Glass drinking vessel with a bottom ornament

• US 6,066,021 A
• Filed: 03/23/1998
• Issued: 05/23/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vincent Kuo Wei Lee
• Original Assignee: Vincent Kuo Wei Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Vincent Kuo Wei
• Primary Examiner(s): Muir, D. Neal
• Application Number:
  US09/045,855
• Time in Patent Office: 792 Days
• Field of Search: 446/77, 446/74, 446/267, 215/6, 215/383, 215/374, 215/386, 215/396, D 7/515, D 7/536, D 7/537
• US Class Current: 446/77
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2227 with means for amusing or giving information to the user A47G23/16 takes precedence

Abstract

A glass drinking vessel includes a bottom or base portion which defines a clear bottom space with a downward-facing opening into which a clear liquid ornament is precisely fitted and mounted by means of clear resin adhesive. The liquid ornament includes a closed and clear housing in which at least one type of liquid and at least one floating ornamental item are contained to provide a changing scene. The liquid ornament associated with the bottom portion of a glass drinking vessel makes the glass drinking vessel cute, interesting, and attractive.

Claims

1. A glass drinking vessel with a bottom ornament, comprising a container portion, a clear base portion below said container portion, and a liquid ornament;

said clear base portion being made of clear glass and defining a bottom space having a downward-facing opening;

said liquid ornament including a closed clear housing in which at least one type of liquid is contained, and said liquid ornament having dimensions and a shape that matches corresponding dimensions and a shape of said bottom space defined by said base portion and connected to said bottom space by means of a clear resin adhesive, said clear resin adhesive serving as an intermedium to maintain a transparency of said clear base portion.

2. A glass drinking vessel with bottom ornament as claimed in claim 1, wherein said liquid ornament is connected to said bottom space by applying said clear resin adhesive around a joint between a bottom surface of said liquid ornament and a bottom periphery of said base portion.

3. A glass drinking vessel with bottom ornament as claimed in claim 1, wherein said liquid ornament is connected to said bottom space by applying said clear resin adhesive on an inner surface of said bottom space.

4. A glass drinking vessel with bottom ornament as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bottom space further includes an ornamental item that floats in said liquid.

5. A glass drinking vessel with bottom ornament as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bottom space further includes an ornamental item that floats in said liquid.

7. A glass drinking vessel with bottom ornament as claimed in any of the above claims, wherein said base portion has a bottom periphery which always projects from a bottom surface of said liquid ornament to maintain said glass drinking vessel in a stable upstanding position.

6. A glass drinking vessel with a bottom ornament, comprising a container portion, a base portion below said container portion, and a liquid ornament;

said base portion being made of clear glass and defining a bottom space having a downward-facing opening;

said bottom space being closed by sealing a bottom cover thereto by means of ultrasonic heating, said bottom space containing at least two types of liquid, making said bottom space a liquid ornament at a bottom of said glass drinking vessel.