The present embodiment relates to a hot beverage container, and in particular to a hot beverage container apparatus which transfers the heat by convection from the stored liquid contents to a food product placed on a planar lid surface.
Today many popular diners, drive-ins, and convenience stores offer a variety of hot beverages to their customers. Further, many popular coffee and tea shops allow consumers to bring in a traditional beverage container, to be filled with their favorite hot liquid. Many of these consumers quickly grab their beverage container and a popular pastry, and consume their products “on the go.”
During the winter months, many of these beverage containers find further utility as hand warmers, as users tightly grip their sidewalls to absorb as much warmth from the stored liquid as possible. However, the ability to retain and transfer heat is highly dependent on the thickness and composition of the material.
Though there are many different disposable beverage containers with varying configured lids designed to keep a liquid warmer for a prolonged period, there is not a single reference that provides a beverage container which transfers the heat from the stored liquid to a food product.
Embodiments described herein include a pastry warming beverage container apparatus. The apparatus is composed of a uniformly thick porcelain material, which provides thermal conductivity through convection from the stored liquid contents to an integrated uniform planar lid surface, which provides even heat transfer to a food product selectively placed on top of the planar lid surface. The embodiments provide a beverage container composed of a material with a high heat transfer coefficient, which includes an integrated planar lid surface and at least one aperture, which absorbs the radiant heat from the liquid and transfers it to the food product, while simultaneously enabling a person to drink the stored liquid contents.
Other aspects, advantages, and novel features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings.
A more complete understanding of the present embodiments, and the attendant advantages and features thereof, will be more readily understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings wherein:
The specific details of the single embodiment or variety of embodiments described herein are set forth in this application. Any specific details of the embodiments are used for demonstration purposes only and no unnecessary limitations or inferences are to be understood therefrom.
The present embodiment relates to a pastry warming beverage container apparatus. The apparatus provides a beverage container for hot liquids, including an integrated planar lid surface which is configured to enable conductive heat transfer medium from the stored liquid contained within the beverage container to the food item, which is selectively placed on top of the planar lid surface. The apparatus enables a user to keep a food product warm while simultaneously drinking their favorite beverage. For example, the apparatus allows a “person on the go” to fill their beverage container at their favorite coffee, convenience store, or breakfast shop with their preferred hot beverage, place a food item such as a pastry, bagel, or breakfast sandwich on the lid surface of the apparatus, and have a warm, delicious meal when they arrive at their destination without compromising aroma or flavor, which is lost when a food cools. A user may operate the apparatus by simply filling the beverage container with a hot stored liquid, placing the food product onto the planar lid surface for a period of time, and enjoying the food product once it has reached its desired temperature. Simultaneously, the user is able to drink or refill the container at any point through the aperture found in the planar lid surface.
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It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited to what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. In addition, unless mention were made above to the contrary, it should be noted that all of the accompanying drawings are not to scale. A variety of modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings without departing from the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application No. 62/214,235, titled “Beverage Container with Warming Plate” filed on Sep. 8, 2015 by the same inventor Thomas Medwin.