Hand-held vessel
AssigneeBercom International, LLC
InventorsMark W. Bergman, James L. Young
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Abstract
A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
Claims16
A hand-held vessel comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- a sidewall extending from the bottom wall and having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and bottom wall defining a fluid holding cavity;
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- a supportive strap attached relative to and extending downwardly along and substantially, outwardly spaced from the sidewall to define a passage between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall which is formed to receive a portion of a user's hand therein so that said portion of the hand contacts the outer surface of the sidewall, the strap having a first end and a second end, the first end being fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end being selectively secured to the bottom wall at discrete locations along the length of the second end of the strap, and urging the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
A hand-held vessel for holding a fluid comprising:
- a bottom wall;
- a sidewall extending from the bottom wall and having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface and bottom wall defining a fluid holding cavity;
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- a supportive strap having first and second ends, the first end of the strap being fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end of the strap being fixedly attached to the bottom wall so that the strap is substantially, outwardly spaced from the sidewall to define a passage between the strap and the sidewall which is formed to receive and urge a portion of a user's hand into contact with the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand, wherein the second end of the strap is selectively securable to the bottom wall to vary the passage size relative to the vessel.
A hand-held vessel comprising:
- a bottom wall having an inner face and an outer face, one or more protrusions extending from the outer face of the bottom wall;
- a sidewall extending from the bottom wall and having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface of the sidewall and the inner face of the bottom wall defining a fluid holding cavity which has an upper portion and a lower portion;
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- a supportive strap having first and second ends, the first end of the strap being attached to the sidewall adjacent the upper portion of the fluid holding cavity, the second end of the strap having one or more holes therein shaped to selectively mate with the one or more protrusions on the outer face of the bottom wall to attach the second end of the strap to the bottom wall at a plurality of discrete locations, the strap substantially, outwardly spaced from the outer surface of the sidewall to define a passage therebetween sized to receive a palm portion of a user's hand therein, and a portion of the strap having elastic characteristics to resiliently urge said palm portion of the user's hand directly against the outer surface of the sidewall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.