WO2017001711A1 - Module stabilisateur pour verres pouvant servir de couvercle et de porte-verres - Google Patents

Module stabilisateur pour verres pouvant servir de couvercle et de porte-verres Download PDF

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WO2017001711A1
WO2017001711A1 PCT/ES2016/070329 ES2016070329W WO2017001711A1 WO 2017001711 A1 WO2017001711 A1 WO 2017001711A1 ES 2016070329 W ES2016070329 W ES 2016070329W WO 2017001711 A1 WO2017001711 A1 WO 2017001711A1
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Alfonso De Esteban Alonso
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G19/00—Table service
    • A47G19/22—Drinking vessels or saucers used for table service
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47G—HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT
    • A47G23/00—Other table equipment
    • A47G23/03—Underlays for glasses or drinking-vessels

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  • the invention presented refers to a stabilizer module for vessels suitable as a lid and coasters, which, due to its technical and conformation characteristics, significantly improves the state of the art.
  • this innovation refers to a module capable of attaching to the mouth of the vessel, being used as a lid, and of coupling to the base of said vessel, being used as coasters to give stability to the vessel and prevent accidental dumping.
  • the field of application of the present invention falls within the sector of household or tableware utensils, in particular, in the manufacture of coasters for glasses or for beverage containers, singularly of plastic cups that require for their coasters stability. attachable
  • One of the most widely used items for drinking are glasses, cups, cups or the like, defined as containers with a capacity to contain liquids and with a mouthpiece sufficiently sized to allow the consumption of such liquid by the consumer.
  • Glass or glass vessels have a solidity and stability that gives them the material they are made of, which ensures their firmness on the surface on which they rest.
  • plastic or cellulosic material vessels in particular when they are manufactured as single-use items with a material that is understood as waste and therefore with a diminished strength and notable structural weakness, the stability of such vessels or Similar is very small, aggravated by the fact that these types of vessels tend to have a conical shape more than evident, so that the surface of the base is noticeably smaller than the top of it.
  • the utility model ES1070027U describes" a substantially laminar body on which a container is placed, characterized by the fact that said body is made of absorbent cotton or similar material, having a thickness between 1 and approximately 30 millimeters, so that when the body acquires moisture it adheres firmly to the base of the container. "For its part, the utility model ES1078987U insists on an" improved cup holder, of the type comprising a substantially laminar portion configured formally and dimensionally for support of a container, such as a vessel; characterized in that the laminar portion includes, at least, a differentiated printed part covered by a scratchable layer.
  • the utility model ES1077225U describes a coaster comprising:" a base having a container housing of a container with coolant, said housing being provided with a bottom, a perimeter wall, inner reinforcing walls and an upper mouth; said base extending through the periphery of the mouth in a perimeter skirt whose lower end defines below the bottom of the housing a support plane of the cup holder; and an upper cover that establishes the tight seal of the housing and forms an upper surface in the cup holder for the support of a glass.
  • "Its purpose is to keep the beverage cold.
  • document ES1098456U proposes a container that contains a small hollow cylinder with or without a thread to attach to it a kind of lid of which a small threaded cylinder is part that can be threaded and unscrewed to convert the container into a kind of cup.
  • a hollow cylinder that inside will carry a thread along its entire length, and in the outer area it will have flexible concentric fins, to be able to snap to the hollow of the small cylinder so that it can also thread and unscrew the device to use the container as a kind of cup.
  • ES2147884T3 proposes a plastic screw cap to close a container, comprising a cup composed of a disk-like portion and a cylindrical wall that protrudes from the edge of said disk-like portion and has an internal thread that is adapted to engage in a corresponding thread of the container, and an annular lip protruding from said disk-shaped portion concentrically with respect to said cylindrical wall, said annular lip acting as a support for a hermetically sealed liner, so that said liner, when the cap has been applied to the container, is coupled frontally and externally to the edge of the mouth of the container, that said liner has a finer central area that covers the inner face of the portion by way of a disk, said central area being surrounded by an enlarged annular portion having a flat area, said portion enlarged together, frontally and externally to the edge of the mouth of the container when the cap has been applied to the container, and the which engages and widens said annular lip.
  • it is a screw cap which, unlike the invention proposed in this
  • ES1005324U describes an improved vessel, which comprises a vessel joined by its bottom base forming a single piece to a bowl provided with a wall collecting liquid on which another bowl fits, the assembly constituting a vessel with a case.
  • This glass with case Although it is stable as the base is the bottom of the case, it is very different from the invention proposed by mounting the glass based on superimposed cups.
  • ES1045872U refers to an improved coasters applicable at the same time as advertising and musical support, which is constituted from a circular plant body made of polycarbonate, which has a circular perforation in the central area, incorporating serigraphy with advertising on its surface or either incorporate metallic or lacquered coatings.
