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US 7,946,752 B2Granted
Mug with stirring mechanism
OwnerSharron Swartz, John M. Serrainventors
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Abstract
A mug body has an open top. A lid is fitted to the open top. The lid has first and second top to bottom holes formed therein. An arm extends down from the bottom of the lid into the mug body. An actuator handle extends out from the top of the lid, through the second hole. The actuator handle is coupled to the arm to move the arm relative to the mug body. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims18
A drinking apparatus comprising:
- a thermally insulated mug body to hold a beverage and having an open top, wherein the mug body has an outer layer whose size and shape is designed so that the mug body fits a vehicle cup holder;
- a lid fitted to the open top of the mug body, the lid having a base in which a sipper hole is formed, a vent hole formed in the base of the lid and being spaced apart from the sipper hole to ease beverage flow through the sipper hole, and a raised rim extending upward from the base at its periphery, the raised rim having a height, thickness, and shape selected to provide a comfortable mouthpiece at which a user is to sip the beverage out through the sipper hole;
- a sipping mechanism that has an open position through which there can be beverage flow out of the mug body through the sipper hole in the lid, and a closed position that precludes the beverage flow;
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- a stirring mechanism having an arm extending down from a bottom surface of a base of the lid into the mug body and an agitator element coupled to the arm to rotate therewith at a position inside the mug body, the agitator element having a substantially vertical flap transverse to the arm, the stirring mechanism to provide for rotation of the arm relative to the lid.
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A drinking apparatus comprising:
- a mug body having an open top, wherein the mug body has an outer layer whose size and shape is designed so that the mug body fits a vehicle cup holder;
- a lid fitted to the open top, the lid having a base with a first top to bottom hole formed therein, and a raised rim extending upward from the base at its periphery, the raised rim having a height, thickness, and shape selected to provide a comfortable mouthpiece at which a user is to sip a beverage out of the mug body through the first hole, the lid having a second top to bottom hole formed therein;
- a lid cover having a base with a sipper opening therein, the lid cover to rotate relative to and in parallel with the lid between an open position where the sipper opening is aligned with the first hole of the lid, and a closed position where the first hole of the lid is covered, a bottom of the lid cover having an upper cylindrical section that extends downward from the base and fits into a third hole in the lid, and a lower concentric cylindrical section;
- an arm being journaled in the lower concentric cylindrical section of the lid cover and extending down from the bottom of the lid into the mug body, an agitator element coupled to the arm to rotate therewith at a position inside and adjacent to a bottom of the mug body;
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- an actuator handle extending out from the top of the lid through the upper cylindrical section of the lid cover, the actuator handle being coupled to the arm to rotate the arm relative to the mug body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.