Patent Application
20180153322
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The disclosure and prior art relates to cups and more particularly pertains to a new cup for dual use as a megaphone.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an annular wall that extends from a bottom to a top. The top is open. A plurality of perforations is positioned in the bottom. The perforations are interconnected and define a removable section of the bottom. A tab is flexibly coupled to a lower face of the removable section. The bottom and the annular wall define a vessel that is configured to position a consumable item. The tab is configured to position transverse to the removable section so that the tab is configured to grasp and pull. The perforations are configured to separate so that the removable section is detached from the bottom. The vessel is reconfigured to use as a megaphone.
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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A recess 22 is positioned in the annular wall 12 and defines an upper section 24 and a lower section 26 of the vessel 18. The lower section 26 is circumferentially complementary to a standard holder for a beverage container.
A plurality of perforations 28 is positioned in the bottom 14. The perforations 28 are interconnected and define a removable section 30 of the bottom 14. The perforations 28 are configured to separate so that the removable section 30 is selectively detachable from the bottom 14. The vessel 18 is reconfigured to use as a megaphone 40.
In one embodiment, the perforations 28 are partial so that the vessel 18 is configured to position a beverage. In another embodiment, the perforations 28 extend into the bottom 14 from a lower face 32 of the bottom 14. In yet another embodiment, the perforations 28 are positioned around a circumference 34 of the bottom 14. In this embodiment, the removable section 30 is dimensionally equivalent to the bottom 14.
A tab 36 is flexibly coupled to the lower face 32 of the removable section 30. The tab 36 is configured to position transverse to the removable section 30. The tab 36 is configured to grasp and pull. In one embodiment, the tab 36 comprises a ring 38 such that at least of portion of a digit on a hand of a user is insertable into the ring 38. In another embodiment, the ring 38 is substantially squarely shaped.
In use, the vessel 18 is configured to position a consumable item. The tab 36 is configured to position transverse to the removable section 30. The tab 36 is configured to grasp and pull. The perforations 28 are configured to separate. The removable section 30 is detached from the bottom 14. The vessel 18 is reconfigured to use as the megaphone 40.
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.
