EP3344556A1

EP3344556A1 - Drinking glass and combination of a beverage bottle and a drinking glass

Info

Publication number: EP3344556A1
Application number: EP16759774.9A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Jirko Bannas
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2015-09-03
Filing date: 2016-09-01
Publication date: 2018-07-11
Also published as: US20180244453A1; WO2017037164A1; DE202015104922U1; US11174087B2; DE102015114732B3

Abstract

The invention relates to a drinking glass, which contains a bottom (3) and a wall and can be detachably placed onto the upper end of a beverage bottle (1) in the opposite direction, wherein the wall of the drinking glass (2) at least partially surrounds the beverage bottle (1). According to the invention, the inside of the wall of the drinking glass (2) follows the outer wall of the beverage bottle (1) at a slight distance over the entire height of the drinking glass (2). The drinking glass is able to hold substantially the entire content of the beverage bottle. The drinking glass (2) can be fastened to and detached from the lower end of the beverage bottle at the opening rim of the drinking glass.

Description

Drinking glass and combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass

The invention relates to a drinking glass, which can be placed in the reverse direction on a beverage bottle, and a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass, in which the drinking glass can be detachably attached to a beverage bottle.

Beverage bottles, such as beer, wine or champagne bottles are either as individual bottles or in crates containing grid-shaped receiving compartments for example, 6, 12 or 24 bottles, or in cardboard carriers, in which usually 2-6 bottles are included , distributed.

To drink the contents of a bottle, glasses are usually used which must either be purchased separately or provided separately.

As a special sales promotion measure, it is also known to add a drinking glass to a drinks box completely filled with beverage bottles or to use a drinking glass instead of a bottle in the crate. The inclusion of a drinking glass to a fully filled crate is usually a hindrance, because if the glass is made of glass, this can also be easily broken.

In the packaging industry, it is also known to provide bottles with screw caps, which can also be used as a measuring cup. This is especially true in the field of detergents, liquid fertilizers or medical devices. Here, the screw caps used are provided with an elevated or pulled down edge, so that the screw caps can absorb measurable volumes of the contents of a bottle.

It is also known to distribute beverage bottles with slipped cup, for example in the form of thermoses, or according to the type mentioned in DE 87 15 991 Ul. Corresponding cups are often attached with a screw on the bottle itself, while the beverage bottle still own shutter has, which is covered in composite unit of beverage bottle and drinking cup through the drinking cup.

DE 10 2009 036 841 AI shows in Fig. 1 an upside down beverage bottle whose opening is screwed into the bottom of a drinking glass. To empty the bottle and transfer the content into the drinking glass, the beverage bottle is unscrewed from the drinking glass and pulled off to the top. As a result, the contents of the bottle in the beverage glass, which can then be used to drink like a standard glass.

A major disadvantage of this design is that the drinking glass can not be attached to factory-made closed standard bottles. Drinking glass and beverage bottle must therefore already be factory assembled, as a subsequent connection for logistical reasons is no longer possible. Another disadvantage is that the content of the beverage bottle should be completely filled in the drinking glass, so that no partial removal from the beverage bottle is possible.

DE 298 00 793 U1 shows a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass, in which a closure anchored to the bottom of the drinking glass serves to close an inserted beverage bottle. Again, the drinking glass must already be factory-connected with the beverage bottle. Another disadvantage of the design of the citation is also that a glass used once normally can not be placed back on the beverage bottle, as beverage residues would then run down the bottle surface along the bottle surface.

The invention has for its object to provide a drinking glass, which can be placed in the reverse direction detachably on the upper end of a beverage bottle, the shape of the beverage bottle is adapted and to absorb substantially the entire contents of a beverage bottle is capable of. The invention is further based on the object to provide a provided with a holder drinking glass and a combination of drinking glass and beverage bottle, which form a solid but detachable unit, and drinking glass and beverage bottle while volume and shape are adapted to each other. These objects are achieved by the invention defined in the independent claims. Advantageous developments of the invention are specified in subclaims.

