Stemware assembly including a crystal stem and a china foot and method of making the same
AssigneeLenox Corporation
InventorsDavid A. Harrison, Richard J. Hughes
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Abstract
A stemware assembly includes bowl, stem and foot portions in which the bowl and stem are made of glass, preferably crystal, and the foot is made of ceramic, preferably china, and further in which the glass stem and the crystal foot are joined together by an adhesive, preferably an ultraviolet-curing adhesive, which is suitably translucent when cured.
Claims15
A stemware assembly comprising:
- a foot comprising a generally circular body formed of a china material, said foot having a lower base portion for standing on a generally horizontal surface and an upper portion having receiving means for fittingly receiving a stem;
- the stem comprising a generally cylindrical body longitudinally extending along a length formed of a crystal material, said stem having an upper end integrally fused to a bowl comprising a generally convex body formed of a crystal material and a lower end having engaging means to fit said foot;
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- wherein said lower end of said crystal stem and said upper portion of said china foot are joined together by a translucent, ultraviolet-curing adhesive disposed between said stem engaging means and said foot receiving means, thereby bonding said crystal stem to said china foot.
A glass goblet having a glass stem comprising a longitudinally extending body having an upper and lower end, a glass bowl comprising a generally convex body attached to the upper end of the glass stem, and a ceramic foot comprising a horizontally supporting body attached to the lower end of the glass stem, wherein said glass stem lower end is attached at a joint on said ceratinic foot with an ultraviolet-curing adhesive that is suitably translucent when cured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.