Cup on wheels

• US 5,873,763 A
• Filed: 05/13/1997
• Issued: 02/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: As Promotional Partners Pty Limited
• Original Assignee: As Promotional Partners Pty Limited
• Inventors: Morgan, Mathew David
• Primary Examiner(s): Hafer, Robert A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): FOSSUM, LAURA J
• Application Number:
  US08/854,990
• Time in Patent Office: 651 Days
• Field of Search: 446/71, 446/73, 446/74, 446/76, 446/78, 446/269, 446/431, 446/464, 446/470, 280/33.991-33.994, 248/98, 248/129, 188/4 R, 188/19, 188/9, 188/15, 188/25
• US Class Current: 446/78
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2227 with means for amusing or giving information to the user A47G23/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/50 Frames, stands, or wheels for dolls or toy animals
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 33/00 Other toys
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 7/02 by pushing or drawing
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 1/005 by locking of wheel or transmission rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 63/00 Brakes not otherwise provided for; Brakes combining more than one of the types of groups F16D49/00 - F16D61/00

Abstract

A movable container which includes a body with a lower portion, a middle portion, and a top portion. The top portion includes a cup, and at least one wheel is rotatably mounted on the lower portion of the body. The wheel contacts a support surface and rotates relative to the body causing the cup to move along the support surface. A brake system is mounted on the body adjacent the at least one wheel for engaging the at least one wheel and restricting rotation the wheel.

Claims

1. A movable container comprising:

a. a body having a lower portion, a middle portion, and a top portion, the top portion including a drinking cup;

b. at least one wheel rotatably mounted to the lower portion of the body wherein the wheel is adapted to contact a support surface and rotate relative to the body such that the cup moves along the support surface; and

c. brake means mounted to the body adjacent to the at least one wheel for restricting rotation of the at east one wheel, wherein an elongate support member is attached to the body and the brake means comprises a brake member slidably mounted on the elongate support member and movable along the support member between an operative position, wherein the brake member contacts the at least one wheel to restrict rotation thereof, and an inoperative position, wherein the brake member is remote from the at least one wheel.

2. A movable container according to claim 1 wherein there are two spaced apart wheels having side walls, the wheels being parallel and mounted for rotation about a common axis on either side of the support member, whereby the brake member engages the side walls of the two wheels in the operative position.

3. A movable container according to claim 2 wherein the drinking cup has a D-shaped handle, and the handle is the support member.

4. A movable container according to claim 1 wherein there are two wheels, each wheel having tread and being mounted on separate, parallel non-coaxial axes located on either side of the elongate support member, and the brake member is adapted to engage the tread of at least one wheel in the operative position.

5. A movable container according to claim 4 wherein the drinking cup has a D-shaped handle, and the handle is the support member.

6. A movable container comprising:

a. a body having a lower portion, a middle portion, and a top portion, the top portion including a drinking cup;

b. at least one wheel rotatable mounted to the lower portion of the body wherein the wheel is adapted to contact a support surface and rotate relative to the body such that the cup moves along the support surface and wherein the at least one wheel has spokes and tread; and

c. brake means for restricting rotation of the at least one wheel comprising a brake member mounted to the body adjacent to the at least one wheel, whereby the brake member is adapted to intermittently contact one of the spokes and the tread of the at least one wheel to stop rotation.