The invention is based on a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass, in which the drinking glass containing a bottom and a wall can be placed reversibly on the upper end of a beverage bottle, and the wall of the drinking glass at least partially encloses the beverage bottle.

According to the invention, the inside of the wall of the drinking glass over virtually the entire height of the drinking glass of the outer wall of the beverage bottle follows at a small distance, wherein the drinking glass is substantially able to absorb the entire contents of the beverage bottle in the situation. The drinking glass can be fastened with its opening edge at the lower end of the beverage bottle and detachable from it.

In a further embodiment of the invention, the drinking glass in the region of the bottom inside a holder which is connectable to and detachable from the head of the beverage bottle, wherein the wall inside of the drinking glass over a substantial part of the height of the beverage bottle of the outer wall of the beverage bottle follows with a small distance and the clamping connection comprises projections that are flexible and engage behind the closure or a bead on the head of the beverage bottle.

In such a combination, the drinking glass is on the one hand firmly connected to the beverage bottle and embraces the beverage bottle to a substantial extent, so that a large part or preferably the entire content of the beverage bottle can be received in the drinking glass. On the other hand, the drinking glass of the beverage bottle is also easily solvable.

The fact that the inside wall of the drinking glass in the invention over a substantial part of the height of the beverage bottle follows the outer edge of the beverage bottle at a small distance, increases by slipping over the drinking glass on the Beverage bottle the total diameter of the combination only insignificantly, so that the combination is also readily usable in a receptacle of a crate.

If the attachment between drinking glass and beverage bottle by means of a clamping connection by means of webs or lamellae, the clamping connection overlaps a patch on the head of the beverage bottle closure and / or a bead on the top of the beverage bottle. The clamping force is preferably selected so that a lifting of the combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass is possible only by grasping the drinking glass.

Such a clamping connection is preferably formed by a plurality of webs, which are arranged in a circle on the bottom inside of the drinking glass. Alternatively, it is carried out by circumferentially separated from each other and projecting from the bottom inside slats, which embrace the head of the beverage bottle. When placing a provided with such a clamp connection drinking glass on a beverage bottle, the webs or lamellae are slightly pushed apart, so that they cause their terminal position by reaching their end position by their radial bias the clamp connection.

In this case, the webs or lamellae projecting from the bottom inside of the drinking glass have projections which are directed radially to the longitudinal axis of the drinking glass and engage behind the lower edge of the closure of the beverage bottle or a bead on the top of the beverage bottle. Thus, the holding force in the axial direction of the beverage bottle can be significantly improved. The projections are preferably designed bale-shaped or rounded, so that the clamping force can be overcome more easily.

To remove the drinking glass from the beverage bottle, the drinking glass is withdrawn in the longitudinal direction of the beverage bottle from her head, wherein the webs or lamellae of the terminal closure are stretched radially outward and thus release the drinking glass.

In a preferred alternative embodiment, the projections are disposed directly on the neck inside of the wall of the drinking glass waiving the webs or lamellae. The projections are either flexible or the drinking glass is designed compliant in this area, so that the projections can overlap the bead of a beverage bottle in such an embodiment.

Since the inside wall of the drinking glass follows only a small distance over a substantial part of the height of the beverage bottle of the outer wall of the beverage bottle, could easily form a vacuum when removing the drinking glass from the beverage bottle between the outer wall of the beverage bottle and the inner wall of the drinking glass, which is the removal of the drinking glass from the beverage bottle would make it more difficult. This can be advantageously prevented by the fact that the inner wall of the drinking glass contains a plurality of distributed on its inner circumference extending in the longitudinal or oblique direction web-like profiles projecting from the inner wall of the drinking glass and a fixed distance between the inner wall of the drinking glass and the outer wall of the beverage bottle define and thus create a space between drinking glass and beverage bottle, which prevents a vacuum.

