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US 6,332,557 B1Granted
Bottle with dual interlocking cups and modular base assembly
AssigneeMegatrade International, Inc.
InventorJorge E. Moran
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Abstract
A vacuum-insulated beverage container has a body and a vacuum-insulated liner enclosed by the body. Seals between the body and the liner prevent all types of leaks of the beverage held in the liner. A handle is attached to the container in a manner that the handle is removable and is only attached with one removable fastener. Nesting drinking cups are provided that removably attach to the container and to one another. The drinking cups can be separated from one another by directly pulling the cups apart or by rotating one cup relative to another.
Claims12
A beverage container comprising:
- a. a body with an opposing first open end and a second open end;
- b. a liner generally disposed inside of the body and including an open end and an interior space for holding liquids, the interior space being vacuum-insulated for resisting heat transfer between the interior and the exterior of the liner and, the open end generally aligning with the first open end of the body;
- c. a first gasket closing the space between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body and preventing liquids from passing in between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body;
- d. a base plug disposed in the second open end of the body, the base plug exerting a force on the liner to hold the liner in position inside of the body;
- e. a second gasket closing the space between the base plug and the second open end of the body and preventing liquids from passing in between the base plug and the second open end of the body;
- f. a stopper removably attached to the body near the first open end of the body;
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- g. a third gasket closing the space between the stopper and the first open end of the body and preventing liquids from passing in between the stopper and the first open end of the body when the stopper is attached to the body.
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A beverage container comprising:
- a. a body including a body cylinder portion and a base portion, the body cylinder portion and the base portion having complementary screw threads formed thereon and being attached by the complementary screw threads, the body cylinder portion having a first open end;
- b. a liner generally disposed inside of the body and including an open end and an interior space for holding liquids, the interior space being vacuum-insulated for resisting heat transfer between the interior space and an exterior of the liner and, the open end approximately aligning with the first open end of the body cylinder;
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- c. an elongated handle attached at a first end to the base portion and at an opposing second end to the body cylinder portion with attaching means for attaching the handle to the body with a single removable fastener.
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A beverage container comprising:
- a. a body including a body cylinder with a first open end and a separately formed base with an opposing second open end, the body cylinder having external threads formed thereon and the base having complementary internal threads formed thereon, the body cylinder and the base being attached by the complementary threads;
- b. a liner generally disposed inside of the body and including an open end and an interior space for holding liquids, the interior space being vacuum-insulated for resisting heat transfer between the interior space and an exterior of the liner and, the open end approximately aligning with the first open end of the body;
- c. a first gasket closing the space between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body and preventing liquids from passing in between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body;
- d. a base plug disposed in the second open end of the body, the base plug exerting a force on the liner to hold the liner in position inside of the body;
- e. a stopper removably attached to the body near the first open end of the body;
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- f. an elongated handle attached at one end directly to the base and at a second opposing end directly to the body cylinder.
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A beverage container comprising:
- a. a body with opposing first and second open ends;
- b. a liner generally disposed inside of the body and including an open end and an interior space for holding liquids, the interior space being vacuum-insulated for resisting heat transfer between the interior space and an exterior of the liner and, the open end approximately aligning with the first open end of the body;
- c. a first gasket closing the space between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body and preventing liquids from passing in between the open end of the liner and the first open end of the body;
- d. a stopper removably attached to the body near the first open end of the body;
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- e. two drinking cups removably attached to the body near the first open end of the body, each of the two drinking cups including:
- an exterior locking groove having a top lip above the exterior locking groove in a direction of a narrowing of the drinking cup;
- an interior locking flange;
- wherein a largest radius of the top lip is larger than a smallest radius of the interior locking flange, the interior locking flange being capable of flexing to slide past the largest radius of the top lip and engaging the exterior locking groove;
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- wherein the exterior locking groove and the interior locking flange each have a ramping surface wherein when the drinking cups are rotated relative to one another in a first direction of the ramping surface cam, and further rotation in the first direction causes the interior locking flange to flex so that the interior locking flange disengages with the exterior locking groove.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.