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US 9,845,173 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.
Claims27
A spouted cup for holding and dispensing substances, the cup comprising:
- a base region comprising an inner surface sidewall and having an opening at a lower end thereof;
- a bottom secured in that opening;
- a first flap extending from the base region, the first flap having a first curved edge and comprising a first spout-forming region;
- a second flap extending from the base region, the second flap having a second curved edge and comprising a second spout-forming region,
- the first flap and the second flap configured such that, when the flaps are folded:
- the first flap overlies that base region, such that:
- at least a portion of the first curved edge is in physical contact with an opposing portion of the inner surface sidewall of the base region;
- and
- the second flap overlies the base region, such that:
- at least a portion of the second flap overlaps at least a portion of the first flap;
- such that at least a portion of the second spout-forming region overlies at least a portion of the first spout-forming region, so as to form a spout extending to a first height above a bottom edge of the base region and
- at least one of the first flap and the second flap comprises a dam configured to restrain contents of the vessel from flowing between the flaps and escaping from the cup when the flaps are folded.
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A spouted cup configured to contain liquid content, comprising:
- a flexible waterproof material shaped to define a side wall of a frusto-conical base region having an opening at a lower end thereof;
- a bottom secured in the opening such that the side wall and the bottom form a container so that the cup is configured to contain liquids;
- and
- a pair of opposing flaps including an inner flap and an outer flap, of the flexible material, extending from an upper end of the base region, each flap delineated from the base region by a corresponding curved scored path, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, are configured such that:
- at least a portion of an outer edge of the inner flap coincides with at least a portion of the scored path of the outer flap;
- and
- the flaps are adapted to define an elevated drinking portion having an aperture-containing spout, formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps;
- and
- the outer flap includes a closure tab protruding from an outer edge thereof, the closure tab scored along a first line wherein it protrudes from the outer edge to permit the closure tab to be folded along the first line so as to overlie a portion of the base region;
- wherein
- the closure tab includes an adhesive layer.
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A spouted cup adapted to hold and dispense liquids, the cup comprising:
- a flexible material shaped to define a side wall of a frusto-conical base region having an opening at a lower end thereof;
- a bottom secured in the opening such that the side wall and the bottom form a container;
- an inner flap extending from an upper end of the base region, the inner flap having a first curved edge and comprising a first spout-forming region;
- an outer flap extending from the upper end of the base region, the outer flap having a second curved edge and comprising a second spout-forming region,
- the inner flap and the outer flap configured such that, when the flaps are folded:
- at least a portion of the first curved edge is in physical contact with an opposing portion of the vessel wall of the base region;
- and
- at least a portion of the outer flap overlaps at least a portion of the inner flap,
- the inner flap and the outer flap adapted such that at least a portion of the second spout-forming region overlies at least a portion of the first spout-forming region, and are adapted to form a spout having an aperture, the spout extending to a first height above a bottom edge of the base region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.