DRINKS RECEPTACLE

• US 20170251849A1
• Filed: 08/26/2015
• Published: 09/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Joanne Richardson, Omar Zanatta
• Original Assignee: Joanne Richardson, Omar Zanatta
• Inventors: ZANATTA, Omar, RICHARDSON, Joanne
• Application Number:
  US15/507,233
• Publication Number:
  US 20170251849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2255 Details related to the connection between the liquid containing part and the supporting part
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/0049 on the inside, or a part turned to the inside of the mouth of the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2543/00851 on the central part of the lid
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 43/0229 only on the inside, or a part turned to the inside, of the mouth of the container B65D43/0227 takes precedence

Abstract

A wine glass comprising a bowl connected to a stem which is connected to a base, wherein the stem is arranged to be movable relative to the bowl between first and second configurations.

Claims

1. A liquid receptacle comprising a bowl connected to a stem which is connected to a base, wherein the stem is arranged to be movable relative to the bowl between first and second configurations, wherein the bowl comprises a sleeve extending inwardly from the bowl'"'"'s lower external surface within which the stem is connected and movable selectively between an extended configuration and a collapsed configuration, wherein the interior surface of the sleeve comprising upper and lower spaced-apart locking portions and wherein the outer surface of the stem comprises upper and lower locking members, spaced apart by substantially the same distance as the sleeve upper and lower locking portions, such that, when in the extended configuration, the upper locking member is engaged with the lower locking portion, and in the collapsed configuration, the upper and lower locking members are engaged with the upper and lower locking portions respectively.

2. The receptacle according to claim 1, arranged such that, in the collapsed configuration, the majority of the stem'"'"'s length is within the sleeve.

3. The receptacle according to claim 1, wherein an elongate guide groove or flange extends between the upper and lower locking portions on the interior surface of the sleeve to guide the stem locking member between said locking portions.

4. The receptacle according to claim 1, wherein a pair of upper and a pair of lower sleeve locking portions are provided and the stem comprises a pair of upper locking members arranged to engage, in the extended configuration, with the pair of lower locking portions and, in the collapsed configuration, with the pair of upper locking portions.

5. The receptacle according to claim 4, wherein the stem further comprises a pair of lower locking members arranged to engage the pair of lower sleeve locking portions in the collapsed configuration.

6. The receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the upper and lower locking portions comprise an L-shape or bayonet-type engagement for the stem locking member(s).

7. The receptacle according to claim 1, wherein each stem locking member comprises a pair of protrusions on opposite sides of the stem.

11. The receptacle according to claim 1, wherein the rim of the bowl comprises a lid engagement portion, e.g. a screw thread, on the interior surface.

12. The receptacle according to claim 11, further comprising a removable lid for sealing the bowl by means of a cooperating engagement portion on its exterior surface.

13. The receptacle according to claim 11, wherein the removable lid comprises a recessed upper surface with a gripping member extended upwardly from the recessed upper surface.

8. A drinks receptacle comprising a bowl with an interior sleeve extending from the lower surface of the bowl base, and a stem shaped so as to be at least partially locatable and movable within the sleeve between extended and collapsed configurations, wherein one or more L or bayonet-type locking portions are provided so that the stem in use can be selectively locked in each of the extended and collapsed configurations.

9. The receptacle according to claim 8, wherein the sleeve is arranged in both configurations to provide a liquid-retaining space, e.g. for holding frozen liquid.

10. The receptacle according to claim 8, wherein the sleeve is arranged such that the liquid-retaining space is substantially adjacent the wall of the sleeve, and extends around the majority of said wall.