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US 9,957,149 B2Granted
Beverage container for injecting beverage through bottom thereof
AssigneeNPC, Inc.
InventorsSuk Joong Park, Si Haeng Lee
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Abstract
A beverage container has a body having an inlet which is formed so as to penetrate the bottom of a receiving unit. A holder is coupled to the inlet to open and close the inlet upon ascending or descending with a nozzle of a beverage supply device being inserted into the holder. A locking member is coupled to the ascending/descending wall of the holder to allow the holder to close the inlet. The locking member has a plurality of elastic arms for elastically supporting the holder.
Claims6
A beverage container comprising:
- a main body having an inlet penetratingly formed in the bottom of a receiving unit thereof;
- a holder, which is coupled to said inlet and opens and closes said inlet through ascending and descending thereof, wherein a nozzle of a beverage supplying apparatus is inserted;
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- a locking member which is coupled to an elevating wall body of said holder and has a plurality of elastic arms elastically and downwardly supporting said holder which are in contact with the lower surface of said bottom of said main body so that said holder can close said inlet,
- wherein said elastic arms are formed by cutting a portion of the body along an outer circumference of the center hole portion of said locking member and being upwardly bended for the elastic force of said elastic arms to be exerted,
- and the space remaining after cutting off said portion of said body of said locking member is a receiving slot for accommodating said elastic arm being folded when said holder is descending.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.