Convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus and method of manufacturing
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1. A convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus for use with a second container, the convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus comprising:
- a first pod portion configured to secure a bottom end of the second container to the first pod portion to form a base for the second container that is wider than the bottom end of the second container; and
a second pod portion configured to removably attach to the first pod portion, the second pod portion having an open orifice at a drinking end and an attachment region oppositely disposed to the drinking end, the attachment region configured to fixably engage to a sealing cap at a mouth end of the second container to form a stemware drinking vessel having a foot, a stem, and a bowl in which the first pod portion forms the foot of the stemware drinking vessel, the second container forms the stem of the stemware drinking vessel, and the second pod portion forms the bowl of the stemware drinking vessel.
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Abstract
A convertible beverage container includes a pod configured to hold an otherwise separate container containing a beverage or ingredient for a beverage (such as a nip bottle of alcohol) in such a way that the pod with container can be distributed as a unit and is convertible to an article of stemware in which a top portion of the pod that secures the container becomes the foot of the stemware, the container becomes the stem of the stemware, and a bottom portion of the pod can be attached to the top of the container to become the bowl of the stemware.
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20 Claims
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1. A convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus for use with a second container, the convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus comprising:
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a first pod portion configured to secure a bottom end of the second container to the first pod portion to form a base for the second container that is wider than the bottom end of the second container; and a second pod portion configured to removably attach to the first pod portion, the second pod portion having an open orifice at a drinking end and an attachment region oppositely disposed to the drinking end, the attachment region configured to fixably engage to a sealing cap at a mouth end of the second container to form a stemware drinking vessel having a foot, a stem, and a bowl in which the first pod portion forms the foot of the stemware drinking vessel, the second container forms the stem of the stemware drinking vessel, and the second pod portion forms the bowl of the stemware drinking vessel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of manufacturing a convertible beverage container and drinking apparatus for use with a second container, the method comprising:
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providing a base cover member configured to secure a bottom end of the second container to the base cover member to form a base for the second container that is wider than the bottom end of the second container; and attaching a bowl member to the base cover member to form a closed pod, the bowl member having an open orifice at a drinking end and an attachment region oppositely disposed to the drinking end, the attachment region being configured to fixably engage to a sealing cap at a mouth end of the second container to form a stemware drinking vessel having a foot, a stem, and a bowl in which the base cover member forms the foot of the stemware drinking vessel, the second container forms the stem of the stemware drinking vessel, and the bowl member forms the bowl of the stemware drinking vessel. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of converting a convertible beverage container to a stemware drinking vessel, the convertible beverage container having a first pod portion and a second pod portion removably attached thereto, the first pod portion configured to secure a bottom end of a second container to the first pod portion to form a base for the second container that is wider than the bottom end of the second container, the second pod portion having an open orifice at a drinking end and an attachment region oppositely disposed to the drinking end, the attachment region configured to fixably engage to one of (1) a mouth end of the second container or (2) a sealing cap at the mouth end of the second container, the method comprising:
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disengaging the second pod portion from the first pod portion; and assembling the first pod portion, the second pod portion, and the second container into a stemware drinking vessel having a foot, a stem, and a bowl, wherein the bottom end of the second container is secured by the first pod portion to form the foot of the stemware drinking vessel, the second container forms the stem of the stemware drinking vessel, and the mouth end or sealing cap of the second container is fixably engaged by the attachment region of the second pod portion to form the bowl of the stemware drinking vessel.
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