AU2017101811A4

AU2017101811A4 - Container and container assembly having the same

Info

Publication number: AU2017101811A4
Application number: AU2017101811A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Chin-Yuan Hsiao; Chih Hung Kao
Original assignee: Highplus International Co Ltd
Current assignee: Highplus International Co Ltd
Priority date: 2017-12-28
Filing date: 2017-12-28
Publication date: 2018-02-01
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-28

Abstract

A container assembly has a first container (20) and a second container (10). The first container (20) has a body and a hollow protrusion (22). The body has a receiving space (24). The hollow protrusion (22) is formed on and 5 protrudes from a bottom of the receiving space (24) to form a connection recess (223) and a bottom opening (221). The second container (10) is detachably combined with the first container (20) and has a body and a protrusion (12). The body of the first container (20) has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body of the second container (10). The body of the first container (20) has a 10 height smaller than a height of the body of the second container (10). The protrusion (12) of the second container (10) has a top inserted into the connection recess (223) in the body of the first container (20).

Description

CONTAINER AND CONTAINER ASSEMBLY HAVING THE SAME 1. Field of the Utility model

The present utility model relates to a container, and more particularly to a container and a container assembly having the same. 2. Description of Related Art

To buy food and drink at the same time, a user has to hold a container containing the food with one hand and hold a container containing drink with the other hand. To eat the food, the container containing the drink has to be put down first, so this is inconvenient in use.

Taiwan Utility Model No. M457704, entitled “ Cap Container” (hereafter referred to as the ‘704 Patent) discloses a container that can be combined with a bottle and contain food inside. The container of the ‘704 Patent has an annular receiving recess for containing food inside and an engaging portion adapted to combine with a bottle. Accordingly, the container can be combined with a bottle to serve as a cap for the bottle and can contain food, such as popcorns inside, so that the user can eat the food and drink at the same time.

However, the conventional container can only be applied to contain the food that is not applied with source, such as popcorns. To contain the food that is usually applied with source, such as fries, potato chips, or chicken nuggets, an additional container for the source is necessary. When seeing a movie and eating food such as fries, potato chips or chicken nuggets at the same time, the user has to hold the container containing the source with one hand and takes the food to eat with the other hand. When eating in this way, the container containing the source is put on the armrest. Accordingly, the conventional container is not convenient in use.

To overcome the shortcomings, the present utility model tends to provide a container assembly to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.

The main objective of the utility model is to provide a container assembly that can contain food and source at the same time.

The container assembly has a first container and a second container. The first container has a body and a hollow protrusion. The body has a receiving space defined in the body and a top opening defined in a top of the body and communicating with the receiving space. The hollow protrusion is formed on and protrudes from a bottom of the receiving space to form a connection recess in the hollow protrusion and a bottom opening in a bottom of the body and communicating with the connection recess. The second container is detachably combined with the first container and has a body and a protrusion. The protrusion is formed in the body. The body of the first container has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body of the second container. The body of the first container has a height smaller than a height of the body of the second container. The protrusion of the second container has a top inserted into the connection recess in the body of the first container, and thereby the first container is located at a central portion on a top of the second container after the first container is combined with the second container.

Other objects, advantages and novel features of the utility model will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Fig. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model;

Fig. 2 is another exploded perspective view of the container assembly in

Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional side view of the container assembly in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an operational side view in partial section of the container assembly in Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is an operational side view in partial section of a second embodiment of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model;

Fig. 6 is an operational side view in partial section of a third embodiment of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model;

Fig. 7 is a bottom view of another embodiment of a second container of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model;

Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a fourth embodiment of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the container assembly in Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a further embodiment of a second container of a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model; and

Fig. 11 is a cross sectional side view of the second container in Fig. 10.

With reference to Figs. 1 to 3, a container assembly in accordance with the present utility model comprises a first container 20 and a second container 10.

