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US 9,227,572 B2Granted
Container
AssigneeSharon Lesk
InventorsSharon Lesk, Katherine Keck
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Abstract
A container for flowers and other plant parts as well as other items, and adapted for use in, inter alia, motor vehicles. The container can further include a ring such as a detachable grooved ring for holding aromatic substances and to prevent water from splashing out of the container.
Claims16
A container adapted to be received in a motor vehicle drink holder, comprising:
- a) a receptacle having:
- i) a closed bottom,
- ii) a top with an opening, and
- iii) a sidewall that connects the bottom and the top;
- and
- b) a grooved ring defining a circumferential channel, the grooved ring sized to be press-fitted into the opening of the receptacle top, the grooved ring having an outer wall with an outer wall top edge, and an inner wall, with an inner wall top edge, the outer wall being positioned adjacent to the receptacle sidewall, the inner wall top edge being below the outer wall top edge.
3 more elements
A container adapted to be received in a motor vehicle drink holder, comprising:
- a) a cup-shaped receptacle comprising:
- i) a closed bottom,
- ii) a top with an opening, and
- iii) a sidewall that connects the top and the bottom;
- b) a detachable grooved ring defining a circumferential channel, the grooved ring positioned in the cup-shaped receptacle, the detachable grooved ring sized to be press-fitted into the opening of the top, and having an outer wall with an outer wall top edge, and an inner wall, with an inner wall top edge, the outer wall being positioned adjacent to the sidewall of the receptacle, the inner wall top edge being below the outer wall top edge;
- and
- c) a prong assembly contacting the closed bottom, for supporting a plant stem.
4 more elements
A container adapted to be received in a motor vehicle drink holder, comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a closed bottom,
- a top with an opening, and
- a sidewall that connects the bottom and the top;
- and
- a grooved ring defining a circumferential channel, said ring sized to be press-fitted into the opening of the top and having an outer wall and an inner wall, the channel configured to hold liquid, the outer wall having an outer wall top edge, and the inner wall having an inner wall top edge, the outer wall being positioned adjacent to the sidewall of the receptacle, the inner wall top edge being below the outer wall top edge.
3 more elements
A container adapted to be received in a motor vehicle drink holder, comprising:
- a receptacle comprising:
- a closed bottom,
- a top with an opening, and
- a sidewall that connects the bottom and the top;
- and
- a ring sized to be press-fitted into the opening of the top, the ring having a groove between an outer wall and an inner wall, the outer wall being adjacent to the sidewall of the receptacle, the inner wall having a top edge, the top edge of the inner wall being positioned below the top of the sidewall of the receptacle.
3 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.