  • it is a support for vessels provided with a circular perforation on which the vessel is placed, while document ES1075508U describes a similar holder, but for holding several vessels, in both cases being a very different solution to that of the proposed invention.
  • the solution of the problem in the case of the present invention goes through a module that acts as a base as a cupholder that can be attached underneath and that can be used as a cover if it is coupled from above.
  • the invention presented has as its object a stabilizer module for glasses suitable as a lid and cup holders that responds to the needs already indicated.
  • This module is constituted by a body of regular geometric conformation in correspondence to the conformation of the vessel to which it must be attached, that is, preferably of circular section and with a variable volumetry that includes in its conformation specially designed technical elements and strategically located to be means of assembly and coupling with the base and mouth of a vessel, that is, elements that act to link said module and the vessel or vessel, both in the part of the mouthpiece and in the base thereof.
  • the vessel stabilizer module is constituted as a body of circular section in the form of a plastic disc that has two concentric rings threaded in a nut or adapted for threaded coupling. to the plastic cup, which in turn presents the screw threaded base and mouth.
  • the nut threaded ring of smaller diameter of the disk is coupled to the screw threaded base of the vessel and the nut threaded ring of larger diameter is coupled to the screw threaded mouth of the vessel.
  • the module claimed is a cup holder that can be screwed to the base and lid of a glass.
  • the stabilizer module for glasses is constituted as a body of circular section as a plastic disk attachable by quarter turn to the base and lid of a plastic or paper cup.
  • This plastic disc has on its upper face two concentric rings grooved each one with at least two L-notches and the base and mouth of the glass have at least two projections.
  • the inner ring of the disc is coupled to the base of the vessel by assembling the projections of the base into the L-notches of the inner ring and quarter turn, thus conferring stability to the vessel.
  • the outer ring is attached to the mouth of the vessel by assembling the mouth rims in the L-notches of the outer ring and quarter turn, thus serving as the lid of the vessel.
  • the two concentric rings have propeller threads and the base and mouth of the vessel have nails for coupling as a stable base or as a vessel lid.
  • the inner ring is engaged in the base of the vessel by assembling the base nails into the helix threads of the inner ring and quarter turn, thus conferring stability to the vessel.
  • the outer ring is attached to the mouth of the vessel by assembling the nails of the mouth into the helix threads of the outer ring and quarter turn, thus serving as the lid of the vessel.
  • the visible surface of the cup holder object of the present invention can be advertising support or support for the identification of the beverage.
  • the coupling of the cup holder with the vessel is carried out on a pressure basis, this coupling being less safe than those described above, without resistance to pressures and with the thread or the coupling system of concentric rings with the mouth or base by grooves and notches or threads in propeller and nails giving the quarter turn a very secure coupling.
  • the stabilizer module for vessels suitable as a lid and coasters is constituted as a body of circular section similar to a disk with a significantly larger volumetry and in which a perimeter edge that stands out to a greater or lesser degree and that delimits , as a protective panel, a remarkably flat surface, with a flange or perimeter projection in its lower part that draws a guide or similar in which the mouth of the vessel sits and fits.
  • the lower end of the protruding perimeter edge as a protective panel and at an angle to the flat surface has a recess or recess that is substantially recessed, forming a channel around the perimeter that circles the said flat surface.
  • the vessel, cup, cup or similar container whose lower base is supported on the flat surface of the module, has on the outside of said base a projecting flange, suitably sized to be assembled, under pressure and by pushing, in the existing channel in the module described.
  • This protruding flange extends over the entire outer perimeter of the base of the vessel or at least one section thereof. This conformation option responds to the need to facilitate quick and safe fitting of both pieces, that is, the module based on coasters and the glass itself. If the protruding flange extends over the entire perimeter of the base of the vessel, the pushing force that the user must apply will be greater. If the protruding flange is prolonged in one or more sections of the base of the vessel, properly sequenced, the thrust force will be less as it has to overcome a lower resistance and the firmness of the coupling between the module depending on coasters and the vessel will be the same firm and solid, the glass being perfectly stable by the action of the module. Brief description of the drawings
  • FIG. 1 Stabilizer module coupled by thread to the base of the plastic cup.
  • FIG. 1 Stabilizer module coupled by thread to the mouth of the vessel.
  • FIG 3 Stabilizer module coupled to the base of the vessel as a stabilizer by the assembly of the projections of the vessel base in the L-notches of the inner ring of the cup holder and quarter turn.
  • Figure 4 Stabilizer module coupled to the mouth of the vessel as a cover for the assembly of the projections of the mouth of the vessel in the L-notches of the outer ring of the cup holder and quarter turn.
