Patent Application
20230202718
There are no previously filed, nor currently any co-pending applications, anywhere in the world.
This application discloses claims and embodiments generally related to beverage can mouthpiece, and more particularly, a mouthpiece with a lip extension to minimize the drinker's contact with the surface. Further, by providing a plurality of color options, users may effectively differentiate between different beverage containers.
Numerous attempts have been made to improve the sanitation and safety of metal beverage cans. Consider that most warehouses store beverage containers in otherwise unsanitary conditions. By providing a medium between the user's mouth and the can, direct contact with the un-sanitized can surface is avoided and sanitation concerns are thereupon ameliorated.
In one embodiment, an apparatus that is fixably attachable to a beverage can comprising a body having an extruded body with two opposed ends, said first opposed end comprising a flexibly resilient snap fit, wherein said snap fit is removably attachable to a beverage can, and said second end comprising an elongated mouthpiece.
In another embodiment, an apparatus for extending the opening of a beverage can is described, the apparatus comprising a removable extrusion having a cross-section similar to a crescent; and two functional ends wherein said first end is attached to the opening of a can by a coupling means and said second end comprises an aperture for drinking the beverage.
For each of the embodiments, the first end comprises a shape that permits an air-tight fit therebetween the apparatus and the can for effective liquid transfer, and the body terminating at the snap fit section. In another embodiment of the first end, it is envisioned to supply a suitable fixing means comprising teeth that may be fixably detachable therebetween the can and the mouthpiece.
The advantages and features of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following more detailed description and claims taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which likely elements are identified with light symbols, and in which:
It will be readily understood that the components of the present invention, as generally described and illustrated in the figures herein, may be arranged and designed in a wide variety of different configurations. Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments, as represented in the attached figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the invention as claimed but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the invention.
The features, structures, or characteristics of the invention described throughout this specification may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. For example, the usage of the phrases “example embodiments”, “some embodiments”, or other similar language, throughout this specification refers to the fact that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment may be included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrases “example embodiments”, “in some embodiments”, “in other embodiments”, or other similar language, throughout this specification do not necessarily all refer to the same group of embodiments, and the described features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments.
