ES2914706A1 - Accessory for drinkable liquid containers (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Accessory for drinkable fluid containers that are constituted from a horizontal flat piece that can be introduced into a beverage container such as a glass, cup, cup, etc., which has a plurality of holes, and that is tangential and jointly together with a rod or inverted sharing, the handle of the piece being. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

DESCRIPTION

ACCESSORY FOR DRINKABLE LIQUID CONTAINERS

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention, as indicated in the title, refers to a very simple but effective accessory, designed for use in containers capable of holding drinkable liquids such as water, soft drinks, juices, coffee, beer, wine, etc. Said containers can be glasses, cups, glasses or any other similar.

The object of this invention is to provide a hitherto unknown solution for several drawbacks that will be discussed later, mainly, it is intended to achieve a final result that allows avoiding the inconvenience caused by ice cubes in, for example, glasses or cups, while that a user is drinking.

The element in question provides essential characteristics of novelty and notable advantages with respect to the means known and used for the same purposes in the current state of the art.

It is common that when a user decides to drink, either due to high temperatures or his personal taste, he decides to put one or several ice cubes in a glass, cup, mug, or the like.

Although this logically refreshes the drink contained in the container, which is usually to the consumer's liking, it presents a drawback for him, since when he lifts the container he is not only bringing the liquid but also the ice closer to his mouth.

In this situation, first of all, we find ourselves with the discomfort of receiving small blows in the mouth due to the ice cubes, but not only that, but on the other hand, this also sometimes causes the liquid to spill, being able not only to wet the garment but also to stain it.

All this can become a huge inconvenience when you are at work and you don't have the possibility to change your clothes at the time, so a person could be forced to stay an entire day with stained clothes.

In the hospitality sector there are also inconveniences caused by this very common and simple act of drinking from a container with ice, since sometimes the premises are forced to change the table linens and even the crockery because everything is wet or stained.

For this reason, we must bear in mind that we are not only talking about annoying and uncomfortable situations, but also about additional costs that are generated due to the consumption of iced drinks.

Until now, no device was known to prevent ice cubes from rising to the top of the container when drinking.

The accessory that the invention proposes resolves the aforementioned problems in a fully satisfactory manner, providing a series of advantageous and innovative characteristics, and without implying any reduction in its performance in other aspects.

The proposed invention aims to provide an economical, ecological, practical, simple and easy-to-use solution, the effect of which would be a consumption of beverages without the drawbacks that we have mentioned with ice cubes.

The present invention has its field of application in the sector of home furnishings and hospitality devices.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the state of the art we find some documents related to articles and accessories applicable to glasses and cups, although none of them fulfills the same function or provides the same advantageous characteristics.

Thus, in document ES 1070857 we find an accessory for beverage containers and containers, whose purpose is to complement a container or container at the time of consumption of its content, characterized by presenting a body, which adopts the configuration of a bowl inverted, equipped at its mouth with coupling means to the container or container in question, which configures a trapezoidal profile that determines a curved and sharply inclined upper and free edge, with a sharply recessed bottom for said bowl, recessed in which they locate the orifice(s) for the outlet of the beverage, said orifices presenting a suitable size or configuration to prevent the access of foreign objects to the interior of the package or container.

On the other hand, document ES 1076315 provides a crockery cooler and multitasking device for hotels and restaurants which, being of the type that projects gas at low temperature and high pressure, counting on a pneumatic system, with gas outlet through a diffuser, connected by means of a nozzle to a gas bottle, normally CO2, or to a supply line, is characterized in that said device has a printed circuit which, housed in a casing, controls two systems, the pneumatic and an electrical system, so that both systems they operate and interact at the user's will, either jointly or separately; in which the pneumatic system, in addition to the main circuit with gas outlet through the diffuser, comprises at least one other secondary gas circuit with independent outlet; in which the electrical system comprises, at least, a main connection that connects a first set of lights incorporated in the device itself, through which it projects colored light in a fixed or changing sequence; and in that, for its electrical supply, the device has a standard power outlet to the network or a rechargeable battery that allows its autonomous operation.

