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US 9,809,440 B2Granted
Combination dispenser drinking cup holder and drip collector apparatus
OwnerDallas Kellermaninventor
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for conveniently holding a drinking cup while dispensing liquid from a dispenser such as a spigot, filling the cup, and collecting any drips and/or spillage from the dispenser or the drinking cup into a second drip collecting cup.
Claims9
A combination dispenser cup holder and drip collection apparatus comprising, in combination:
- a support member upon which a beverage dispenser having a spigot is placed;
- a front member extending downwardly at a right angle from the support member and having a slot;
- a first cup-holding member extending outwardly at a right angle from the front member and below the spigot, wherein the first cup-holding member comprises a fixed contoured tab and a movable contoured tab, and wherein the fixed and movable contoured tabs form an opening to receive a drinking cup into which liquid from the spigot may be dispensed;
- a base slide having an upper end attached to the movable contoured tab and a lower end seated within the slot of the front member to permit movement of the movable contoured tab in a direction parallel to the front member to adjust the opening to accommodate drinking cups of variable size;
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- a second cup-holding member extending outwardly at a right angle from the front member and below the first cup-holding member, the second cup-holding member adapted to receive a drip collecting cup into which drips from the spigot may be collected when the drinking cup is not present in the first cup-holding member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.