Preferably, the distance between the opening edge of the drinking glass and the bottom side of the beverage bottle 1 - 2 cm. As a result, the bottom side of the beverage bottle can be held when removing the drinking glass and thus the clamping force between drinking glass and beverage bottle can be overcome.

According to a further preferred embodiment, a substantially flat lid is arranged on the bottom side of the beverage bottle, which contains a peripheral flange which engages around the lower edge of the beverage bottle. The opening edge of the attached to the beverage bottle drinking glass preferably abuts against the top of the flange, so that at the same diameter of the outer wall of the beverage glass and the flange no protrusion of the opening edge of the drinking glass is present. This avoids damage to the opening edge of the drinking glass when packaging and transporting such a combination.

The lid with flanged attachment is preferably fastened to the drinking glass by means of a circumferential band. This can both protect the opening edge of the drinking glass as well as meet the hygienic requirements. When using such a designed sales unit, therefore, the banderole is first withdrawn, then removed the bottom lid and removed after taking the lower end of the beverage bottle, the drinking glass from the top. The bottom lid can then be used in the manner of a beer mat. The flange of the lid can also be designed detachable from the lid, in particular by a perforation of the lid material.

The band also avoids unintentional separation of beverage bottle and drinking glass with reduced clamping force of the holder on the bottom of the drinking glass.

Instead of using a lid on the underside of the beverage bottle and the attachment of the drinking glass by means of banderole on the lid, the drinking glass according to the invention can also be attached directly to the beverage bottle by means of adhesive or adhesive tape or band. Again, the opening edge of the drinking glass is protected and drinking glass and beverage bottle are firmly connected. For this case, can be dispensed with a holder on the bottom inside of the drinking glass. Then the drinking glass is held only on adhesive or adhesive strips at the bottom of the beverage bottle. A grip area at the lower end of the beverage bottle is then not required, but to secure the opening edge of the drinking glass, it is preferred to provide 0.5 to 2 centimeters distance between the opening edge and the bottom side of the drinking glass.

Although the combination according to the invention can be used in particular in beer bottles, and in particular in white beer bottles, the use is not limited to such bottles, but the invention can be used in the same way for wine bottles, champagne bottles, Piccolo bottles or juice bottles. In this case, with the same basic construction, the shape and size of the drinking glass of the respective beverage bottle to adapt.

The invention is not limited to a particular type of closure, but it can be used for crown caps, screw caps or cork closures. In order to comply with the hygienic and food regulations, the drinking glass is preferably made of food-safe break-proof plastic material that can be made transparent, translucent or in different colors. The material is in particular PLA, PET, PP, PS. To be able to recognize the printing of the beverage bottle from the outside, a clear vitreous plastic material is preferred.

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to an embodiment. Show it:

1 is a representation of a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass according to a first embodiment,

2 shows a representation of a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass according to a second embodiment,

3 is a plan view of the bottom inside of the drinking glass,

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the bottom inside of a drinking glass in alternative

embodiment,

Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional view through a combination of beverage bottle and

Drinking glass along a line A-A of FIG. 2,

6 is a view according to FIG. 2 in the assembled state, FIG.

7 shows an embodiment with projections on the neck inside of a drinking glass,

Fig. 8 shows an embodiment of the drinking glass with detachable foot part, and

9 shows an embodiment of the drinking glass with lower attached foot part. In Fig. 1, a beverage bottle 1 is shown, which may be configured for example as a standard Weißbierflasche. It is designed cylindrical over a large part of its height and has at the top a neck 30 tapering towards the bottle head, which contains a bead 15 and at the opening a crown cap 14. The bottom of the bottle 16 is flat or provided with a slight indentation.

The drinking glass 2 follows in the wall shape substantially the shape of the beverage bottle 1, wherein the inner diameter of the drinking glass with a distance of 1 - 3 mm only slightly larger than the outer diameter of the beverage bottle 1. The bottom 3 of the drinking glass 2 has a printable Absteilfläche 33, the size of which can be designed differently, depending on the intended use. When used as champagne glass, the Absteilfläche can also be connected via a connecting stem with the drinking glass body 2.

