Cup with anti-rotation mechanism
AssigneeF'real Foods, LLC
InventorJames J. Farrell
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Abstract
A container for containing food and/or beverage ingredients is described. The container is of a type which may be supported in a cup holder while the ingredients inside are processed, such as by a rotating blade or other mechanism, and which is restrained against rotation which would otherwise be caused by the action of the rotating blade or other processing tool. In a preferred embodiment, a non-circular anti-rotation pattern is formed on the cup bottom for mating with a corresponding pattern on a cup holder.
Claims29
A container receivable by a container support, the container comprising:
- a side wall;
- a bottom integrally attached to the side wall to form a vessel having a leakproof bottom portion, at least one of the side wall and the bottom including an anti-rotation pattern, the anti-rotation pattern including at least one inwardly or outwardly protruding portion engageable with a corresponding protruding portion in a container support in a manner which restricts rotational movement of the cup relative to the container support without preventing longitudinal movement of the cup relative to the cup support when the protruding portions are engaged with one another.
A container receivable by a container support, the container comprising:
- a side wall;
- a bottom attached to the side wall to form a vessel having an interior, at least one of the side wall and the bottom including an anti-rotation pattern, the anti-rotation pattern including at least one inwardly or outwardly protruding portion engageable with a corresponding protruding portion in a container support, the bottom wall including an interior surface facing the interior of the vessel and at least one recess formed in the interior surface.
A container receivable by a container support, the container comprising:
- a side wall;
- a bottom integrally attached to the side wall to form a vessel having a leakproof bottom portion, at least one of the side wall and the bottom including an anti-rotation pattern, the anti-rotation pattern including at least one inwardly or outwardly protruding portion engageable with a corresponding protruding portion in a container support in a manner which restricts rotation of the vessel relative to the container support in clockwise and counterclockwise directions.
A container receivable by a container support, the container comprising:
- a side wall;
- a bottom integrally attached to the side wall to form a vessel having a leakproof bottom portion, at least one of the side wall and the bottom including an anti-rotation pattern formed using injection molding or thermoforming techniques, the anti-rotation pattern including at least one inwardly or outwardly protruding portion engageable with a corresponding protruding portion in a container support and being free of substantial undercut regions which would unduly restrict release of the vessel from a mold during formation using injection molding or thermoforming techniques.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.