Container with consumption indicator

A container assembly for use in monitoring consumption of a liquid from the container assembly, the assembly comprising:

• a body constructed and arranged to hold a liquid, said body having a base portion and an opposing, open top portion, said base portion having a generally cylindrical skirt member, said skirt member having a plurality of recesses therein, said recesses being disposed in spaced relation and each of said recesses having a camming surface and a stopping surface,
• ring-shaped indicator structure mounted on said skirt member for rotational motion relative to said body into a plurality of different positions, said indicator structure having a protrusion extending from an inner peripheral surface thereof, said protrusion being sized to be received in a said recess and having a cam surface and a stop surface,
• a plurality of indicia on said body, each indicia being disposed generally adjacent to one of said recesses, said indicia indicating consumptive uses of the container assembly,
• said indicator structure having a marker indicating a location of said protrusion and being mounted with respect to said skirt member such that as said indicator structure is rotated,
• (1) in one direction upon a consumptive use of said container assembly, said protrusion may enter a recess with said marker aligning with one of said indicia to indicate a consumptive use of said container assembly, and further movement of said indicator structure causes said cam surface of said protrusion to engage a camming surface of said recess permitting said protrusion to move to an adjacent recess to indicate another consumptive use of said container assembly, and
• (2) in a direction opposite said one direction, said stop surface of said protrusion may engage a stopping surface of a recess preventing further movement of said indicator structure in said opposite direction,
• wherein said skirt member has a first groove and a second groove disposed in axially spaced relation in a peripheral surface thereof, each of said recesses being disposed in said first groove, and said indicator structure has at least one projection extending from said inner surface thereof, said at least one projection being received in said second groove.

A container assembly for use in monitoring consumption of a liquid from the container assembly, the assembly comprising:

• a body constructed and arranged to hold a liquid, said body having a base portion and an opposing, open top portion, said base portion having a generally cylindrical skirt member, said skirt member having at least nine recesses disposed in circumferentially spaced relation therein, each of said recesses having a camming surface and a stopping surface,
• ring-shaped indicator structure mounted on said skirt member for rotational motion relative to said body into a plurality of different positions, said indicator structure having a protrusion extending from an inner peripheral surface thereof, said protrusion being sized to be received in a said recess and having a cam surface and a stop surface,
• a series of consecutive numbers on said body generally adjacent an associated recess,
• said indicator structure having a marker indicating a location of said protrusion and being mounted with respect to said skirt member such that as said indicator structure is rotated,
• (1) in one direction upon a consumptive use of said container assembly, said protrusion may enter a recess with said marker aligning with one of said consecutive numbers to indicate a consumptive use of said container assembly, and further movement of said indicator structure causes said cam surface of said protrusion to engage a camming surface of said recess permitting said protrusion to move to an adjacent recess to indicate another consumptive use of said container assembly, and
• (2) in a direction opposite said one direction, said stop surface of said protrusion may engage a stopping surface of a recess preventing further movement of said indicator structure in said opposite direction,
• wherein said skirt member includes three slots therein, said slots being spaced evenly and extending axially an entire height of said skirt member, and wherein two addition protrusions on said inner surface of said indicator structure, said protrusions being spaced equally, whereby when each said protrusion is disposed in an associated slot, said indicator structure may be removed from said skirt member.