The drinking glass can be almost completely guided in the opposite direction over the beverage bottle, as shown in Fig. 1. To connect drinking glass and beverage bottle is a peripheral Banderole 5 made of paper or plastic over the lower end of the outer wall 28 of the drinking glass with the opening edge 4 of the drinking bottle 2 and the lower end of the beverage bottle, the drinking glass 2 and beverage bottle 1 by adhesive or adhesive force connects and at the same time hygienically covers the opening edge 4 of the drinking glass. The band 5 can also be formed by individual horizontally or vertically directed strips, which may also be round or oval, or designed as a rubber boot. Furthermore, at the opening edge of the drinking glass and a flexible rubber or silicone ring between drinking glass and beverage bottle be introduced, which produces a holding connection between glass and beverage bottle.

In a still simpler embodiment, drinking glass 2 and beverage bottle 1 without holder and band can be connected as a unit by means of a shrink film.

To solve the drinking glass 2 of the beverage bottle 1, the band 5, which is provided with a grip tab, or the cuff is removed and the drinking glass 2 can then be easily removed from the beverage bottle 1. The volume of the drinking glass is designed such that the entire contents of the beverage bottle can be received therein.

FIG. 2 shows a connection of drinking glass 2 and beverage bottle 1 by means of a holder arranged in the bottom of the drinking glass.

To the bottom inside 13 of the drinking glass 2 are located to extend in the axial direction circumferentially distributed webs 6, 7, 8, which at their distal end radially inwardly directed lugs 10, 11, 12 contain. The webs are firmly connected to the bottom inside 13 of the drinking glass or an integral part of the drinking glass 2 and are slightly bendable in the radial direction. When such a drinking glass is pressed over a beverage bottle of the type shown, the webs 6 - 8 slightly expand outward and then overlap either only the bottle cap 14 or the bead 15 of the beverage bottle. Their lugs 10 - 12 thus engage behind the crown cap 14 or the bead 15 and hold in their final position the drinking glass by their tension firmly connected to the beverage bottle 1.

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the bottom inside 13 of the beverage glass 2. There are four webs 6 - 9 shown here, wherein the number of webs can be at least three but also more than four.

4, an alternative embodiment is shown, which on the bottom inside page 13 annularly distributed arranged lamellae 17-22, which also according to the embodiment of Fig. 2 radially inwardly directed projections. The lamellae form a multi-split cylinder, which surrounds the bottle head with crown cork 14 or bead 15.

In a manner not shown, the beverage bottle 1 may also contain a cork closure or screw cap, wherein the webs or lamellae surround in this case with appropriate diameter adjustment the cork or the screw cap. The clamping principle can also be used with champagne bottles, even if they contain a wire reinforcement.

Fig. 5 shows a cross-sectional view of a combination of beverage bottle and drinking glass along the line AA of Fig. 2 in the cylindrical portion of the beverage bottle 1. To avoid the formation of a vacuum when removing the drinking glass 2 from the beverage bottle 1, the drinking glass 2 has several inside extending in the longitudinal or oblique direction web-like profiles 29 which protrude from the inside of the drinking glass and establish a distance between the inner wall of the drinking glass 2 and outer wall of the beverage bottle 1. The profiles are made of the same material as that of the drinking glass 2 and can extend in the longitudinal direction of the drinking glass 2 to over almost its entire length.

At the bottom of the bottle bottom 16 of FIG. 6, a lid 25 may be attached, which includes a lateral flange 24 which is directed in the axial direction of the beverage bottle 1 and has an outer side 27 and a top 23. The lid 25 forms approximately the shape of a beer mat. When placing the drinking glass 2 on the beverage bottle 1, the opening edge 4 of the drinking glass 2 abuts against the flange top 23 of the lid 25, so that there is a substantially seamless transition between drinking glass 2 and flange 24. This transition can be covered by a band 26 which engages over the lower end of the outer wall 28 of the drinking glass 2 and the outer side 27 of the flange 24 of the lid 25. The band 26 thus forms on the one hand a security label and on the other hand so that the opening edge 4 of the drinking glass 2 is protected against unhygienic influences.

