Lockable container
AssigneeCombocup LLC
InventorsRoy Palumbo, Jr., Albert M. Bleggi, Louis A. O'Neill
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Abstract
A drinking device that includes a receptacle for holding a liquid, a cover removably attached to the receptacle to encapsulate the liquid within the receptacle, and a locking element. The cover has a drinking opening that allows a user to access the liquid within the receptacle. The locking element is attached to one of the cover or receptacle, and configured to engage the other of the cover or receptacle. The locking element is movable between one or more locking positions for securing the cover to the receptacle, where a first locking position of the locking element secures the cover to the receptacle and prevents a user from accessing liquid through the drinking opening.
Claims20
A drinking device, comprising:
- a receptacle for holding a liquid;
- a cover removably attached to the receptacle to encapsulate the liquid within the receptacle, the cover having a drinking opening that allows a user to access the liquid within the receptacle;
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- a locking element attached to the receptacle, wherein the locking element is movable between one or more locking positions for engaging the cover and securing the cover to the receptacle, wherein a first locking position of the locking element secures the cover to the receptacle and prevents a user from accessing the liquid through the drinking opening.
A drinking device, comprising:
- a receptacle for holding a liquid;
- a cover removably attached to the receptacle to encapsulate the liquid within the receptacle, the cover having:
- a lower portion having a lower drinking opening and a lower locking opening;
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- an upper portion that is rotatable relative to the lower portion, the upper portion having an upper drinking opening that allows a user to access the liquid within the receptacle and one or more locking receivers;
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- a locking element attached to the receptacle, wherein the locking element is movable between one or more locking positions for securing the cover to the receptacle and an unlocked position, wherein the locking element comprises a combination portion that allows a user to enter a lock combination such that a user can move the locking element between the one or more locking positions and the unlocked position;
- wherein the locking element is in a first locking position of the one or more locking positions when the locking element extends through the lower locking opening of the lower portion of the cover and is secured within a first locking receiver of the one or more locking receivers of the upper portion of the cover;
- wherein the lower drinking opening of the lower portion of the cover is not aligned with the upper drinking opening of the upper portion of the cover when the locking element is in the first locking position such that a user is prevented from accessing the liquid through the upper drinking opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.