Ice-holding and game-adaptable insert cup for drinking container
AssigneeAntonio Valentino Pannutti
InventorGary W. Spong
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AssigneeAntonio Valentino Pannutti
InventorGary W. Spong
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For holding ice (36) in a drinking container (20) out of contact with the beverage (34) but in a manner that allows the beverage to be cooled by such ice when said container is used for drinking, an insert cup (10) which is provided which self-positions in an upper portion of said drinking container, above the beverage, and has openings (18) to allow the beverage to pass through while retaining the ice. A cap (22) with a drinking spout (24) is positioned over the mouth of the drinking container to hold the ice in while allowing one to drink from the container. The insert cup can have folded sides (42, 44) for self-adjustment to a variety of sizes of drinking containers and can also have a projectile weight (56) attached to the inside of its floor (52) so that the cup can be inverted and used as a shuttlecock (FIG. 3E).
A drinking container assembly comprising;
An insert cup for use with a liquid-carrying drinking container of at least a predetermined size for holding at least one temperature-altered solid body for changing the temperature of said liquid when said container is at least partially inverted for drinking and said beverage flows out of said container, said insert cup being sized to fit within said drinking container,
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