  • FIG. 5 Stabilizer module coupled to the base of the vessel as a stabilizer by the assembly of the nails of the base of the vessel in the helix thread of the inner ring of the cup holder and quarter turn.
  • FIG. 6 Stabilizer module coupled to the mouth of the vessel as a cover for the assembly of the nails of the mouth of the vessel in the helix threads of the outer ring of the cup holder and quarter turn.
  • Figure 7. Cut detail of the stabilizer module and the vessel with coupling by means of perimeter flange of the base of the vessel and channel in the module.
  • Figure 8. Cut of the glass and module assembly with the stabilizer module acting as a lid.
  • Figure 9 Cut of the glass assembly and stabilizer module with the module acting as coasters by coupling of perimeter flange of the base of the glass and channel in the module.
  • Figure 10 Cut of the glass assembly and stabilizer module in a comparative image of the module acting as a lid and coasters together by perimeter flange coupling of the base of the glass and channel in the module.
  • Stabilizer module consisting of a
  • FIG. 1 A first preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown in Figures 1 and 2, in which the stabilizer module is conceived as a volumetrically flat circular section body (1 a) attachable to the base (3) and mouth (4) of a glass (2), preferably such a flat disk (1a) of plastic and presenting assembly and coupling means with the base (3) and mouth (4) of a glass (2) that are concreted on its face upper in two concentric threaded rings (5) and (6) in nut or adapted to be threaded or by pressure to the base (3) and to the mouth (4), screw threaded, of a plastic cup (2) .
  • the concentric ring threaded in a smaller diameter nut (5) is coupled to the threaded base (7) in a screw of the vessel (2).
  • the concentric ring threaded into a nut of greater diameter (6) is attached to the threaded mouth (8) in a screw of the vessel (2).
  • the vessel stabilizer module which maintains the conformation as a volumetrically flat circular section body (1a) which, as assembly means and coupling with the base ( 3) and mouth (4) of a glass (2), it has two concentric rings (11) and (12) on its upper face, each grooved with at least two L-notches (13), while the base (3 ) and mouth (4) of the glass (2) present minus two highlights (9).
  • the concentric inner ring (1 1) engages in the base (3) of the vessel
  • the outer concentric ring (12) is fitted in the mouth (4) of the vessel (2) when assembling the projections (9) of the mouth (4) in the L-notches (13) of the outer concentric ring (12) and fourth back, thus making the lid of the glass (2).
  • the two concentric rings (11) and (12) have propeller threads (14) while the base (3) and mouth (4) of the vessel (2) have fingernails (10) for coupling as a stable base or as a lid of the vessel (2).
  • the inner concentric ring (1 1) fits into the base
  • the outer concentric ring (12) is attached to the mouth (4) of the vessel (2) when assembling the nails (10) of the mouth (4) into the helix threads (14) of the outer concentric ring (12) and fourth back, thus making the lid of the glass (2).
  • a third embodiment is shown in Figures 7, 8, 9 and 10, in which the vessel stabilizer module is shaped as a substantially bulky disk-shaped circular section body (1 b).
  • Figure 7 shows this substantially bulky disk (1 b) that draws a flat surface (15) bounded perimeter by an overhanging edge (17) to a greater or lesser degree.
  • a recess or recess substantially recessed, forming a channel (16) that runs along the entire perimeter that surrounds the above-mentioned flat surface (15 ).
  • the assembly and coupling means with the base (3) and mouth (4) of the vessel (2) are concretized precisely, on the one hand, in this channel (16) that allows the fitting with a projecting flange (18) of the base (3) of the vessel (2) while the fitting with the mouth (4) of the vessel (2) is achieved by at least one eyelash or perimeter projection (20) of the substantially bulging disc (1 b) that outlines a guide or the like to seat the mouth of the vessel (2) that optionally has a perimeter reinforcement (19).
  • the container is also shown in detail, representing in this example of embodiment as a vessel (2), which has in its lower part or base (3) a projection flange (18), suitably sized to fit, to pressure and by pushing, in the channel (16) existing in the substantially bulky disc (1 b) already described, this protruding flange (18) extending along the entire outer perimeter of the base (3) or at least one section thereof .
  • a protruding perimeter reinforcement (19) rests on at least one perimeter flange or projection (20) of the above substantially bulky disc (1 b) .
  • Figures 8 and 9 show two examples in which the stabilizer module acts as a cover (figure 8), with the perimeter reinforcement (19) of the mouth of the vessel (2) supported by at least one flange or perimeter projection (20 ) of the noticeably bulky disc (1 b), or acts as a coaster (figure 9), the projection flange (18) of the bottom or base (3) of the vessel (2) being properly fitted in this case.
  • channel (16) that runs along the entire perimeter adjacent to the flat surface (15) on which the base (3) of the vessel (2) perches or, where appropriate, that runs one or more sections of the base (3) of the glass (2), properly sequenced.
