Patent Application
20170050755
The disclosure relates to container devices and more particularly pertains to a new container device that may be used as a can or a cup.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a container that may contain a beverage. A lid is removably coupled to the container and a retainer is removably coupled to the lid. The retainer engages the container such that the lid is retained on the container. The retainer is selectively removed from the lid such that the lid is removable from the container.
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 peripheral wall 20 has a recessed portion 28. The recessed portion 28 extends inwardly toward a center 30 of the container 14. The recessed portion 28 extends around an entire circumference of the peripheral wall 20. The recessed portion 28 is spaced from the distal edge 22 and the recessed portion 28 has an upper bounding surface 32.
A lid 34 is removably coupled to the container 14 and the lid 34 includes a body portion 36 and a coupling portion 38. The body portion 36 has an extraneous edge 40 and the extraneous edge 40 is continuous such that the body portion 36 has a disk shape. The coupling portion 38 comprises a leg 42 and a foot 44 and the leg 42 extends upwardly from the body portion 36. The leg 42 is coextensive with the extraneous edge 40 and the foot 44 is spaced from the leg 42 to define a space 46 between the leg 42 and the foot 44. The distal edge 22 of the container 14 is positioned within the space 46 having the foot 44 abutting the outer surface 24 of the container 14 and the foot 44 has a mating edge 48.
The body portion 36 includes a flap 50 that is movably coupled to the body portion 36. A tab 52 is movably coupled body portion 36. The tab 52 may be manipulated such that the tab 52 urges the flap 50 into an open position thereby facilitating the beverage 16 to be consumed from the container 14. The flap 50 and the tab 52 may comprise a pop tab or the like utilized in the convention of soda cans.
A retainer 54 is removably coupled to the lid 34. The retainer 54 engages the container such that the lid 34 is retained on the container 14. The retainer 54 is selectively removed from the lid 34 such that the lid 34 is removable from the container 14. The retainer 54 has a first end 56, a second end 58 and an extraneous surface 60 extending between the first end 56 and the second end 58. The extraneous surface 60 has an upper edge 62 and a lower edge 64 and the extraneous surface 60 is curved between the upper edge 62 and the lower edge 64. The upper edge 62 is removably mated to the mating edge 48 of the foot 44. The retainer 54 extends inwardly along the upper bounding surface 32 of the recessed portion 28 such that the lid 34 is retained on the container 14.
A tab 66 is coupled to the retainer 54. The tab 66 may be manipulated such that the retainer 54 is removable from the lid 34 thereby facilitating the lid 34 to be removed from the container 14. The tab 66 extends downwardly from the lower edge 64 of the retainer 54 and the tab 66 is positioned adjacent to the first end 56 of the retainer 54. The upper edge 62 is separated from the mating edge 48 when the tab 66 is manipulated.
In use, the tab 52 on the lid 34 is manipulated to urge the flap 50 into the open position. Thus, the beverage 16 may be consumed from the container 14 in the convention of drinking a beverage from a soda can. The tab 66 on the retainer 54 is manipulated and the retainer 54 is removed from the lid 34. The lid 34 is removed from the container 14 and the beverage 16 may be consumed from the container 14 in the convention of drinking a beverage from a cup.
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.
