DE8912754U1 - Beverage can - Google Patents

Description

This case ref.: L 62/1

Beverage can

There are drinks machines on the market from which bottles or cans can be taken. The height of the slots in these machines is the same as the height of the bottles, so that there is dead space when cans are inserted.

The object of the invention is to create a beverage can which, on the one hand, allows for hygienic consumption of the beverage through an additive and, on the other hand, is equipped with an additional product and ( ) can be inserted into the beverage vending machines for bottles by utilizing the dead space that was previously usual.

This object is achieved according to the invention by an attachment head which is detachably held on a can front side by means of a plug-in and/or snap-in connection and which forms a filled or fillable receiving and drinking cup.

This cup-shaped attachment head can be formed in various geometric shapes, simply made from plastic and attached directly to the

I beverage can or with the interposition of a H additional cover detachably fix, whereby this

' Lid then when using the attachment head as

^ Drinking cup creates a stand.

In the attachment head fixed on the beverage can, y which with its open cup side of the beverage can

jf front side and thus an outward

closed hollow body, various additional products such as food, beverages, toys or the like can be accommodated, so that the

; Drinks can with top head offers the user a double

H Function, namely the removal of the drink and

W on the other hand, it enables the removal of the additional product

r> and the can with attachment head as a unit made of a

':■ can be taken from the machine.

The beverage can with the attachment head attached to it

i> has a maximum height equal to the height of a vending machine bottle

|, so that the subject matter of the invention in her-

>; conventional bottle drinks vending machines are introduced

^: : and thus fills the previously usual dead space.

This beverage container with attachment head and additional product contained therein provides the user with increased utility value with a simple and cost-effective design.

The drawing shows embodiments of the invention, which are explained in more detail below. It shows:

Fig. 1 a front view of a beverage can with a lid that can be removed by inserting it into the middle using a plug-in and/or snap-in connection

. held receiving and drinking cup in the

- half cut,

Fig. 2 a front view of the receiving and drinking cup removed from the beverage can and with the cup base locked into the lid, which has also been removed from the beverage can and turned 180", in section through the lid

Fig. 3 . a schematic front view of the beverage can with lid and cup in cylinder or battery head shape of the cup,

f Fig. 4 a schematic front view of the beverage can

with a truncated cone-shaped cup, which is held without a lid by a removable rim on the can.

A removable, filled or fillable attachment head (2, 3, 4) is held on one end of a commercially available beverage can (1) by means of a plug-in and/or snap-in connection, which forms a receiving and drinking cup.

This attachment head (2, 3, 4) can have a wide variety of hollow body shapes and can, for example, have a bottle neck shape (Fig. 1), a cylinder or battery head shape (Fig. 3) and a truncated cone shape (Fig. 4).

Furthermore, this attachment head (2, 3, 4) can be designed in the shape of a parking meter head, a pacifier, a rocket, a chess piece or the like.

As shown in Fig. 4, the cup-shaped attachment head (4) has a circumferential attachment edge (5) on its open cup edge with which it engages over the front end of the beverage can (1) and is removably held on the beverage can (1).

In a further embodiment, the attachment head (2, 3) is held removably on the beverage can (1) with the interposition of a lid (6), whereby this lid (6) has a locking strip (7) that runs around the circumference of the lid or is divided into sections, which extends on both sides (_ of the lid plane and on the one hand holds the open additional head edge (2a, 3a) in a locking connection and is furthermore locked onto the beverage can edge (1a) with the locking strip (7).

The locking bar (7) can have a wide variety of cross-sectional shapes.

Instead of the locking strip (7), the lid (6) can also be equipped with a plug-in strip, which is plugged onto the edge of the beverage can (1a) on the one hand and into which the attachment head (2, 3) is plugged with its edge (2a, 3a) on the other hand.

