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US 7,198,167 B2Granted
Sipper cup with medicine dispenser
AssigneeCosco Management, Inc.
InventorsAndrew W. Marsden, Joseph C. Cacciola
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Abstract
A cup includes a liquid storage chamber and a separate medicine storage container.
Claims31
A sipper cup comprising
- a liquid container formed to include a liquid storage chamber having an open mouth,
- a closure coupled to the liquid container to close the open mouth thereof, the closure including a spout formed to include a passage to allow a drinking liquid to be drawn from the liquid storage chamber,
- a medicine container formed to include a medicine storage chamber having a top opening, the medicine container being coupled to the closure to extend into the liquid storage chamber and arranged to allow a medicine to be dispensed from the medicine storage chamber without intermixing with drinking liquid extant in the liquid storage chamber, the closure further including a top wall formed to include the top opening of the medicine storage chamber,
- a lid mounted on the closure for movement below the spout and over the top wall between an opened position to allow discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening formed in the top wall and a closed position to block discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening formed in the top wall and
- further comprising a stabilizer coupled to the closure and arranged to extend into the liquid storage chamber when the closure is coupled to the liquid container and cooperate with the medicine container to provide means for supporting the top wall in a level position relative to an underlying surface upon removal of the closure from the liquid container and placement of the medicine container on the underlying surface.
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A sipper cup comprising
- a liquid container formed to include a liquid storage chamber having an open mouth,
- a closure coupled to the liquid container to close the open mouth thereof, the closure including a spout formed to include a passage to allow a drinking liquid to be drawn from the liquid storage chamber, the closure being formed to include a top opening,
- a medicine container formed to include a medicine storage chamber and arranged to lie in the liquid storage chamber to allow medicine to be admitted into the medicine storage chamber through the top opening formed in the closure,
- a lid mounted for rotation relative to the closure about an axis between an opened position to allow discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening and a closed position to block discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening,
- wherein the closure includes a top wall formed to include the top opening and arranged to underlie a plate of the lid and to support the medicine container in the liquid storage chamber, an annular rim arranged to extend around the top wall and formed to include the spout, and a retainer arranged to depend from the annular rim and configured to mate with the liquid container to hold the medicine container in a fixed position in the liquid storage chamber, and
- wherein the annular rim is formed to include a lip receiver arranged to extend upwardly away from the retainer in a location adjacent to the top opening and adapted to contact a mouth-lip area of a patient consuming medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber.
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A sipper cup comprising
- a liquid container formed to include a liquid storage chamber having an open mouth,
- a closure coupled to the liquid container to close the open mouth thereof, the closure including a spout formed to include a passage to allow a drinking liquid to be drawn from the liquid storage chamber, the closure being formed to include a top opening,
- a medicine container formed to include a medicine storage chamber and arranged to lie in the liquid storage chamber to allow medicine to be admitted into the medicine storage chamber through the top opening formed in the closure,
- a lid mounted for rotation relative to the closure about an axis between an opened position to allow discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening and a closed position to block discharge of medicine extant in the medicine storage chamber through the top opening,
- further comprising a stabilizer coupled to the closure and arranged to extend into the liquid storage chamber when the closure is coupled to the liquid container, and
- wherein the stabilizer includes a pair of spaced-apart posts.
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A sipper cup comprising
- a liquid container formed to include a liquid storage chamber having an open mouth,
- a closure coupled to the liquid container to close the open mouth thereof, the closure including a spout formed to include a passage to allow a drinking liquid to be drawn from the liquid storage chamber, the closure being formed to include a top opening,
- a medicine container formed to include a medicine storage chamber and arranged to lie in the liquid storage chamber to allow medicine to be admitted into the medicine storage chamber through the top opening formed in the closure, and
- a stabilizer coupled to the closure and arranged to extend into the liquid storage chamber when the closure is coupled to the liquid container and to cooperate with the medicine container to support the closure in a level position upon removal of the closure from the liquid container and placement of the medicine container on a surface underlying the closure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.