% of the height of the drinking glass, wherein the top cover comprises a small opening near an edge;
- installing the safety cover onto the drinking glass.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.