Drinking glass with integral bottle opener

Abstract

A drinking glass with integral bottle opener. The drinking glass is of otherwise typical configuration having a generally open cylindrically hollow contour with an open end for drinking from and a closed end to retain a beverage. The outer surface of the closed end includes a bottle opener formed therein. The bottle opener is positioned in the drinking glass such that a bottle can be opened with the drinking glass while the drinking glass contains liquid without spilling the liquid in the glass or in the bottle.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A drinking glass comprising: 
 a hollow container, open on a first end and closed on the opposite second end, the container defining an outer surface; and    a bottle opener fixed in the outer surface of the closed end of the container.    
     
     
         2 . The drinking glass of  claim 1 , wherein the container and the bottle opener are formed integrally from the same material.  
     
     
         3 . The drinking glass of  claim 1 , wherein the bottle opener is formed of a first material and is secured in the outer surface of the closed end of the container, the container being formed of a second material.  
     
     
         4 . The drinking glass of  claim 3 , wherein the bottle opener is molded in the container.  
     
     
         5 . A beverage container comprising: 
 a base member having an upper and a bottom surface wherein an opening is formed in the bottom surface of the base member that is sized so as to receive the neck of a bottle having a bottle cap positioned thereon wherein the neck of the bottle defines a first axis with the bottle cap having a planar surface that is substantially perpendicular to the first axis and wherein the bottle cap has an inwardly crimped portion that extends over the neck of the bottle that extends in a direction that is substantially parallel to the first axis so as to secure the bottle cap to the neck of the bottle;    sidewalls that extend upward from the upper surface to an open end so as to define an interior volume adapted to receive a quantity of beverage;    a lip formed within the opening in the bottom surface of the base member wherein the lip is sized and contoured so as to be positionable adjacent the interface between the crimped portion of the bottle cap and the neck of the bottle and wherein the opening is dimensioned so that rotation of the beverage container transverse to the first axis results in the lip exerting a force against the crimped portion of the bottle cap to disengage the bottle cap from the neck of the bottle.    
     
     
         6 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the sidewalls of the beverage container define a wedge shaped cross-section.  
     
     
         7 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the lip is tapered at its end so as to be interposable between the crimped portion of the bottle and a protrusion formed on the neck of the bottle.  
     
     
         8 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the opening in the bottom surface of the base section of the beverage container includes opening sidewalls that extend inward from the bottom surface a first distance to an inner surface and wherein the lip extends from the side wall a distance from the inner surface of the opening so as to define a gap that is sized so as to receive the bottle cap.  
     
     
         9 . The beverage container of  claim 4 , wherein the lip is formed on the opening sidewalls so as to be substantially co-planar with the bottom surface of the base of the beverage container.  
     
     
         10 . A method of consuming beverages provided in bottles having a major axis and having a bottle cap secured thereto so as to seal the beverage within the bottles, the method comprising: 
 a) positioning a first bottle within a cavity of a container such that a lip of the container engages under the bottle cap;    b) exerting a rotation and lifting movement to the container transverse the major axis of the bottle so as to deform and remove the bottle cap from the bottle;    c) pouring the beverage from the bottle into the container;    d) consuming the beverage from the container;    e) positioning at least a second bottle within the cavity of the container such that the lip of the container engages under the bottle cap;    f) repeating steps b) and c).    
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein step e) is performed before the beverage is completely consumed from the container.