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US 8,505,807 B2Granted
Vessel and method for making the same
AssigneeCompleat LLC
InventorPeter Herman
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Abstract
A vessel composed of a sheet of flexible material, cut, rolled, and affixed to form a frusto-conically shaped base region. The sheet when rolled including an upper region having two opposing flaps, each flap delineated from a remaining portion of the sheet by a path along which the sheet is scored, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, define a single elevated drinking portion having a spout formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps.
Claims18
A vessel comprising:
- a sheet of flexible material, cut, rolled, and affixed to form a frusto-conically shaped base region, the base region having a bottom edge,
- wherein the sheet, when thus rolled, also includes an upper region having two opposing flaps, each flap delineated from a remaining portion of the sheet by a path along which the sheet is scored, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, define (i) a vent portion having a first height above the bottom edge of the base region and an aperture that vents air into the vessel, and (ii) a single elevated drinking portion having a drinking spout formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps, wherein:
- the drinking spout includes a slot having an areal dimension that is substantially greater than an areal dimension of the aperture;
- and
- the drinking portion has a second height, above the bottom edge of the base region, that is greater than the first height.
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A vessel comprising:
- a sheet of flexible material, cut, rolled, and affixed to form a frusto-conically shaped base region,
- wherein the sheet, when thus rolled, also includes an upper region having an outer flap and an opposing inner flap, each flap delineated from a remaining portion of the sheet by a path along which the sheet is scored so that the outer flap overlies the inner flap, when folded along their respective paths, such that the outer flap and the inner flap define a single elevated drinking portion having a spout formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps, and wherein the outer flap comprises:
- a first edge shaped to coincide, when the inner flap and outer flap are folded, approximately with the path of scoring in the inner flap;
- and
- a closure tab formed as part of the sheet and protruding from the first edge, and scored along a first line wherein it protrudes from the first edge, to permit the closure tab to be folded along the first line so as to overlie a portion of the base region, the tab further comprising an adhesive layer such that the tab is removably attachable to the portion of the base region.
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A vessel comprising:
- a sheet of flexible material, cut, rolled, and affixed to form a frusto-conically shaped base region,
- wherein the sheet, when thus rolled, also includes an upper region having two opposing flaps, each flap delineated from a remaining portion of the sheet by a path along which the sheet is scored, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, define a single elevated drinking portion having a spout formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps;
- and
- a dam disposed on at least one of the opposing flaps to restrain contents of the vessel from flowing between the flaps and escaping from the vessel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.