In turn, document ES 2 645 266 claims a container configured to contain liquid, which is in the form of a bottle with an elongated section in its upper part in a first position and is convertible into a glass or cup in a second position with the elongated section at the bottom, comprising: - a first end comprising a closed end; - a second end comprising an open end wider than said elongated section; - a first body comprising said elongated section; - a second body delimiting a hollow compartment configured to contain the liquid; and - a closure that is a separable closure adapted to seal said open end of said second end in said first position and to be separated from said open end of said second end; wherein, in the first position, - the first end forms a bottle top, - the second end and closure form a bottle base, - the first body forms a bottle neck, and - the second body forms a bottle body; and in which, in the second position, - the first end forms a base of the glass or cup, - the second end forms an opening of the glass or cup, - the first body forms a stem of the glass or cup, and - the second body forms a body of the glass or cup; wherein in the first position the position of the center of gravity of the container varies depending on the amount of the liquid contained in the container to be present in this area from a lower half of the first body, the entire second body, and the second end; wherein in the second position the position of the center of gravity of the container varies depending on the amount of the liquid contained in the container to be present in an area from a lower half of the second body, the entire first body and the first end; characterized in that the container is configured to stand alone without any additional support in its first and second positions, said conversion to a glass or cup not requiring disassembly or re-assembly but only turning the container upside down, and in that said second end is greater in area than said first extremum.

In these documents we find accessories and articles that can be used with different functions for containers of drinkable liquids, however, none of them provide a solution for the previously mentioned inconveniences.

Thus, we see that until now an accessory was not known that, due to its innovative characteristics, resolves the aforementioned drawbacks both in terms of the documents cited and other inventions or traditional articles that we find in the state of the art.

Taking into account the mentioned cases and analyzing the combined arguments, the invention proposed in this document gives rise to a final result in which significant differentiating aspects are provided compared to the current state of the art, and where a series of of advances in the already known elements with their corresponding advantages.

In particular:

- It is achieved that the ice cubes do not rise while a user is drinking, thus avoiding discomfort, that the garment gets wet or stains, etc.

- Table linen and crockery are also protected.

- It is a simple product to use.

- The cost is reduced.

- Due to its small size it is easy to store and transport. - It lacks complex systems for its use.

- Does not require electrical power.

- It can be manufactured both to be reusable or not.

- It can prevent choking.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Thus, the present invention is constituted from the following elements: A horizontal flat piece, of suitable material, preferably circular, capable of being inserted into a beverage container such as a glass, cup, cup, etc., which has a plurality of holes, and which is tangentially and solidly attached to a vertical rod or plate in the shape of an inverted U, extending from said piece to the upper part of the container and then out towards one of the sides of the container, thus acting as a handle. the piece.

The operation is simple: once the container with the drink and the ice cubes has been served, the accessory is inserted using the handle, thus allowing the drink to pass through the holes but not the ice cubes at the time of consumption.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of this description, a drawing is attached that, by way of non-limiting example, describes a preferred embodiment of the invention:

Figure 1.- Perspective of the invention.

In these figures the following numbered elements stand out:

1. Horizontal flat piece

2. Beverage container

3. Plurality of holes

4. Rod or plate acting as a handle

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

A preferred embodiment of the proposed invention is constituted from the following elements: a horizontal flat piece (1), of suitable material, preferably circular, capable of being inserted into a beverage container (2) such as a glass, cup, cup, etc., which has a plurality of holes (3), and which is tangentially and solidly attached to a vertical rod or plate (4) in the shape of an inverted U, extending from said piece to the top of the container and then on the outside towards one of the sides of the container, thus acting as a handle for the piece.

Claims (1)

1.- ACCESSORY FOR DRINKABLE LIQUID CONTAINERS, characterized by being constituted from a horizontal flat piece, of suitable material, preferably circular, capable of being inserted into a beverage container such as a glass, cup, cup, etc., which has a plurality of holes, and which is tangentially and integrally attached to a vertical rod or plate in the shape of an inverted U, extending from said piece to the upper part of the container and then out towards one of the sides of the container, said rod or plate being the handle of the piece.