The first container 20 may be formed as a bowl and comprises a body and a protrusion 22. The body has a receiving space 24 defined in the body and a top opening 241 defined in a top of the body and communicating with the receiving space 24. The protrusion 22 is hollow, and is formed on and protrudes from a bottom of the receiving space 24 to form a connection recess 223 in the hollow protrusion 22 and a bottom opening 221 in a bottom of the body and communicating with the connection recess 223. With the arrangement of the protrusion 22, the receiving space 24 is annular and is formed around the protrusion 22.

The second container 10 may be formed as a bowl and comprises a body and a protrusion 12. The body has a receiving space 14 defined in the body and a top opening 141 defined in a top of the body and communicating with the receiving space 14. The protrusion 12 is hollow, and is formed on and protrudes from a bottom of the receiving space 14 to form a bottom opening 121 in a bottom of the body. The protrusion 12 has a top. With the arrangement of the protrusion 12, the receiving space 14 is annular and is formed around the protrusion 12. The body of the first container 20 has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body of the second container 10, and the body of the first container 20 has a height smaller than a height of the body of the second container 10. Preferably, the diameter of the body of the first container 20 is larger than one fourth of and smaller than one third of the diameter of the body of the second container 10.

With reference to Fig. 3, the first container 20 is detachably combined with the second container 10. The shape of the connecting recess 223 of the first container 20 corresponds to the shape of the protrusion 12 of the second container 10. The protrusion 12 of the second container 10 has a length longer than a length of the protrusion 22 of the first container 20. Accordingly, the top of the protrusion 12 of the second container 10 can be inserted into the connection recess 223 of the first container 20, and the first container 20 is located at a central portion on a top of the second container 10 after the first container 20 is combined with the second container 10.

Because the diameter of the body of the first container 20 is in the range of one third and one fourth of the body of the second container 10, the first container 20 can only cover part of the top opening 141 of the body of the second container 10. In use, food, such as fries, potato chips or chicken nuggets can be put in the receiving space 14 in the second container 10, and source, such as ketchup or sweet and sour source can be put in the receiving space 24 in the first container 20. Accordingly, a user can take the food in the second container 10 to dip the food in the source in the first container 20.

With reference to Figs. 2, 3, and 7, the body of the second container 10 further has an engagement portion 16 formed on the bottom of the body of the second container 10 to connect the second container 10 with beverage containers of different diameters. The engagement portion 16 is composed of multiple engaging recesses 161, 163, 165 of different diameters to form the engagement portion 16 as a stepped recess. Preferably, the engagement portion 16 comprises a first engaging recess 161 applied to connect with a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle, a second engaging recess 163 applied to connect with an aluminum can, and a third engaging recess 165 applied to connect with a beverage cup. In addition, the protrusion 12 of the second container 10 has a through hole 125 defined through the top of the protrusion 12 of the second container 10 and communicating with the bottom opening 121. The protrusion 22 of the first container 20 has at least one slit 225 defined in the top of the protrusion 22 of the first container 20 at a position corresponding to the through hole 125 in the protrusion 12 of the second container 10. Accordingly, a straw can be inserted into the slit 225 and the through hole 125 and then into the bottle or cup connected with the container assembly in accordance with the utility model.

With reference to Figs 2 and 3, each engaging recess 161, 163, 165 of the engagement portion 16 has multiple engaging ribs 166, 167, 168, 169 formed on an inner surface of the engaging recess 161, 163, 165. Preferably, the engaging ribs 167 in the first engaging recess 163 are laterally formed on the inner surface of the engaging recess 163. The engaging ribs 167, 169 in the second or third engaging recess 163, 165 are longitudinally or laterally formed on the inner surface of the engaging recess 163, 165. With the arrangement of the engaging ribs 166, 167, 168, 169, the container assembly can be connected securely with a beverage container. With reference to Fig. 7, in another embodiment of the second container 10, each engaging rib 169 in each engaging recess 161, 163, 165 is an engaging knob. With reference to Figs. 10 and 11, each engaging rib 166 in each engaging recess 161, 163, 165 is longitudinally formed on the inner surface of the engaging recess 161, 163, 165 and has a length, a top end, and a bottom end. The length of the engaging rib 166 is smaller than a distance between a top edge and a bottom edge of the engaging recess 161, 163, 165. The top end of the engaging rib 166 extends to the top edge of the engaging recess 161, 163, 165, and the bottom end is provided with a protruding block extending toward a center of the engaging recess. With such an arrangement, only one engaging recess can be implemented to be applied to connect with different bottles of similar diameters.

