Combination cup and food container
OwnerAmy L. Hannemaninventor
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Abstract
A combination cup and food container for holding a liquid beverage and a dry food snack in a single unit. The combination cup and food container includes a container having an open top and a partition dividing the container into a pair of compartments. A lid substantially covers the top of the container. The lid has an upwardly extending mouth spout forming an opening through the lid. The mouth spout is positioned above a first of the compartments of the container to permit liquids in the first compartment to pass through the mouth spout. The lid has a hole therethrough. The hole of the lid is positioned above a second of the compartments of the container. The lid has a flap substantially covering the hole of the lid. The flap is pivotally coupled to the lid.
Claims9
In combination:
- a container having an open top and a partition dividing said container into a pair of compartments;
- a lid substantially covering said top of said container;
- said lid having an upwardly extending mouth spout forming an opening through said lid, said mouth spout being positioned above a first of said compartments of said container to permit liquids in said first compartment to pass through said mouth spout;
- said lid having a hole therethrough, said hole of said lid being positioned above a second of said compartments of said container;
- and
- said lid having a flap substantially covering said hole of said lid, said flap being pivotally coupled to said lid.
In combination:
- a container having a generally circular open top and a generally circular bottom, said container being generally frusta-conical in shape and tapering from said top of said container to said bottom of said container;
- said container having a planar partition therein extending between said top and bottom container;
- said partition of said container dividing said container into a pair of compartments;
- said partition having an upper edge upwardly extending from a plane defined by said top of said container;
- said container having an outwardly radiating resilient annular outer ridge extending therearound adjacent said top of said container;
- a lid substantially covering said top of said container;
- said lid having a generally circular outer perimeter and a downwardly extending annular lip along said outer perimeter of said lid;
- said lip of said lid being positioned around said top of said container, said lip having an annular inner groove therearound, said outer ridge of said container being inserted into said inner groove of said lip to releasably hold lid to said top of said container;
- said lid having a spaced apart pair of substantially parallel receiving walls downwardly extending therefrom and extending between diametrically opposite portions of said lip of said lid;
- said receiving walls of said lid defining a downwardly facing receiving channel therebetween, said upper edge of said partition being inserted into said receiving channel;
- said lid having an upwardly extending mouth spout forming an opening through said lid, said mouth spout being positioned towards said outer perimeter of said lid;
- said mouth spout being positioned above a first of said compartments of said container to permit liquids in said first compartment to pass through said mouth spout;
- said lid having a generally semi-circular hole therethrough, said hole of said lid being spaced apart from mouth spout of said lid, said hole of said lid being positioned above a second of said compartments of said container;
- said lid having a generally semi-circular flap substantially covering said hole of said lid;
- said flap being pivotally coupled to said lid;
- said flap having a lifting tab outwardly extending therefrom;
- said outer perimeter of said lid having an arcuate shoulder therein adjacent said hole of said lid;
- said flap having a downwardly extending arcuate end lip;
- said shoulder of said lid receiving therein said end lip of said flap;
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- said shoulder of said lid having an elongate outer ridge, said end lip of said flap having an elongate resilient inner groove therein, and said outer ridge of said shoulder of said lid being inserted into said inner groove of said end lip of said flap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.