Petcup

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 11454387
  • Patent Number
    11,454,387
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, January 7, 2021
    3 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, September 27, 2022
    2 years ago
  • Inventors
    • Johnwell; Phillip Eugene (Santa Rosa, CA, US)
  • Examiners
    • Sember; Thomas M
Abstract
Petcup is a new product that works as a thermo beverage cup and turned up-side down works as a portable lamp/worklight. As a hot or cold beverage cup the light can be turned on before you set it on the table giving Petcup a one-of-a-kind look. When not being used as a beverage cup, it's a portable lamp/worklight that's light-weight and can go anywhere. You can twist the top and bottom off to wash or just twist the bottom off to change the batteries. Petcup is the only cup/lamp in the world and the only cup with a dual-use as a portable lamp.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO THE DRAWINGS


FIG. 1 is front view of the Petcup.



FIG. 2 is a view of the Petcup from a different angle showing the light/lamp part at the bottom of the Cup.







DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Petcup 1. The Hot/cold Thermo cup 1 includes a spill proof lid 5 attached to a top of the cup 1. The light adapter 2 encloses at least one battery and a light source. A bottom surface of the light adapter 2 includes a tap light switch 6. The switch 6 turns light source on and off based on a tapping motion of a user. The light adapter 2 unscrews from the bottom of the cup 1 for replacing the at least one battery. The adapter 2 further includes a plurality of casters or cup feet 3 extending downward from the bottom surface of the adapter 2. The cup feet 3 space the bottom surface of the adapter 2 from a working surface and prevents accidentally activating the tap light switch 6 and thus conserves battery power is a thermos cup that keeps hot drinks hot and cold drinks cold. With the light on it's a unique cup/ornament that nobody has seen before in their life. Petcup 1 has three casters 3 on the bottom, and an adapter 2 for connecting the bottom 4 with the Petcup 1.


If you have a cup of coffee and sit down and place this cup on a table with the light on, everybody is going to be looking at this cup because it's different and they have never seen another like it.


When not being used as a cup, Petcup, when upside down, can be used as a portable lamp and can be used as a portable work light.


By taking the spill proof top off you turn the cup upside down and it works as a portable lamp or a portable work light.


If PG&E turns off the electricity Petcup is a portable emergency lamp. Even your kids know where to find a cup. It's a great portable work light for in the attic or under the kitchen sink. For car troubles at night . . . it's a great portable work light for under the car or under the hood of a car.


Petcup is a good utility light for camping. It's a lamp in a tent as well as a cup. If you are camping you can sure use both of these.


It's a thermal cup . . . it's a portable lamp or nightlight . . . it's a portable work light and it's the only one of its kind.


The bottom 4 of the cup can be twisted off to change the batteries.


When the cup is placed on its side, it can also be used as an emergency light. Maybe you get a flat tire at night. Petcup takes the place of a flare.


When placed upside down, Petcup is as a portable lamp . . . for wherever you need a light.


When Petcup is on a countertop with the light at the bottom on, Petcup is a work of art in that it's the only cup of its kind.


Petcup can contain a cold beverage or a hot beverage such as coffee. Regardless what you put in it, it still out shines any other cup. If you are not using Petcup for a beverage, it still can be used for something else . . . a portable lamp, a portable work light . . . an emergency light. No other cup can do that.

Claims
  • 1. An illuminated Hot/cold Thermo cup comprising a spill proof lid attached to a top of the cup and a light adapter attached to a bottom of the cup; said light adapter enclosing at least one battery and a light source, a bottom surface of said light adapter includes a tap light switch, said switch turns the light source on and off based on a tapping motion of a user, said light adapter unscrews from the bottom of the cup so as to easily replace said at least one battery, said adapter further includes a plurality of casters or cup feet extending downward from the bottom surface of the adapter for spacing the bottom surface from a working surface and preventing accidentally activating the tap light switch, and wherein when said thermo cup is inverted and the spill proof lid is removed the cup functions as a portable night light or work light.
US Referenced Citations (4)
Number Name Date Kind
4922355 Dietz May 1990 A
5119279 Makowsky Jun 1992 A
10234131 Lee Mar 2019 B2
20140300273 LeBrun Oct 2014 A1
Related Publications (1)
Number Date Country
20210325033 A1 Oct 2021 US
Provisional Applications (2)
Number Date Country
63101100 Apr 2020 US
63103100 Jul 2020 US