U.S. patent application number 11/171238 was filed with the patent office on 2007-01-04 for cup with a cap provided with a grip.
Invention is credited to Ching-Chen Wang.
Application Number | 20070000933 11/171238 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37588249 |
Filed Date | 2007-01-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20070000933 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang; Ching-Chen |
January 4, 2007 |
Cup with a cap provided with a grip
Abstract
A cup with a cap provided with a grip includes a cup body, a cap
threadably engaged and closed on the cup body, a grip formed on an
upper surface of the cap, and a flexible sucking tube inserted
through a hole formed at one end of the grip and extends deep
enough in the interior of the cup body for sucking the content
filled therein. When a user wants to drink the content in the cup
body, the person can suck through the mouth end of the sucking
tube, and if the sucking tube is not to used, the mouth end is
inserted in the insert hole of the grip to let the cup body with
the cap and the sucking tube carried manually by holding the grip,
keeping the cup body with cap and the sucking tube in a hygienic
condition.
Inventors: |
Wang; Ching-Chen; (Tainan
City, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Ching-Chen WANG
P.O. BOX 90
Tainan City
70499
TW
|
Family ID: |
37588249 |
Appl. No.: |
11/171238 |
Filed: |
July 1, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
220/709 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 77/28 20130101;
A45F 3/18 20130101; B65D 51/242 20130101; A47G 19/2266
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
220/709 |
International
Class: |
A47G 19/22 20060101
A47G019/22 |
Claims
1. A cup with a cap provided with a grip, said cup comprising: a
cup body formed with a combining member provided with male threads
in an upper end; a cap closed on and threadably combined with said
cup body and having a grip formed diametrically on its upper
surface, said grip having a hole bored in one end and an insert
hole bored in the other end, said cap provided with a combining
member formed with female threads in its inner surface; a flexible
sucking tube inserted through said hole of said grip and having a
mouth end exposed out of said cup body, said sucking tube extending
deep enough in an interior of said cup body; and, a user possible
to drink the content filled in the interior of said cup body
through said mouth end of said sucking tube, said mouth end of said
sucking tube inserted in said insert hole of said grip if said
sucking tube is not used, exterior matters kept from falling into
said cup body if said mouth end of said sucking tube is kept
inserted in said hole of said grip, said grip enabling said cup to
be manually carried along.
2. The cup with a cap provided with a grip as claimed in claim 1,
wherein said grip further has a receiving elongate recess formed in
an upper surface for said sucking tube to partially bent and fitted
therein, when said sucking tube is not used.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] This invention relates to a cup with a cap, particularly to
one having a cap provided with a grip, and a hole bored in the grip
in one end for a sucking tube to extend through and in the interior
of the cup body and an insert hole in the other end for a mouth end
of the sucking tube to be bent and inserted therein. A user sucks
the mouth end to drink the content in the interior of the cup body.
When the sucking tube is not used, it can be bent along the grip
with the mouth end of the sucking tube inserted in the insert hole
to prevent the sucking tube and the content in the cup from
polluted from exterior maters, and convenient for manually carrying
the cup with the cap and the sucking tube together in a hygienic
condition.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Conventional cups shown in FIG. 1 generally have a cup body
1 and cap 10 closed on the cup body 1, and a user takes the cap 10
off the cup body 1 for directly drinking the content of the cup
body 1, or using a straw to drink. But the straw cannot let the cap
10 closed completely on the cup body 1, so dirty miscellaneous
matters are apt to fly or float in the cup body 1, not hygienic.
And the independent cap 10 and the cup body 10 are not suitable for
carrying out manually.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] This invention has been devised to offer a cup with a cap
provided with a grip for conveniently carrying out manually.
[0006] The feature of the invention is a cap provided with a grip
for manually holding to carry the cup body threadably combined with
the cap, and moreover, a flexible sucking tube with a mouth end can
be inserted through a hole provided in one end of the grip for
sucking the content in the interior of the cup body, with an insert
hole in the other end of the grip for the mouth end of the sucking
tube to fit therein for hiding it for carrying manually the cup
body with the cap and the sucking tube together.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
[0007] This invention will be better understood by referring to the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0008] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional cup with a
cap;
[0009] FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a cup with a cap
provided with a grip in the present invention;
[0010] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cup with the cap
provided with a grip in the present invention;
[0011] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a cup with the cap
provided with a grip in the present invention; and,
[0012] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view with a sucking tube with
its mouth end inserted in an insert hole of the grip for carrying
manually the cup in the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0013] A preferred embodiment of a cup with a cap provided with a
grip in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, includes
a cup body 2, a cap 3 and a flexible sucking tube 4 as main
components combined together.
[0014] The cup body 2 has a combining member 20 formed with male
threads in an upper end.
[0015] The cap 3 is to close on and threadably combine with the cup
body 2, having a nearly semicircular grip 30 diametrically formed
on an upper surface, a receiving elongate recess 31 formed on an
upper surface of the grip 30, a hole 32 bored in one end of the
recess 31 and an insert hole 33 bored in the other end of the
recess 31, a combining member 34 having female threads formed in an
inner surface to engage with the male threads of the combining
member 20 of the cup body 2 so the cap 3 may be stably combined
with the cup body 2.
[0016] The flexible sucking tube 4 is inserted through the hole 32
to extend deep enough in the interior of the cup body 2 for a user
to suck and drink the content therein, having a mouth end 40
extending out of the cup body 2.
[0017] In using, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a drink is filled in
the interior of the cup body 2, and the cap 3 with the grip 30 is
threadably combined with the cup body 2 by engaging the combining
member 30 with the combining member 20 so the cap 3 is closed on
the cup body 2. Then the flexile sucking tube 4 is inserted through
the hole 32 of the grip 30 deep enough in the interior of the cup
body 2. Then a user can drink the content filled in the cup body 2
by sucking through the mouth end 40 of the sucking tube 4. In case
the sucking tube 4 is not used, the upper portion with the mouth
end 40 of the sucking tube 4 is bent in the receiving recess 31 of
the cap 3, with the mouth end 40 inserted in the insert hole 33 of
the grip 30 stably. Thus, the cup body 2 with the cap 3 and with
the sucking tube 4 together can be carried manually, preventing
exterior matters or floating miscellaneous dirty matters from
falling or flowing into the cup body 2, keeping the content therein
from polluted.
[0018] The invention has the following advantages as can bee seen
from the foresaid description.
[0019] 1. The flexible sucking tube 4 enables a user to drink
easily the content of the cup body 2, and the grip 30 is
conveniently used for manually carrying the cup body 2 together
with both the cap 3 and the sucking tube 4.
[0020] 2. In case of not using the sucking tube 4, its mouth end 40
is possible to be kept inserted in the insert hole 33 of the grip
30, for directly holding the grip 30 and carrying easily the cup
body 2 with the cap 3 and the sucking tube 4, with the content and
the mouth end 40 also kept from polluted.
[0021] While the preferred embodiment has been described above, it
will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be
made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such
modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the
invention.
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