Patent Application
20250128873
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The disclosure relates to beverage container devices and more particularly pertains to a new beverage container device for securing a beverage container to a variety of surfaces. The device includes a canister which can insertably receive a beverage container and the canister has a stem slot and a base slot to accommodate a stem and a base of a wine glass to facilitate the wine glass to be slid laterally into or out of the canister. The device includes a plurality of anchors that are each affixable to the canister and which each has a unique supporting element for either penetrating the ground or suctionally engaging a support surface or floating in a body of water.
The prior art relates to beverage container devices including a variety of buoyant beverage containers for floating a beverage container and a variety of beverage holders that have slots for accommodating a stem and a base of a wine glass and a beverage holder that has a slot to accommodate a handle of a coffee mug. In no instance does the prior art disclose a beverage holder that includes a canister which has slots to accommodate a stem and a base of a wine glass and a plurality anchors that are each affixable to the canister for supporting the canister on a variety of support surfaces or to float the canister.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a canister that has a top end which is open to insertably receive a beverage container. A stem slot extends through the canister to accommodate a stem of a wine glass and the canister has a base slot extending through the canister to accommodate a base of the wine glass. The canister has a locking slot extending into the canister. A first anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a spike extends downwardly from the first anchor to penetrate a support surface for securing the canister to the support surface. A second anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a suction sup extends downwardly from the second anchor for securing the canister to a support surface. A third anchor is insertable into the locking slot and a buoyant float extends downwardly from the third anchor to float in a body of water.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The canister 12 has a locking slot 28 extending into the canister 12 and the canister 12 has a bottom wall 30 and an outer wall 32 extending upwardly from the bottom wall 30. The canister 12 has a partition 34 that is positioned closer to the bottom wall 30 than the top end 14 of the canister 12. Additionally, the partition 34 lies on a plane that is oriented parallel to the bottom wall 30 such that the beverage container 16 or the base 26 of the wine glass 22 rests on the partition 34. The outer wall 32 curls inwardly adjacent to the top end 14 such that an opening 38 defined by the top end 14 has a lesser diameter than a diameter of the outer wall 32.
The stem slot 18 extends through the outer wall 32 and the stem slot 18 extends from the top end 14 of the outer wall 32 toward the partition 34. The base slot 24 extends through the outer wall 32 and the base slot 24 intersects a bottom end 38 of the stem slot 18 having the base slot 24 being perpendicularly oriented with the stem slot 18 such that the stem slot 18 and the base slot 24 form a T shape. The base slot 24 is positioned closer to the partition 34 of the canister 12 and the top end 14 of the outer wall 32 of the canister 12. The locking slot 28 has a first section 40 extending through the outer wall 32 of the canister 12. The first section 40 is positioned closer to the bottom wall 30 than the partition 34 and the first section 40 is oriented parallel to the bottom wall 30. The locking slot 28 has a second section 42 extending through the outer wall 32 of the canister 12 and the bottom wall 30 of the canister 12. The second section 42 extends downwardly from and is perpendicularly oriented with the first section 40 and the second section 42 extends substantially across the bottom wall 30 of the canister 12.
A first anchor 44 is insertable into the locking slot 28 in the canister 12 thereby affixing the canister 12 to the first anchor 44. The first anchor 44 has a spike 46 extending downwardly from the first anchor 44 to penetrate a support surface 48 for securing the canister 12 to the support surface 48. In this way the beverage container 16 or wine glass 22 is inhibited from tipping when the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 is in the canister 12.
A second anchor 50 is insertable into the locking slot 28 in the canister 12 thereby affixing the canister 12 to the second anchor 50. The second anchor 50 has a suction cup 52 extending downwardly from the second anchor 50 which can be compressed against a support surface 54 to suctionally engage the support surface 54. In this way the canister 12 is secured to the support surface 54 thereby inhibiting the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 from tipping when the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 is in the canister 12. The support surface 54 upon which the suction cup 52 is compressed may be a tabletop, for example, or other type of rigid support surface.
A third anchor 56 is insertable into the locking slot 28 in the canister 12 thereby affixing the canister 12 to the third anchor 56. The third anchor 56 has a buoyant float 58 extending downwardly from the third anchor 56. In this way the buoyant float 58 can float in a body of water 60 thereby floating the canister 12 in the body of water 60. In this way the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 is inhibited from tipping when the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 is in the canister 12. The body of water 60 may be a swimming pool, for example, or other body of water commonly associated with recreational activities.
Each of the first anchor 44, the second anchor 50 and the third anchor 56 has a top member 62 and a bottom member 64 extending downwardly from and being perpendicularly oriented with the top member 62 such that each of the first anchor 44 and the second anchor 50 and the third anchor 56 has a T shape. The top member 62 of a respective one of the first anchor 44 or the second anchor 50 or the third anchor 56 is insertable into the first section 40 of the locking slot 28. Additionally, the bottom member 64 of a respective one of the first anchor 44 or the second anchor 50 or the third anchor 56 is insertable into the second section 42 of the locking slot 28.
The spike 46 is coupled to and extends downwardly from a lower surface 66 of the bottom member 64 of the first anchor 44. The spike 46 tapers to a point at a distal end 68 of the spike 46 with respect to the lower surface 66 and the spike 46 is centrally located along the bottom member 64 of the first anchor 44. The suction cup 52 has a top end 70 and a lower end 72 and the suction cup 52 flares outwardly between the top end 70 and the lower end 72. The top end 70 of the suction cup 52 is coupled to a lower surface 66 of the bottom member 64 of the second anchor 50 and the suction cup 52 is centrally located along the bottom member 64 of the second anchor 50.
The buoyant float 58 has a panel portion 74 that is surrounded by a ring portion 76. An upper surface 78 of the panel portion 74 is attached to the lower surface 66 of the bottom member 64 of the third anchor 56 such that the ring portion 76 surrounds the third anchor 56. Furthermore, the buoyant float 58 is substantially hollow to facilitate buoyancy of the buoyant float 58. Additionally, the ring portion 76 has a diameter that is at least twice the diameter of the canister 12 thereby enhancing stability of the canister 12 along a vertical axis while the canister 12 is floating.
In use, either the first anchor 44 is attached to the canister 12 for stabilizing the canister 12 on the ground or the second anchor 50 is attached to the canister 12 to stabilize the canister 12 on a rigid support surface 54 or the third anchor 56 is attached to the canister 12 to float the canister 12 in a body of water 60. In this way either the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 can be placed in the canister 12 for storage while a beverage contained in either the beverage container 16 or the wine glass 22 is being enjoyed. Furthermore, the first anchor 44 or second anchor 50 or third anchor 56 ensures the canister 12 remains upright to inhibit the beverage container 16 or wine glass 22 from tipping. The stem slot 18 and the base slot 24 facilitate the wine glass 22 to be slid laterally into or out of the canister 12 rather than having to be lowered into or lifted out of the canister 12.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
