Retention device, ring and system for retaining carbon dioxide receptacle within a drinkware vessel
AssigneeRoxi Group, Inc.
InventorsMarc Evan Radow, Adam Louis Radow, Gabriel David Radow
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Abstract
A structure is described for maintaining a dry ice receptacle or other object within a drinkware vessel. The structure includes a central ring that is sized and shaped to receive the outer circumference of the object being held. One or more flanges extend from the central ring to frictionally engage the inner sidewall of the drinking vessel to thereby maintain the object in position within the interior of the drinking vessel, even when the vessel is filled with a beverage or other liquid that would otherwise produce a buoyant effect on the dry ice and/or its receptacle.
Claims20
A retention device to retain a dry ice receptacle within a vessel for a liquid, the retention device comprising:
- a central ring having an inner diameter configured to circumscribe an outer diameter of the dry ice receptacle;
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- a plurality of flanges extending radially outward from the central ring to frictionally engage with inner sidewalls of the vessel and thereby maintain the dry ice receptacle in place within the vessel.
A system for retaining dry ice within a vessel, the system comprising:
- a dry ice receptacle having an outer circumference and an internal chamber configured to hold the dry ice, wherein the dry ice receptacle is sized and shaped to fit within the vessel;
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- a retaining ring comprising one or more flanges extending radially outward to frictionally engage with an inner sidewall of the vessel to thereby maintain the dry ice receptacle in position within the vessel.
A process to retain dry ice within a drinking vessel having an inner surface that contains a beverage, the process comprising:
- loading an internal chamber of a dry ice receptacle with the dry ice;
- placing the dry ice receptacle within a retaining ring, the retaining ring having a central ring that circumscribes an outer diameter of the dry ice receptacle and a plurality of flanges extending radially outward from the central ring;
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- inserting the retaining ring and circumscribed dry ice receptacle into the drinking vessel so that the flanges wedge against the inner surface of the drinking vessel to rigidly maintain the dry ice receptacle within the interior of the vessel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.