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US 7,018,062 B2Granted
Tumbler with LED
AssigneePatrick Ortiz
InventorPhilip G. Taylor
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Abstract
A tumbler for holding a liquid beverage, comprising a liquid holding portion having a flat opaque base with a domed light transmitting portion proximate the center thereof, means defining a bottom chamber with an area for indicia of branding, a circuit containing a battery for lighting an LED, a transistor switch, a resistor for desired impedance, and the LED, which is connected to the circuit and has a light emitting portion disposed in the dome, and wherein a portion of the base defines an amplifying lens. The bottom chamber is fixed to the liquid holding portion.
Claims8
A tumbler for holding a liquid beverage, comprising:
- a liquid holding portion having a flat opaque base with a domed light transmitting portion proximate the center thereof;
- a bottom chamber;
- a circuit disposed in the bottom chamber and containing a battery for lighting an LED and means for completing the circuit;
- an LED connected to the circuit and having a light emitting portion disposed in the dome;
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- wherein the domed light transmitting portion of the base provides an amplifying lens and the bottom chamber is fixed to the liquid holding portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.