DRINKING UTENSIL

• US 3,840,153 A
• Filed: 12/26/1972
• Issued: 10/08/1974
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edward J. Devlin
• Original Assignee: Edward J. Devlin
• Inventors: Devlin, Edward J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rolla, Joseph J.
• Application Number:
  US05/318,111
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 222/146C,180,211,212,213,215,533,534,536,531,532 248/311 224/30,32,39
• US Class Current: 222/146.6
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/20 of flexible material; Collapsible or stackable cups
• CPC Class Codes: B62J 11/04 for bottles
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/082 disposed in a cold storage element not forming part of a container for products to be cooled, e.g. ice pack or gel accumulator
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/0842 inside the beverage contained in a bottle, can, drinking glass, pitcher or dispenser
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2303/0844 above the product
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2331/803 Bottles
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 3/08 portable, i.e. adapted to be carried personally
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 31/007 Bottles or cans

Abstract

A drinking utensil includes a container having flexible walls and a conduit extending into the container. A valve is applied to the conduit to control the flow of a beverage which is dispensed when a pressure is applied to the flexible walls of the container. A capsule that contains a refrigerant is insertable in the container to keep the liquid contents of the container cool. The capsule is removable from the utensil for freezing the refrigerant.

Claims

1. A drinking utensil enabling a refrigerated beverage contained therein to be controllably dispensed under pressure therefrom, comprising a container having resiliently flexible walls, conduit means extending through one of the container walls for conducting the beverage, and valve means on said conduit means for controlling the flow of beverage therethrough, said valve means being in the form of a port and a dispensing tube pivotally attached adjacent said port, said dispensing tube capable of being pivotally rotated in a plane lying axially of said container to a position where said port and said tube are in communication with one another and alternatively to a position where said port is blocked by the wall of said tube, said dispensing tube including a bend in its length enabling the tube to lie against the walls of said container when said tube is rotated to said alternative position, thereby affording a directed discharge at an angle to the axis of said container when said port and said tube are in communicaTion with one another and a compact collapsed configuration of the utensil when said tube is rotated to said alternative position;

said utensil further comprising a capsule removably inserted in said container in heat exchange relation with the contained beverage, said capsule containing a non-toxic, non-volatile, aqueous solution having a freezing point below the freezing point of water and said capsule being removable from said utensil for the freezing of said solution.

2. The utensil in accordance with claim 1 wherein said conduit means extends inwardly of said container substantially to the wall of said container opposite the wall through which said conduit means enters said container.

3. The utensil in accordance with claim 1 wherein said container, conduit means, and valve means are of polyethylene.

4. The utensil in accordance with claim 1 further including the combination of a holder for attaching the utensil to a vehicle, said holder having a girdle encircling the utensil and ears and a foot retaining the utensil within the girdle, said holder further including clamp means for attaching the combination of holder and utensil to the frame of the vehicle.