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US 7,350,657 B2Granted
Grip for beverage container
AssigneeMott's LLP
InventorsJohn A. Eaton, William R. Eaton, Erica S. Nozato
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Abstract
A beverage container with a grip formed in side and bottom walls thereof. The grip includes a V-shaped groove on a side wall that receives a finger of a consumer (e.g., a thumb or set of fingers) and a recess formed in a bottom wall of the container to receive one or more other fingers of the consumer's hand. When gripped in this fashion a lower corner of the bottle may be located in the palm of the consumer's hand. The groove in the side wall is formed in the side wall sufficiently close to the bottom wall to allow the hands of most consumers to use the grip. The V shape points upward. Either side of the V can be used depending on whether the consumer wishes to grip with their right hand or their left hand.
Claims29
A bottle, comprising:
- a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a recessed portion formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle;
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- a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers of the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle, the groove having a portion that is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the bottle, the liquids being provided to and removed from the bottle via the opening, wherein the user places their thumb in the groove and one or more of the other fingers on their hand in the recess.
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A bottle, comprising:
- a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a recessed portion formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle;
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- a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers of the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle, the groove having a portion that is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the bottle, the liquids being provided to and removed from the bottle via the opening, wherein the groove has two portions that are sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall.
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A beverage container, comprising:
- a bottom wall;
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- a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, wherein the side wall includes at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, the side wall having a gripping portion formed in an outer surface of one of the faces to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container, a bottom corner of the container being formed by the conjunction of the bottom wall and any two of the faces;
- wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the container, the liquids being provided to and removed from the container via the opening;
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- wherein the bottom and side walls and the gripping portion on the face of the side wall are configured to allow a user to grasp each of the gripping portion and at least a portion of the bottom wall with a first hand to allow the user to pour liquid out of the container while holding one of the bottom corners of the container.
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A bottle, comprising:
- a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a recessed portion formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle;
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- a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers of the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the bottle, the groove having a portion that is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the bottle, the liquids being provided to and removed from the bottle via the opening, wherein the side wall further comprises at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, with the groove formed in a single one of the faces.
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A beverage container, comprising;
- a bottom wall containing a recessed area centrally located in the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall is generally square with rounded corners, wherein furthermore the recessed area is formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container;
- a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall having four faces that each extend vertically from the bottom wall, wherein each face contains a plurality of horizontal ribs, furthermore wherein each face is slightly curved with respect to the central axis of the container and the faces join adjacent faces at rounded edges;
- a top opening wherein said opening is circular and is externally threaded;
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- a transitional wall between the opening and the side wall wherein the transitional wall connects the circular opening to the generally square with rounded corners formed by the top of the side wall, wherein the transitional wall is generally domed shape with the opening at the top;
- wherein the container contains four bottom corners wherein each bottom corner is rounded and is formed by the conjunction of the bottom wall and two of the faces;
- wherein a single face of said side wall having four faces includes a groove formed in the outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers up the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container, the groove having two portions sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall, wherein the two portions are sloped in opposite directions and together form a V shape that points away from the bottom wall;
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- wherein the bottom wall, the side wall and the transitional wall are formed to contain liquids within the container, the liquids being provided to and removed from the container via the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.