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US 5,975,333 AGranted
Drip catch beverage mug
OwnerThomas Leeinventor
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Abstract
A drip catch beverage mug (10) comprising a cylindrical bowl (12) having an open top end (14) and a closed bottom end (16) to receive a beverage liquid (18) therein. A structure (20) about the outer circumference (22) of the cylindrical bowl (12), is for capturing any of the beverage liquid (18) spilled out from the cylindrical bowl (12) when a person drinks.
Claims4
A drip catch beverage mug comprising:
- a) a cylindrical bowl having an open top end and a closed bottom end to receive a beverage liquid therein;
- b) means about the outer circumference of said cylindrical bowl, for capturing any of the beverage liquid spilled out from said cylindrical bowl when a person drinks;
- c) said beverage liquid capturing means being a catch moat circularly formed about the outer circumference of said cylindrical formed by a wall surrounding and spaced from the outer circumference of said bowl and having an annular lip along the top of said wall tapered down from a front side of said bowl to an opposite, rear side thereof, said lip being below the top end of said bowl;
- d) a handle at the rear of said bowl for grasping by a user;
- e) said moat including a rearwardly tapered channel to direct captured beverage liquid to the rear of said cylindrical bowl, the lowest point of said moat, aligned with said handle;
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- f) means comprising a partially enclosed storage chamber below the bottom of said moat at the rear of said bowl in communication with said moat for trapping captured liquid for disposal at a later time.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.