Combination beverage container and drinking vessel

• US 7,467,726 B1
• Filed: 06/02/2004
• Issued: 12/23/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valentin Izraelev
• Original Assignee: Valentin Izraelev
• Inventors: Izraelev, Valentin
• Primary Examiner(s): Weaver; Sue A
• Application Number:
  US10/859,676
• Time in Patent Office: 1,665 Days
• Field of Search: 215/376, 215/377, 215/396, 220/758, 220/737, 220/739, 220/311.3, 220/915.1, 248/311.2, 294/29, 294/30, 294/145, 294/146
• US Class Current: 215/396
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2255 Details related to the connection between the liquid containing part and the supporting part
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/06 with closable apertures at bottom
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 15/02 of curved, or partially curved, cross-section, e.g. cans, drums
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/001 Supporting means fixed to the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 23/104 Handles formed separately
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/249 the closure being specifically formed for supporting the container

Abstract

Beverage container which converts to offer mug-like presentation of the liquid contents. An open bottom container screwingly seals to the base of a cylindrical shaped handle member. The beverage container is inverted and the handle member is disengaged from the open bottom container. Subsequently, the neck area of the open bottom container is brought into engagement with the cylindrical shaped handle member to present an open mug-like beverage container. An alternate embodiment discloses a beverage container having deployable handles.

Claims

1. A convertible beverage container apparatus, comprising:

(a) a container having;

(i) first and second opposed open ends;

(ii) a cylindrical portion;

(iii) a neck portion disposed between said first open end and said cylindrical portion;

(iv) a flange adjacent to said first open end; and

(v) a threaded portion adjacent to said second open end;

(b) a handle member that is selectively and separately engageable with a non-dispensing one of said first and second open ends, said handle member having;

(i) a first portion having an inner surface that is circumferentially parallel and propinquit to an outer surface of said cylindrical portion of said container about at least 180°

circumference of said cylindrical portion, said first portion including a series of circumaxially spaced-apart circumferential grooves; and

(ii) a second portion having a first annular cavity that is threadably engageable with said threaded portion of said container and sealingly engageable with said second open end of said container, and a second cylindrical cavity having a locking groove disposed in a sidewall thereof for engagement with said flange of said container.

2. A convertible beverage container apparatus, comprising:

(a) a container having;

(i) first and second opposed open ends;

(ii) a cylindrical portion;

(iii) a neck portion disposed between said first open end and said cylindrical portion;

(iv) a flange adjacent to said first open end; and

(v) a threaded portion adjacent to said second open end;

(b) a handle member that is selectively and separately engagable with a non-dispensing one of said first and second open ends, said handle member having;

(i) a first portion having an inner surface that is circumferentially parallel and propinquity to an outer surface of said cylindrical portion of said container, and one or more deployable grips pivotally secured to said handle member along a longitudinal axis parallel to a container axis extending between said first and second open ends; and

(ii) a second portion having a first annular cavity that is threadably engagable with said threaded portion of said container and sealingly engagable with said second open end of said container, and a second cylindrical cavity having a locking groove disposed in a side wall thereof for engagement with said flange of said container.

3. A convertible beverage container apparatus as in claim 2 wherein said deployable grips each include a vertical member spaced-from said longitudinal axis, said vertical members being selectively engageable with one another when said deployable grips are in a deployed position.