Drinking container with exterior shell
AssigneeIgnite USA, LLC
InventorsSami El-Saden, Mark Edward Fastabend
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Abstract
A portable drinking container is provided. The drinking container comprises a drinking vessel, a separate skirt around the drinking vessel and a foam material located in a second cavity between the skirt and the drinking vessel. The drinking vessel has a sidewall defining a drinking cavity with an opening at a proximal end of the drinking vessel. The skirt is provided around a distal end portion of the drinking vessel. Generally, the drinking vessel is made of a first material and the skirt is made of a second material distinct from the first material, and in one embodiment the drinking vessel is made of a ceramic material and the skirt is made of stainless steel. Additionally, a removable fastener may be provided to connect the skirt to the drinking vessel.
Claims3
A drinking container, comprising:
- a ceramic drinking vessel having a sidewall and a bottom wall defining a first cavity, the cavity having an opening at a proximal end of the sidewall of the drinking vessel, the sidewall of the ceramic drinking vessel having a transition positioned a distance from the opening of the ceramic drinking vessel and the bottom wall of the ceramic drinking vessel;
- and,
- an exterior sheetmetal skirt disposed about a portion of the sidewall of the drinking vessel to create a double-walled drinking container, wherein a first end of the skirt opposing a bottom of the skirt engages the transition of the ceramic drinking vessel at a tangential angle toward the drinking vessel, and wherein the first end of the skirt has approximately the same thickness as a sidewall of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.