US3341089A

US3341089A - Jiffy shaker

Info

Publication number: US3341089A
Application number: US572326A
Authority: US
Inventors: Ralph W Pearsall
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1966-08-15
Filing date: 1966-08-15
Publication date: 1967-09-12
Anticipated expiration: 1984-09-12

Description

Sept. 12, 1967 R. w. PEARSALL J IFFY SHAKER Filed Aug. 15, 1966 United States Patent 3,341,089 JIFFY SHAKER Ralph W. Pearsall, RD. 2, Watkins Glen, N.Y. 14891 Filed Aug. 15, 1966, Ser. No. 572,326 2 Claims. (Cl. 222-459) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cocktail shaker cover that can be fitted over an ordinary drinking glass to convert the glass into a cocktail shaker for mixing drinks, and wherein after the drink has been mixed, it may be drunk directly from the same glass without the necessity of transferring it first to another drinking glass, thus saving on cleaning up extra glassware afterwards.

This invention relates generally to cocktail shakers. More specifically it relates to cocktail shaker cover members.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide 1 a cocktail shaker device which is readily securable over any average size mixed drink glass so to convert the same into a cocktail shaker for the home or bar room.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a cocktail shaker device having self contained means for being readily securable to drink glasses of varied mouth sizes.

Another object is to provide a cocktail shaker device that would enable the bartender or home user to make the drinks right in the serving glass, instead of the bothersome methodpresently used wherein the drink must be mixed in a separate cocktail shaker and then transferred into the drinking glass.

Another object is to provide a cocktail shaker device having self-contained means so that it may be used for mixed drinks which require no straining or for mixed drinks which require straining, the device including means for straining the same.

Yet another object is to provide a cocktail shaker device having self-contained means for providing a laterally swirling action to the liquid while it is shaken along a longitudinal axis, thereby providing a more thorough mixing in a relatively shorter time, thus ascribing the term jilfy shaker to the device.

Other objects are to provide a cocktail shaker device which is simple in design, inexpensive to manufacture, rugged in construction, easy to use and eflicient in operation.

These and other objects will be readily apparent upon a study of the following specification and the accompanying drawing wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of the present invention, shown without the cap member,

FIGURE 2 is a side elevation view thereof, shown partly in cross section,

FIGURE 3 is a fragmentary perspective exploded view shown partly in cross section of the cap and spout,

FIGURE 4 is a view similar to FIGURE 2 and showing a modified form of the invention, and

FIGURE 5 is a cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 of FIGURE 4.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, the reference numeral represents a jiffy shaker according to the present invention wherein there is a one piece member 11 molded from flexible plastic material and which is of inverted cup-shaped configuration and comprised of a generally cylindrical side wall 12 bounded at its upper end by a circular top wall 13 having an upwardly extend- ICC ing spout 14 that is removably sealed by a cap 15. The side wall is slightly conically configurated, having a relatively narrower end adjacent the top wall 13 and a relatively wide circular mouth 16 defined at its lower edge 17, the mouth providing communication with a central cavity 18.

The spout 14 is comprised of a cylindrical side wall 19 and a top wall 20 having a series of relatively small openings 21 therein, thus providing means for straining liquids passing therethrough.

The cap 15 is comprised of a separate member having a cylindrical side wall 22 and a top Wall 23, the cap being made likewise of flexible plastic and of a dimension so that the same may frictionally fit over the spout.

In operative use, the device 10 is fitted over the mouth of a mixed drink glass 24 containing liquids to be mixed. The cap is secured over the spout and the assembly then shaken in a conventional manner. Due to the inclined side wall of the cavity, glasses of various size mouths will be readily securable therein. After being shaken, the device 10 is then removed and a person may drink the liquid directly from the glass 24. If straining is required first, then the device is retained upon the glass and the cap 15 is removed to pour the strained contents into another glass, thus eliminating the need of a separate strainer.

The modified construction 25 shown in FIGURES 4 and 5 is identical to the foregoing device 10, however it additionally includes a plurality of spiral internal fins 26 which may be spaced equally apart, or unequally apart, the fins being integrally formed on the side wall and extending radially inward therefrom. A notch 27 is formed between the lower end of the fins and the side wall to permit introduction therein of a mixed drink glass that has a diameter that requires engagement with the side wall in this vicinity.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it is understood that such changes will be within the spirit and scope of the present invention as is defined by the appended claims.

Having thus set forth and disclosed the nature of this invention, what is claimed is:

1. In a cocktail mixer device the combination of an inverted cup-configurated member and a cap, said cupconfigurated member being formed of flexible plastic material and including a generally slightly conical side wall, a circular top wall, at one end of said side wall, an upward extending spout in said top wall, said spout having a plurality of small openings for straining purpose, said cap being formed of flexible plastic material and frictionally removably sealing said spout, the opposite end of said side wall having an edge defining a wide mouth communicating with a central cavity within said cup configurated member, and said side wall being widest adjacent said mouth, wherein a plurality of radially inwardly extending spiral fins are integrally formed on the inner side of said side wall, and each of said fins has a notch between the lower portion thereof and said side wall.

2. The combination as set forth in claim 1 wherein said fins are unequally spaced apart.

References Cited WALTER SOBIN, Primary Examiner.

Claims

1. IN A COCKTAIL MIXER DEVICE THE COMBINATION OF AN INVERTED CUP-CONFIGURATED MEMBER AND A CAP, SAID CUPCONFIGURATED MEMBER BEING FORMED OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL AND INCLUDING A GENERALLY SLIGHTLY CONICAL SIDE WALL, A CIRCULAR TOP WALL, AT ONE END OF SAID WALL, AN UPWARD EXTENDING SPOUT IN SAID TOP WALL, SAID SPOUT HAVING A PLURALITY OF SMALL OPENINGS FOR STAINING PURPOSE, SAID CAP BEING FORMED OF FLEXIBLE PLASTIC MATERIAL AND FRICTIONALLY REMOVABLE SEALING SAID SPOUT, THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID SIDE WALL HAVING AN EDGE DEFINING A WIDE MOUTH COMMUNICATING WITH A CENTRAL CAVITY WITHIN SAID CUP CONFIGURATED MEMBER, AND SAID SIDE WALL BEING WIDEST ADJACENT SAID MOUTH, WHEREIN A PLURALITY OF RADIALLY INWARDLY EXTENDING SPIRAL FINS ARE INTEGRALLY FORMED ON THE INNER SIDE OF SAID SIDE WALL, AND EACH OF SAID FINS HAS A NOTCH BETWEEN THE LOWER PORTION THEREOF AND SAID SIDE WALL.