Spill-proof container
AssigneeEdison Nation, LLC
InventorBradley K. Shepard
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Abstract
A container includes a bowl having a bowl interior space for holding solid material and a bowl opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl from an exterior of the bowl. The container also includes a bowl support having a bowl support interior space within which the bowl is located and a bowl support opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl support from an exterior of the container. The bowl is biased toward an upright orientation of the bowl independent of the rotational orientation of the bowl support. The bowl support opening overlies the bowl opening when both the bowl and the bowl support are in respective upright orientations, and the bowl support covers the bowl openings when the bowl support is tilted.
Claims15
A container, comprising:
- (a) a bowl having,
- (i) a bowl interior space for holding solid material, and
- (ii) a bowl opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl from an exterior of the bowl;
- (b) a bowl support having,
- (i) a bowl support interior space within which the bowl is located, and
- (ii) a bowl support opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl support from an exterior of the container;
- (c) wherein,
- (i) the bowl is biased toward an upright orientation of the bowl independent of the rotational orientation of the bowl support,
- (ii) the bowl support opening overlies the bowl opening when both the bowl and the bowl support are in respective upright orientations, and
- (iii) when the bowl is in an upright orientation and the bowl support is rotated to an upside down orientation, the bowl remains in the upright orientation and the bowl support covers the bowl opening precluding access therethrough.
A container, comprising:
- (a) a bowl having,
- (i) a bowl interior space for holding solid material, and
- (ii) a bowl opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl from an exterior of the bowl;
- (b) a bowl support having,
- (i) a bowl support interior space within which the bowl is located, and
- (ii) a bowl support opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl support from an exterior of the container;
- (c) wherein,
- (i) the bowl is biased toward an upright orientation of the bowl independent of the rotational orientation of the bowl support,
- (ii) the bowl support opening overlies the bowl opening when both the bowl and the bowl support are in respective upright orientations, and
- (iii) the interior space of the bowl support comprises a truncated spherical chamber.
A container, comprising:
- (a) a bowl having,
- (i) a bowl interior space for holding solid material, and
- (ii) a bowl opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl from an exterior of the bowl;
- (b) a bowl support having,
- (i) a bowl support interior space within which the bowl is located, and
- (ii) a bowl support opening for accessing the interior space of the bowl support from an exterior of the container;
- (c) wherein,
- (i) the bowl is biased toward an upright orientation of the bowl independent of the rotational orientation of the bowl support,
- (ii) the bowl support opening overlies the bowl opening when both the bowl and the bowl support are in respective upright orientations, and
- (iii) the bowl is rotatable, relative to the bowl support, 180 degrees in every rotational direction, and
- (iv) the interior space of the bowl support comprises a truncated spherical chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.