Drinkware rimming apparatus and method
AssigneeRoxi Group, Inc.
InventorMarc Radow
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Abstract
A drinkware rimming apparatus including a wetting receptacle, a cutout, and a rotatable tray having a plurality of spice receptacles. The tray is rotatable relative to the cutout (or vice-versa) to align and provide downward access to a desired spice receptacle or to the wetting receptacle. A cover may be included and the cutout can be in the cover and/or the tray. The cover can have beverage garnish compartments on a top surface thereof. The wetting receptacle can be positioned in a tray or on the cover. The cutout can be in another tray also having one or more spice receptacles and above the first-mentioned tray and rotatable independently of the lower tray. A method of applying spice to rims of drinkware is also disclosed.
Claims27
A drinkware rimming apparatus, comprising:
- a first tray having a first spice receptacle and a second receptacle;
- a second tray positioned above the first tray;
- the second tray having a third spice receptacle, a fourth spice receptacle and an access cutout;
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- the first tray and/or the second tray being rotatable relative to the other and about a vertical axis passing through the first and second trays so that the access cutout is in an operative position over the first spice receptacle, the second receptacle or another desired portion of the first tray,
- wherein both of the first and second trays have respective ramping structures that operatively interact with each other during the rotational movement to cause the second tray to lift and drop between two indexed positions by rotational movement of at least one of the first and second trays relative to the other.
A drinkware rimming apparatus, comprising:
- a first tray rotatable relative to a support surface of the apparatus and about a vertical axis;
- the first tray having (a) a first spice receptacle and (b) a second spice receptacle or a wetting receptacle;
- a second tray having a third spice receptacle and a fourth spice receptacle;
- the second tray being positioned above the first tray, supported by the first tray and rotatable about the vertical axis;
- the second tray having an access cutout providing downward access to a desired portion of the first tray;
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- a mechanism including a plurality of first members on one of the first and second trays and a plurality of corresponding second members on the other one of the first and second trays that engage to lift the second tray relative to the first tray at one indexed position and lower the second tray to another indexed position when at least one of the first and second trays is rotated relative to the other.
A drinkware rimming apparatus, comprising:
- a base;
- a tray supported by the base;
- the tray having a first spice receptacle and a second receptacle;
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- a cover positioned over the tray, attached to the base and having an access cutout, the cover including a downwardly extending sidewall enclosing the tray and having a plurality of beverage garnish compartments on a top surface thereof;
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- the tray being rotatable relative to the base and the cover about a vertical axis passing through a central area of the tray.
A drinkware rimming apparatus, comprising:
- a first tray rotatable relative to a support surface of the apparatus and about a vertical axis;
- the first tray having (a) a first spice receptacle and (b) a second spice receptacle or a wetting receptacle;
- a second tray having a third spice receptacle and a fourth spice receptacle;
- the second tray being positioned above the first tray and rotatable about the vertical axis;
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- a assembly having first and second mating portions, the first portion disposed on the first tray and the second portion disposed on the second tray that, when at least one of the first and second trays is rotated relative to the other, lifts the second tray relative to the first tray at one indexed position and then lowers the second tray relative to the first tray to another indexed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.