Fig. 6 shows as well as Fig. 1 a finished sales unit of beverage bottle and drinking glass. When using a combination according to FIG. 6, first the band 26 is removed, so that the lid 25 can be removed. Since the opening edge 4 of the drinking glass is about 1 - 2 cm above the bottom of the bottle 16, then the edge of the bottle bottom can be detected by hand and the drinking glass 2 are deducted from the bottle head. The drinking glass 2 can then be filled and used in the usual way. The beverage bottle 1 can be put back into the lid 25 or put on the lid when the flange 24 is separated. When using a Banderole can also be dispensed with a clamping connection on the bottom inside of the drinking glass.

For marketing and advertising purposes, the lid top and bottom as well as the top of the drinking glass bottom are particularly suitable.

Instead of webs 6-9 or lamellae 17-20 according to FIG. 6, according to FIG. 7 the neck 30 of the drinking glass 2 on the inside can also be provided directly with projections 31 which can engage behind the bead 15. These projections may be slightly flexible point-like projections arranged distributed on the inner circumference of the neck 30, or a circumferential flexible ring may also be used. The flexibility required for the attachment can be realized in the projections, wherein the somewhat flexible material of the drinking glass supports the engagement behind. In this embodiment, the neck of the drinking glass can be closely adapted to the shape of the beverage bottle, so that the outer shape of the drinking glass almost completely corresponds to the shape of the beverage bottle.

Fig. 8 shows a drinking glass 2 on the head of a beverage bottle 1, in which the foot part 34 of the drinking glass 2 is formed as an annular separate part and by means of an annular groove 36 with a corresponding annular extension 35 of the drinking glass is connectable. This makes it possible to produce drinking glass 2 and foot part 34 separately and to transport, so that several drinking glasses can be plugged into one another for easy transport over a partial length. Only when using or placing the foot on the drinking glass by pressing force is a locking of the parts.

According to FIG. 9, the foot part 34 can also be arranged in the reverse direction on the underside of the beverage bottle until the end use, wherein a band 37 connects the opening edge 4 of the drinking glass to the outer edge of the foot part 34. After removal of the banderole 37, the foot part 34 can be pressed by the end user on the end of the drinking glass. reference numeral

Beverage bottle 20 lamella

Drinking glass 21 lamella

Drinking glass bottom 22 lamella

Opening edge 23 flange top

Banderole 24 Flange

Bridge 25 cover

Bridge 26 band

Bridge 27 Flanschaußenseite

Bridge 28 outer wall

Projection 29 profiles

Projection 30 neck

Projection 31 projections

Floor inside 32 distance

Crown cork 33 Abstützfläche

Bead 34 foot part

Bottle bottom 35 attachment

Slat 36 groove

Slat 37 band

lamella

Claims

claims

1. drinking glass, which contains a bottom (3) and a wall and in the reverse direction releasably on the upper end of a beverage bottle (1) can be placed and while the wall of the drinking glass (2) the beverage bottle (1) at least partially, characterized in that the inside wall of the drinking glass (2) over the entire height of the drinking glass (2) follows the outer wall of the beverage bottle (1) at a small distance and is able to absorb essentially the entire content of the beverage bottle, and that the drinking glass (2) with its opening edge at the bottom of the beverage bottle attachable and detachable from it.

2. drinking glass according to claim 1, which is attached to a beverage bottle, characterized in that the attachment by means of a circulating around the beverage bottle or sections adhesive or adhesive strip takes place.

3. drinking glass according to claim 1, which is attached to a beverage bottle, characterized in that the attachment is effected by means of a flexible clamping ring between the outer wall of the beverage bottle and the opening edge of the drinking glass.

