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US 8,529,119 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.
Claims11
A drinking apparatus comprising:
- a mug body to hold a beverage and having an open top;
- a lid fitted to the open top of the mug body and having a base in which a sipper hole is formed, a raised rim extending upward from the base at its periphery and having a shape selected to provide a mouthpiece at which a user is to sip the beverage out through the sipper hole;
- a sipping mechanism having 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 blocks the sipper hole so as to preclude the beverage flow, wherein the sipping mechanism comprises a flap coupled to the lid so as to rotate about a pivot axis, between the closed position and the open position;
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- a stirring mechanism having a handle atop the lid, the handle being coupled to an arm extending down from a bottom of the lid into the mug body, and an agitator element coupled to the arm at a position inside the mug body, the stirring mechanism to translate linear movement of the handle into rotation of the agitator element;
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- an infusion compartment coupled to the arm at a position inside the mug.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.