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US 6,746,132 B2Granted
Non-invasively actuated lighted drinking vessel and base unit
AssigneePacific Cornetta, Inc.
InventorChing Liu
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Abstract
A lighted vessel, container or other item and a base unit for same. The base unit includes a resealable watertight housing that contains a light source. A mechanism is provided that activates and de-activates the light source in a manner that in non-invasive of said housing. This mechanism preferably includes magnetic actuation.
Claims15
A lighted drinking vessel, comprising:
- a base region;
- a wall integrally formed with said base region so as to hold a liquid;
- a light source provided within said base region;
- and
- a magnetically actuated switch provided within said base region for activating and deactivating said light source;
- wherein said base region includes a base unit having a resealable watertight housing;
- and
- wherein said magnetically actuated switch includes a first one of paired materials provided inside said housing and a second one of paired materials provided outside said housing.
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A lighted device, comprising:
- a housing having a releasably sealable watertight seal;
- a light source provided in said housing;
- a power supply receptacle that receives a power supply for powering said light source;
- and
- a switch for activating and de-activating said light source, said switch having an activation member provided external to said housing and functioning in a manner that is non-invasive of said housing;
- wherein said switch is magnetically actuated and further wherein said switch has a first one of paired materials provided inside said housing and a second one of paired materials provided outside said housing and coupled to said activation member.
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A lighted base unit for use with a liquid holding device, comprising:
- a housing having a resealable watertight seal;
- a light source provided within said housing;
- a power supply receptacle coupled to said light source;
- and
- a magnetically actuated switch provided with said housing for activation or de-activation of said light source, said switch including:
- a first one of paired magnetic materials provided within said housing;
- and
- a second one of paired magnetic materials provided outside of said housing, said second one of paired magnetic materials being moveable in relation to said housing;
- wherein movement of said second one of paired magnetic materials relative to said first one of paired magnetic materials causes activation or de-activation of the light source depending on their relative position.
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A lighted base unit for use with a drinking vessel, comprising:
- a resealable watertight housing that encloses a light source;
- a power supply receptacle provided with said housing and coupled to said light source;
- and
- a switch for activating and de-activating said light source, said switch having an activation member provided external to said housing, moveably coupled to said housing and functioning in a manner that is non-invasive of said housing;
- wherein said base unit has a principal horizontal plane and rotation of said activation member in a plane substantially parallel with said principal horizontal plane achieves activation and de-activation of said light source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.