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Furthermore, the lid (6) is equipped with a plug-in and/or locking receptacle (8) in the center, into which the top-head (2, 3) can be inserted with a plug-in locking part (9) on the bottom opposite the edge (2a, 3a). This is done after removing the lid (6) from the beverage can (1) and after releasing the top-head (2, 3) from the lid (6) and by turning the top-head (2, 3) 180°, which is then its plug-in locking part (9) engages in the plug-in locking receptacle (8) of the cover (6) (see Fig. 2), whereby the cover (6) then provides the attachment head (2, 3) with a secure base.

The hollow attachment head (2, 3, 4) can be

additional product (10) so that in the the beverage can (1) fixed attachment head (2, 3, 4) this product (10) is already included and at

Removing the attachment head (2, 3, 4) from the beverage can (1)

this product (10) from the attachment head (2, 3, 4) can be removed.

Then, after opening the beverage can (1), the beverage can be poured into the attachment head (2, 3, 4) and drunk from the cup-shaped attachment head (2, 3, 4) with improved hygiene.

As an additional product (10), for example, food and luxury items in the form of biscuits, rusks, chocolate, pralines, sweets or the like, or a toy or a refreshing towel or other suitable products (10) associated with the corresponding drink can be provided.

The attachment head (2, 3, 4) and the lid (6) are each made of plastic parts.

The beverage can (1) and the removable attachment head (2, 3, 4) mounted on it with or without a lid (6) have a combined height of a maximum of one vending machine bottle

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so that this beverage can (1) with attachment head (2, 3, 4) can be inserted into the beverage vending machines.

The plug-in locking connection between the attachment head (2, 3) and the lid (6) can be designed as an engaging or overlapping connection, in that the attachment head (2, 3) engages with its edge (2a, 3a) in the locking strip (7) or overlaps it and furthermore, the plug-in locking part (9) of the attachment head (2, 3) can engage in the receptacle (8) of the lid (6) or overlap this receptacle (8).

Claims (1)

Protection claims 1. Drinks can, characterized by an attachment head (2, 3, 4) which is detachably held on one end of the can by means of a plug-in and/or snap-in connection and forms a receiving and drinking cup. r~ 2. Drinks can according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment head (4) resulting in a filled or fillable hollow body has a slip-on edge (5) formed on its open cup side, with which the attachment head (4) is detachably held when plugged onto the drinks can (1). 3. Drinks can according to claim 1, characterized in that the attachment head (2, 3) resulting in a filled or fillable hollow body is held removably on the front side of the drinks can O) with the interposition of a lid (6). \ 4. Drinks can according to claim 3, characterized in that the lid (6) has a plug-in and/or locking strip (7) that runs around the circumference or is divided into sections on the circumference, which extends on both sides of the lid plane and on the one hand receives the attachment head (2, 3) with its cup rim (2a, 3a) with a plug-in and/or locking connection and on the other hand is plugged onto the front edge of the drinks can (1) and/or is held detachably by being snapped on. • t * * 5. Drinks can according to one of claims 3 or 4, characterized in that the lid (6) has a molded-on plug-in and/or locking receptacle (8) in its center and the attachment head (2, 3) has a molded-on plug-in and/or locking part (9) on its head base opposite the cup rim (2a, 3a), with which the attachment head (2, 3) can be connected when the lid (6) is removed. /" can be inserted into the plug-in and/or locking receptacle (8). 6. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the drinks can (1) and the attachment head (2, 3, 4) releasably attached thereto together have a height that corresponds at most to the height of a vending machine bottle. 7. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the top head (2, 3, 4) and the lid (6) are each formed from a plastic part. \ &agr;. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the attachment head (2) has a bottle neck shape (Fig. 1 and 2). 9. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the attachment head (3) has a cylinder or battery head shape (Fig. 3). 10. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the attachment head (4) has a truncated cone shape (Fig. 4). • Cl 11 11. Drinks can according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the attachment head (2, 3, 4) has a parking meter head shape, a pacifier shape, a rocket shape, a chess piece shape or the like.