Portable Beverage Container And Method Of Use

• US 20080011748A1
• Filed: 07/11/2006
• Published: 01/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chris Avery, Mathew Meyer
• Original Assignee: Chris Avery, Mathew Meyer
• Inventors: Avery, Chris, Meyer, Mathew
• Application Number:
  US11/456,782
• Publication Number:
  US 20080011748A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/23.83
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2255 Details related to the connection between the liquid containing part and the supporting part
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/06 with closable apertures at bottom
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/249 the closure being specifically formed for supporting the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/0486 the inner container being coaxially disposed within the outer container B65D81/3876 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/06 Liquids or semi-liquids or other materials or articles enclosed in flexible containers disposed within rigid containers

Abstract

A portable beverage container and methods of using such a beverage container are provided herein. More specifically, the portable beverage container can be fashioned to resemble a typical beverage container for a particular type of beverage (i.e., wine, wine coolers, beer, or the like) that can be transformed to resemble a typical beverage consumption device used to consume the same type of beverage.

Claims

1. A beverage container, comprising:

a body having a first and a second end;

a base member;

a fluid container; and

wherein the base member is operably secured to the first end of the body and the fluid container for configuration of the container in a first non-use position, and is removable for attachment to the second end of the body for configuration of the container in a second use position.

2. The container of claim 1, wherein the base member comprises a first side for sitting on a surface and a second side operable to interface with at least one of the body and fluid container.

3. The container of claim 1, wherein the base member comprises a centrally disposed elongated stem that secures one of the fluid container and the body.

4. The container of claim 1, further comprising a connector having a bottom portion for attaching with the base member and a top portion for attaching with one of the second end of the body and a nozzle of the fluid container.

5. The container of claim 1, wherein the base member comprises first threads and wherein the fluid container and the second end of the body comprise second threads for screwing into the first threads.

6. The container of claim 1, wherein at least one of the second end of the body and a nozzle of the fluid container are secured to the base member through a friction fit.

7. The container of claim 1, wherein an inner radius of a nozzle of the fluid container is substantially the same as an inner radius of the second end of the body, and wherein the inner radius of the nozzle of the fluid container and the second end of the body is smaller than an outer radius of a base member connector.

8. The container of claim 1, wherein an outer radius of the nozzle of the fluid container is substantially the same as an outer radius of the second end of the body, and wherein the outer radius of the nozzle of the fluid container and the second end of the body is larger than an inner radius of a base member connector.

9. The container of claim 1, wherein the fluid container comprises a deformable bag comprising a nozzle for pouring out a liquid within the bag.

10. The container of claim 1, wherein the body and base member substantially resemble a wine bottle when the first end of the body is secured to the base member, and wherein the body and base member substantially resemble a wine glass when the second end of the body is secured to the base member.

11. A method of preparing a beverage for consumption from a container comprising a body, a base member, and a fluid container, comprising:

detaching a first end of the body from the base member;

disconnecting the fluid container from the base member;

connecting a second end of the body to the base member; and

pouring the beverage from the fluid container into the body of the container.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the fluid container is disconnected from the base member at substantially the same point as the second end of the body is connected to the base member.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the disconnecting the fluid container from the base member comprises unscrewing a nozzle of the fluid container from the base member.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the connecting the second end of the body to the base member comprises screwing the second end of the body into the base member.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the connecting the second end of the body to the base member comprises pressing the body into the base member to create a friction fit between the body and the base member.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the fluid container comprises a deformable bag comprising a nozzle and a cap, and the method further comprises the step of removing the cap from the nozzle prior to pouring the beverage.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the body and base member substantially resemble a wine bottle prior to removing the first end of the body from the base member, and wherein the body and base member substantially resemble a wine glass after the second end of the body is connected to the base member.

18. A beverage container, comprising:

a body having a first and a second end;

a base member detachably connected to the first end of the body;

means for containing a fluid; and

means for securing the fluid container to the base member that is further operable to secure the second end of the body to the base member upon disconnecting the fluid container from the base member.

19. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for securing is embodied on the base member.

20. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for securing comprises an elongated stem originating from the center of the base member.

21. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for securing comprises a bottom portion for attaching to the base member and a body for attaching to one of the second end of the body and a nozzle of the means for containing a fluid.

22. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for securing comprises threads for receiving at least one of a threaded section of the second end of the body and a threaded section of the means for containing a fluid.

23. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for securing comprises a hollow portion for receiving at least one of the means for containing a fluid and the second end of the body, and wherein the hollow portion comprises walls with a downward decreasing radius.

24. The container of claim 18, wherein the means for containing a fluid comprises a deformable bag comprising a nozzle for pouring out a liquid within the bag.

25. The container of claim 18, wherein the body and base member substantially resemble a wine bottle when the first end of the body is connected to the base member, and the body and base member substantially resemble a wine glass when the second end of the body is connected to the base member.