Patent Application
20110247667
The “Coffee Crutch” is a one piece molded coffee holder with a slot on one side to hold a coffee mug or cup with a handle, a travel mug with a handle, or a disposable coffee cup. The Coffee Crutch is tilted slightly to avoid spilling coffee on the crutch user's clothes while transporting the coffee on crutches, so that any spilled coffee will spill from the side of the holder which is located on the outside of the crutch. The Coffee Crutch is snapped onto the crutch via 2 c-shaped protrusions (6) on both sides of the holder, so that the holder sits in between the 2 crutch rails (1) of the crutch and does not interfere with the use of the crutch hand bar. The Coffee Crutch can carry coffee, beverages, and any number of other objects, around the home or office while on crutches, including a coffee mug or cup with a handle, a travel mug, a disposable coffee cup of any size, or any other type of bottle or beverage cup or container, or other small items and papers. The Coffee Crutch can be made out of molded plastic, rubber, or any other molded material which will snap onto the crutch.
The Coffee Crutch is a molded coffee holder open on both the top end and the bottom end (see
Any variety of other items can be carried in the coffee Crutch holder in addition to coffee mugs or cups, including canned drinks, Styrofoam, paper or plastic beverage holders, bottled beverages, water bottles or rolled or folded papers from trips to the mailbox or around the home or office, cell phones or other electronic hand held devices.
The Inventor was on crutches for approximately 4 months and needed to carry coffee to the office and around the home while on crutches without the use of hands, without relying on others to carry items for her, and with minimal spillage. With assistance from her 8 year old son Jack, who wants to be an inventor when he grows up, the Inventor used packing tape on her first day on crutches to hold a plastic cup holder from her son Jack's seat in the family van, and modified the holder to use temporarily while on crutches. The hope is to manufacture a simple “snap on” molded coffee holder for other coffee drinkers to use while on crutches for any period of time. The holder can be easily snapped on and off, and in fact, used on either or both crutches. The Coffee Crutch can be made out of molded plastic, rubber, or any other molded material which will snap onto the crutch. Jack and the Inventor are very excited about their first invention and Jack insisted that inventor file for a patent on the new invention created by her with her son Jack's assistance.
The Inventor was on crutches for over 4 months and needed to have her coffee every morning and to carry coffee to the office and around the home while on crutches without the use of hands, without relying on others to carry items for her, with minimal spillage, and which did not interfere with the use of the crutches or the crutch hand bar. With assistance from Inventor's 8 year old son Jack, who wants to be an inventor when he grows up, the Inventor used packing tape on her first day on crutches to hold a plastic cup holder from her son Jack's seat in the family van, and modified the holder to use temporarily while on crutches to carry Inventor's coffee to the office and around the home so that it would carry a mug or cup with a handle, a travel mug, and any disposable coffee cup of any size. The hope is to manufacture a simple “snap on” molded coffee mug and cup holder for all coffee drinkers to use while on crutches for any period of time. The holder can be easily snapped on and off, and in fact, used on either or both crutches, and can be made out of plastic, rubber, or any other molded material which will snap onto the crutch. Jack and Inventor are very excited about their first invention and Jack insisted that Inventor file for a patent on the new invention which was created by her with her son Jack's assistance. There are no prior art problems and no known references related to this invention.
This patent application is for a one piece molded coffee holder, made out of plastic, rubber, or any other molded material, which snaps onto the crutch by two c-shaped protrusions on each end of the holder so that the holder sits in between the 2 rails of the crutch and does not interfere with the use of the crutch hand bar or bump into the crutch user, and which will carry a coffee mug, cup or travel mug with a handle, as well as a disposable coffee cup of any size, or other beverage container or item while on crutches and without the use of hands to hold the beverage, and which is tilted slightly to minimize the spilling of coffee on the user of the crutches, and which has a vertical slot feature on one side to accommodate the handle of a coffee mug, cup or travel mug so that the coffee mug fits securely into the holder without falling out of the holder.
