Patent Application
20170217752
Field of the Disclosure
The disclosure relates to collection devices and more particularly pertains to a new collection device for collecting beverage that drips from a beverage cooler.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a cooler that contains a beverage. The cooler has a spout to dispense the beverage from the cooler. The cooler is positioned on a support surface. A container is positioned beneath the cooler. The container captures beverage that leaks from the spout. Thus, the beverage is inhibited from dripping onto a floor.
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
As best illustrated in
A container 20 is positioned beneath the cooler 12 and the container 20 captures beverage 14 that leaks from the spout 16. Thus, the beverage 14 is inhibited from dripping onto a floor. The container 20 comprises a first panel 22 that has a top surface 24, a bottom surface 26 and a front edge 28. The bottom surface 26 may be positioned on the support surface 18 such that the bottom wall 18 of the cooler 12 rests on the top surface 24. Thus, the container 20 is retained on the support surface 18.
A second panel 30 is provided that has a forward surface 32 and a back edge 34. The back edge 34 is hingedly coupled to the front edge 28. Thus, the second panel 30 may hang downwardly from the support surface 18 when the first panel 22 is positioned beneath the cooler 12. The second panel 30 forms a selected angle with respect to the first panel 22.
A cup 36 is coupled to the forward surface 32 of the second panel 30. The cup 36 has a top end 38 and the top end 38 is open. The top end 38 is aligned with the spout 16 when the first panel 22 is positioned beneath the cooler 12. Thus, the top end 38 captures the beverage 14 dripping from the spout 16. The cup 36 is spaced from the first panel 22 to facilitate a vessel 40 to be positioned between the spout 16 and the cup 36. Thus, the vessel 40 may be filled with the beverage 14.
In an alternative embodiment 42 as shown in
In use, the first panel 22 is placed on the support surface 18. The first panel 22 is positioned adjacent to an outer edge 50 of the support surface 18. Thus, the second panel 30 hangs downwardly from the outer edge 50. The bottom wall 18 of the cooler 12 is positioned on the first panel 22. The cooler 12 is manipulated to align the spout 16 with the top end 38 of the cup 36. The vessel 40 is positioned between the cup 36 and the spout 16 when the vessel 40 is filled with the beverage 14. The cup 36 collects beverage 14 that drips from the spout 16 when the vessel 40 is filled.
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, system 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.
