Drinking glass liner
OwnerTerry O. Taggartinventor
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Abstract
A drinking glass liner (20) is utilized to retain ice pieces within a drinking glass (10) and permit a liquid entrapped within the ice pieces to drain away from the ice pieces. The drinking glass liner comprises a mesh sheet (22) having a textured front side (24), interconnected links (32) which define openings (34), and ridges (44) extending outwardly from a back side (26). Protrusions (38) optionally may extend outwardly from the front side to additionally retard movement of ice pieces. The ridges are provided to create a gap (46) between an inner surface (14) of the drinking glass and the back side to enable the liquid to freely flow away from the ice pieces.
Claims12
A drinking glass liner for use within a drinking glass having an inner surface, the drinking glass liner comprising:
- a flexible mesh sheet having a front side, a back side, a top edge and a bottom edge;
- interconnected links disposed between the top and bottom edges and defining openings therebetween;
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- a plurality of substantially parallel, raised ridges extending outwardly from the back side and spaced a predetermined distance from one another for removably engaging the inner surface of the drinking glass and thereby creating a gap between the inner surface and the back side.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.