  • the flat surface (15) is suitably sized according to the base (3) of the vessel (2).
  • Figure 10 shows a section of the vessel (2) and stabilizer module (1) in a comparative image of said module acting as a lid and coasters together, with the parts already described.
  • the claimed module has the necessary technical characteristics in one piece to allow its double application as a protective cap and as a coaster.
  • the most obvious and obvious advantage is the stability it provides to the glass, cup or similar, providing them with a sufficiently wide support point to accommodate the entire base of such containers, avoiding their dumping, spilling of the liquid content, the humidity that it causes and the inevitable stains it causes, with the consequent saving of subsequent cleaning.
  • the utility of the stabilizer module is especially interesting for the aforementioned containers that are made of cellulosic material or low density plastic material, which are very light and unstable and have a substantially conical conformation, with the lower part of smaller diameter with respect to the upper part, which increases its instability.
  • the coupling between the module in coasters and the vessel is intuitive in any of its embodiments, both when the coupling means are by means of thread, by means of the two concentric rings with notches and / or propellers and nails or by means of the coupling between the rim of the base of the vessel and the channel in the module.
  • the same piece acts as a lid and as a coaster, that is, it is not necessary to add any new element to the product that is marketed, which facilitates its storage and transport, while not increasing its cost
  • the module in its basic and original conformation coupled to the mouth of the vessel as a protective cap, that is, as it leaves the factory and is put on sale, allows the stacking of successive vessels, since the lid from one it becomes the base of the previous one, fitting one with the other in succession and allowing a reasonable number of vessels to be stacked in a minimum space, this effect being achieved especially in the embodiment comprising the coupling between flange of the base of the vessel and the channel in the stabilizer module.
  • the new stabilizer module is capable of admitting graphics and therefore of acting as advertising support, as is the case with other coasters, for example the traditional laminar structure. Another possibility is that such graphics are also a differentiating element that allows the consumer to distinguish his glass among several others.
  • the module is capable of presenting at least one perforation that allows the introduction of a cane to taste the beverage, as is the case in tapas already existing in the market. It is not an increase in cost since the technical improvements of the module and the vessel are easily achievable.
  • the new stabilizer module becomes a unique article, easily adaptable in geometric confirmation to that of any vessel of the glass, cup or similar type with which it forms a partner, with an affordable and easily manipulated production cost by the consumer. And of course, with the remarkable advantage of being a really stable coasters since it is securely linked to the vessel, forming a solidly attached set.
  • the claimed module specially designed to solve the stability of glasses, cups, cups and the like, is equally applicable to containers of other uses, for example of the type of packaging such as cans or similar, provided they incorporate a flat lid It is not considered necessary to make this description more extensive so that any person skilled in the art understands the scope of the invention and the advantages derived therefrom.
  • the materials, shape and size will be subject to variation as long as this does not imply an alteration in the essentiality of the invention. The terms in which this report has been written must always be taken in a broad and non-limiting sense.

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L'invention a pour objet un module stabilisateur pour verres pouvant servir de couvercle et de porte-verres, constitué d'un corps de forme géométrique régulière, de section circulaire, en forme de disque (1a) volumétriquement plan ou sensiblement épais (1b), lesdits disques étant de préférence en plastique, et comprenant dans leur forme des moyens d'assemblage et d'accouplement avec la base (3) et l'ouverture (4) d'un verre, lesdits moyens étant des arcs concentriques (5) et (6) vissés en correspondance avec des filets présents dans le verre (2), des arcs concentriques (11) et (12) avec des crans ou fils en hélice qui s'emboîtent avec des parties saillantes ou ergots existants dans le verre (2) ou, préférablement, un canal (16) qui parcourt tout le périmètre qui entoure une surface plane (15) présente dans le disque sensiblement épais (1b) et dans lequel s'emboîte, sous pression et par poussée, un rebord saillant (18), dimensionné de manière appropriée, existant au niveau de la base (3) du verre (2).
PCT/ES2016/070329 2015-07-02 2016-04-29 Module stabilisateur pour verres pouvant servir de couvercle et de porte-verres WO2017001711A1 (fr)

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ESU201500454 2015-07-02
ES201500454U ES1142682Y (es) 2015-07-02 2015-07-02 Posavasos acoplable por rosca a la base y tapa de un vaso
ESU201500517 2015-07-28
ES201500517U ES1143383Y (es) 2015-07-28 2015-07-28 Posavasos acoplable por ensambladura como estabilizador a la base de un vaso y como tapa a la boca
ESU201531318 2015-11-26
ES201531318U ES1147808Y (es) 2015-11-26 2015-11-26 Modulo para vasos apto como tapa y posavasos

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