Disposable beverage container

• US 20030085232A1
• Filed: 09/12/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tara Leinenweber
• Original Assignee: Tara Leinenweber
• Inventors: Leinenweber, Tara
• Application Number:
  US10/242,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20030085232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/705
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2272 from drinking glasses or cups comprising lids or covers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/2037 the element being opened or closed by actuating a separate element which causes the deformation, e.g. screw cap closing container slit
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/305 provided with a spout, e.g. "escargot"-type valve

Abstract

The invention provides a beverage container which can be readily handled by a child, and which is spill-proof, sterile and can be pre-filled for use as a single-use beverage container. The beverage container can be mass-produced inexpensively, pre-filled and disposable. A top portion and spout are constructed to be spill resistant and sealable for ease of manufacture and use by a toddler learning to drink from a cup.

Claims

1. A pre-fillable spill-resistant sterile container comprising:

a housing comprising a body portion, a top portion and a bottom portion, the body portion configured to be gripable by a small child,

the top portion including an articulating mouthpiece disposed therein, and

the bottom portion having a cavity through which a liquid can be dispensed into a volume defined by the body portion, the top portion and the bottom portion,

wherein the mouthpiece comprises a member having a passage therethrough and a depending resilient tube extending into said volume, such that liquid within said volume can pass through said passage when the member is in an open position and no liquid can pass through when the member is in the closed position.