Beverage container holder and basket
OwnerStephen R. Kazyakainventor
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Abstract
A beverage cup holder to contain drinking fluids, collect condensation and spilled fluids, and direct them to a self contained reservoir. The holder has an upper rim that is taller than the container being held, ribs to support the entire height of the held container utilizing an upper funnel, and a device which stores spilled fluids and condensation within a self contained reservoir for spilled fluids formed by the holder from a centered vertical support column as well as creating an area to add attachments including weights, a magnet, or lighting to its open bottom end.
Claims19
A holder for housing a beverage cup consisting essentially of:
- a generally cylindrical one-piece container, said container being defined by a continuous, integral interior wall and an exterior wall, said container further having at least three progressively narrower sections including a first open top section, said first section including a plurality of ribs arrayed about the interior wall thereof, a narrower second middle section and a narrower third closed bottom section including an imperforate bottom wall, wherein the rim of said top section is wider and higher than the rim of said cup;
- and a centered portion of the bottom wall of said third section being elevated to comprise a vertical support column for the beverage cup bottom, said vertical support column being circumferentially spaced from the interior wall of the third section thereby creating a continuous annular reservoir for spilled fluids and an exterior recessed pocket below the raised column.
A holder for housing a beverage cup consisting essentially of:
- a generally cylindrical one-piece container, said container being defined by a continuous, integral interior wall and an exterior wall, said container further having a plurality of progressively narrower sections including a first open top section, said first section having a diameter sufficient to accept the receipt of the beverage cup adapted to be retained in the holder, a narrower second section, said second section having a closed bottom section including an imperforate bottom wall at a lowermost portion of the container;
- and a centered portion of the bottom wall of said second section being elevated to comprise a vertical support column for the beverage cup bottom, said vertical support column being circumferentially spaced from an interior wall of the second section thereby creating a continuous annular reservoir for spilled fluids.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.