4. drinking glass according to claim 1, which is attached to a beverage bottle, characterized in that the distance of the opening edge of the drinking glass from the bottom side of the beverage bottle is 0.5 - 2 cm.

5. drinking glass according to claim 2, characterized in that the adhesive strip formed as a section fastening by 1 - 4 horizontally or vertically directed adhesive or adhesive labels is formed.

6. drinking glass according to claim 1, characterized in that the inner wall of the drinking glass (2) comprises a plurality of the inner wall projecting web-like longitudinal profiles (29) having a distance between the inner wall of the drinking glass (2) and outer wall of a used beverage bottle (1) of 1 - define 3 mm.

7. drinking glass, which contains a bottom (3) and a wall and in reverse position on a beverage bottle can be placed and releasably attached to the upper end of a beverage bottle (1), wherein the wall of the drinking glass (2) the beverage bottle (1) at least partially enclosed, and wherein the drinking glass (2) in the region of its bottom inner side (13) includes a holder which comprises a clamping connection, which placed on the top of the beverage bottle (1) closure or a bead (15) on the head of the closed beverage bottle ( 1) and can be detached from the beverage bottle, characterized in that the wall inside of the drinking glass (2) over a substantial part of the height of the beverage bottle (1) follows the outer wall of the beverage bottle (1) with a small distance and that the clamping connection comprises projections , which are flexible and engage behind the closure or the bead (15).

8. drinking glass according to claim 7, characterized in that the projections of the clamping connection are arranged on the neck inside of the drinking glass.

9. drinking glass according to claim 7, characterized in that the clamping connection circularly on the bottom inside (13) of the drinking glass (2) arranged in the circumferential direction and separated from the bottom inside (13) projecting webs (6 - 9) or lamellae (17 - 22 ), which surround the head of the beverage bottle (1) and in that the webs (6-9) or lamellae (17-22) have end-side projections (10-12) directed radially to the longitudinal axis of the drinking glass (2), which are the lower edge the closure of the beverage bottle (1) or a bead (15) can engage behind the head of the beverage bottle (1), wherein the clamping connection is under radial bias against the closure or the bead (15).

10. drinking glass according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the inner wall of the drinking glass (2) a plurality of projecting from the inner wall web-like longitudinal profiles (29) defining a distance between the inner wall of the drinking glass (2) and outer wall of the beverage bottle (1).

11. Combination of beverage bottle (1) and drinking glass (2) according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the distance between the opening edge (4) of the drinking glass (2) and the bottom side (16) of the beverage bottle (1) 1 - cm is.

12. A combination according to claim 11, characterized in that the opening edge of the drinking glass is fixed by means of an adhesive tape or one or more adhesive strips on the beverage bottle.

13. A combination according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that on the bottom side (16) of the beverage bottle (1) a substantially planar lid (25) is arranged, which contains a peripheral flange (24), which the lower edge of the beverage bottle (1) surrounds.

14. A combination according to claim 13, characterized in that the height of the flange (24) is selected so that the opening edge (4) of the drinking glass (2) abuts the top (23) of the flange (24).

15. A combination according to claim 13, characterized in that a printable band (26) releasably engages over the opening edge (4) of the drinking glass (2) and the flange (24) of the lid (25).

16. A combination according to one or more of the preceding claims 11-15, characterized in that the beverage bottle (1) is a beer bottle, a wine bottle, a champagne bottle, a piccolo bottle or a juice bottle.

17. drinking glass according to claim 1, 8 or 9, characterized in that on the bottom side of a beverage bottle to which the drinking glass is attached, a substantially flat lid is arranged, which is connectable via adhesive strips or an adhesive tape with the drinking glass, and after Solution of that Drinking glass by means of clamping or screw connection with the bottom side of the drinking glass to form a stand of the drinking glass is connectable.

18. drinking glass according to claim 17, characterized in that the lid includes a central bore into which an approach of the bottom side of the drinking glass can be clamped or screwed.