With reference to Fig. 4, the first engaging recess 161 has a diameter equal to that of the bottle mouth of a PET bottle, and the lateral engaging ribs 167 correspond to and are selectively engaged with a thread on the PET bottle. The bottle mouth of the PET bottle can be inserted into the first engaging recess 161 and is engaged with the lateral engaging ribs 167. A straw 40 can be inserted into the slit 225 in the first container 20 and into the PET bottle via the through hole 125 in the second container 10 to drink the beverage in the PET bottle. Accordingly, a user can hold the PET bottle with one hand, and take the food in the second container 10 to dip the food in the source in the first container 20 with the other hand.

With reference to Fig. 5, the second engaging recess 163 has a diameter equal to that of an aluminum can. The aluminum can can be inserted into the second engaging recess 163 and is engaged with the lateral and longitudinal engaging ribs 167, 169. A straw 40 can be inserted into the aluminum can via the slit 225 and the through hole 125 to drink the beverage in the aluminum can. Accordingly, a user can eat the food in the second container 10 and drink the beverage in the aluminum can at the same time.

With reference to Figs. 8 and 9, the container assembly in accordance with the utility model can be combined with a lid 30. The lid 30 comprises a lid body 32 and a tab 34. The tab 34 is formed on and protrudes from a periphery of the lid body 32 and has a through hole 36 defined through the tab 34. The lid 30 can be attached to the top of the body of the second container 10 to cover the top openings 141, 241 of the first and second containers 10, 20 to keep the food and source in the containers from falling or spilling out of the containers 10, 20. To detach the lid 30 from the second container 10, the tab 34 is held by the user with two fingers and is pulled. After the food in the second container 10 is all eaten, the lid 30 can be attached to the second container 10 again. Consequently, the container assembly with the lid 30 can be hung on the straw with the through hole 36 in the tab 34. The container assembly with the lid 30 can be easily detached from the straw and can be thrown into a trash can.

Claims

The claims defining the utility model are as follows:

1. A container, characterized in that the container comprises: a body having a receiving space defined in the body; and a top opening defined in a top of the body and communicating with the receiving space; and a hollow protrusion formed on and protruding from a bottom of the receiving space to form a connection recess in the hollow protrusion and a bottom opening in a bottom of the body and communicating with the connection recess.
2. A container assembly, characterized in that the container assembly comprises: a first container having a body having a receiving space defined in the body; and a top opening defined in a top of the body and communicating with the receiving space; and a hollow protrusion formed on and protruding from a bottom of the receiving space to form a connection recess in the hollow protrusion and a bottom opening in a bottom of the body and communicating with the connection recess; and a second container detachably combined with the first container and having a body; and a protrusion formed in the body of the second container, wherein the body of the first container has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body of the second container; the body of the first container has a height smaller than a height of the body of the second container; and the protrusion of the second container has a top inserted into the connection recess in the body of the first container, and thereby the first container is located at a central portion on a top of the second container after the first container is combined with the second container.
3. The container assembly as claimed in claim 2, wherein the diameter of the body of the first container is larger than one fourth of and smaller than one third of the diameter of the body of the second container.
4. The container assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the body of the second container further has an engagement portion formed on a bottom of the body of the second container; and the engagement portion is composed of multiple engaging recesses of different diameters to form the engagement portion as a stepped recess.
5. The container assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein each engaging recess of the engagement portion has multiple engaging ribs formed on an inner surface of the engaging recess.