DRINKING VESSEL PRODUCTS

• US 20180160828A1
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Published: 06/14/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Liquor Appeal (Pty) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Liquor Appeal (Pty) Ltd.
• Inventors: TURNER, RIAN STEWART, BROUGHTON, DALLAS LEE
• Granted Patent: US 10,390,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/12 Vessels or pots for table use
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/22 Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service glass or drinking-vessel underlays A47G23/03 ; cups as travelling or camp articles A45F3/16; collapsible cups A45F3/20; cups made of plastics B65D1/265, made of paper B65D3/06; measuring cups G01F9/00
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2205 Drinking glasses or vessels A47G19/23 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2255 Details related to the connection between the liquid containing part and the supporting part
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/23 of stackable type
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 17/501 Flexible tape or foil-like material
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 17/502 applied to the external part of the container wall only
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/00 Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for closure-securing elements B65D45/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/001 Supporting means fixed to the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2517/5013 the tape covering almost the whole of the container end panel
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/72 for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials
• CPC Class Codes: B67C 3/00 Bottling liquids or semiliquids; Filling jars or cans with liquids or semiliquids using bottling or like apparatus; Filling casks or barrels with liquids or semiliquids

Abstract

A drinking vessel product includes a wine glass with an inner cavity filled at least partly with wine. The wine glass has a body that defines the cavity, an upper opening that is sealed with a removable seal such as a metal foil, and a smaller fill opening at the bottom. The glass includes a support that is attached to the body and that includes a pedestal, a stem and a stop formation that seals the fill opening. The body and support are molded from plastic materials. The cavity is filled with wine after the upper opening has been sealed, by inverting the glass and filling it from the fill opening, before fitting the support to seal the fill opening.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. A drinking vessel, comprising:

a body defining an inner cavity, a consumption opening that is in communication with the inner cavity, and a fill opening and fill passage that are in communication with the inner cavity, said fill opening being substantially smaller than the consumption opening and being on an opposite side of the inner cavity, from the consumption opening;

a removable seal extending across the consumption opening in a sealing manner; and

a stop formation that is insert able into the fill passage to seal the fill opening;

wherein at least one clip is defined on the stop formation and at least one vent groove is defined between the stop formation and the fill passage, the stop formation being configured to travel along the fill passage while gas is vented along the vent groove, and said clip holding the stop formation in place when the stop formation has been fully inserted in the fill passage, to seal the fill opening.

21. The drinking vessel according to claim 20, which includes at least one guide formation defined on at least one of the stop formation and the fill passage.

22. The drinking vessel according to claim 21, wherein said at least one guide formation includes angled steps.

23. The drinking vessel according to claim 21, wherein said at least one guide formation is oriented in V-formation.

24. The drinking vessel according to claim 20, wherein said cavity is at least partly filled with wine.

25. The drinking vessel according to claim 20, wherein said drinking vessel includes a support formation that is integrally formed with the body.

26. The drinking vessel according to claim 25, wherein the support formation defines the fill passage.

27. The drinking vessel according to claim 26, wherein the support formation defines a pedestal and a hollow stem, said fill passage being defined along the hollow inside of the stem.

28. The drinking vessel according to claim 20, wherein the body defines a side wall and said side wall includes an embedded film.

29. The drinking vessel according to claim 28, wherein the embedded film is of a material that reduces oxygen permeability of the side wall.

34. The drinking vessel according to claim 22, wherein said at least one guide formation is oriented in V-formation.

30. A method of providing a drinking vessel product, the method comprising:

sealing a consumption opening of a drinking vessel with a removable seal;

inverting the drinking vessel so that a fill opening and a fill passage of the drinking vessel are generally at a top of an inner cavity of the drinking vessel;

filling the inner cavity of the drinking vessel at least partly with a beverage, through the fill passage and fill opening;

inserting a stop formation into the fill passage, and venting gas along at least one vent groove defined between the fill passage and the stop formation, while inserting the stop formation into the fill passage;

sealing the fill opening with the stop formation when the stop formation is fully inserted into the fill passage; and

holding the stop formation in place.

31. The method according to claim 30, which includes purging the inner cavity with an inert gas through the fill opening, prior to inserting the stop formation into the fill passage.

32. The method according to claim 31, which includes guiding the stop formation to align a clip, while the stop formation is inserted into the fill passage.

33. The method according to claim 32, which includes rotating the stop formation helically while being inserted into the fill passage.