US 6,474,096 B1Granted

Removable device for cooling a beverage in a container

OwnerMario Felix de la Guardiainventor

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Abstract

A beverage cooling device includes a main body defined by an impermeable membrane wall surrounding and encapsulating a sealed interior chamber which is filled with a freezable material. The membrane wall is structured and disposed to permit heat transfer between a liquid beverage surrounding the main body and the frozen material contained within the interior chamber. A suction cup, fixed and integral with the bottom of the main body, permits removable attachment of the device to the inside base of a drinking vessel which is subsequently filled with the beverage. At least one flexible appendage connects between an outside rim of the suction cup and the main body to permit easy removal of the device from the drinking vessel by pushing the top of the main body in a side to side manner so that the one or more flexible appendages pull and lift on the outside rim of the suction cup, thereby compromising the vacuum seal between the suction cup and the drinking vessel and releasing the device. Accordingly, after the beverage is consumed, the entire device can be removed from the drinking vessel, properly washed, and placed in the freezer until the next use.

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Dependent claims

A device for cooling a beverage in a vessel having an open top and an inner bottom surface, said device comprising:

a main body including an impermeable membrane wall surrounding and encapsulating a sealed interior, and said main body including a top portion and a bottom portion;
a freezable substance filled with in said interior chamber;
a suction cup fixed to said bottom portion of said main body for anchoring the device to the inner bottom surface of the vessel in a manner which permits the beverage to surround said impermeable membrane wall;
at least one flexible appendage extending and connecting between said main body and said suction cup, said at least one flexible appendage being structured and disposed to pull said suction cup away from the inner bottom surface of the vessel upon lateral movement of main body, thereby eliminating the vacuum between the suction cup and the inner bottom surface and releasing the device from anchored attachment to the inner bottom surface of the vessel;
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said impermeable membrane wall being structured and disposed to permit heat transfer between the surrounding beverage and said freezable substance to thereby cool the temperature of the beverage contained within the vessel.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.