Drinking vessel

Abstract

A beverage container that can be evacuated conventionally by tipping the container and pouring its contents from an opening in the side or top of the container or by gravity by providing a hole through a bottom of the container and a tube in fluid communication with the hole such that the contents of the container can pass by gravity feed from the container, through the hole and out through the tube.

1 . A container comprising: 
 an open top,    a closed bottom having an aperture located about a central portion thereof,    a wall extending between the open top and closed bottom,    a flexible tube connected with the aperture,    means of securing the tube with the wall, and    means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube,    wherein the container is adapted and arranged for evacuating a fluid therefrom by gravity through the tube and conventionally through the open top.    
   
   
       2 . The container according to  claim 1  further comprising a handle connected with the wall.  
   
   
       3 . The container according to  claim 1  further comprising means of maintaining the container upright on a surface.  
   
   
       4 . The container according to  claim 3  further comprising an opening in the means of maintaining the container upright which is adapted to receive the tube.  
   
   
       5 . The container according to  claim 1  wherein the means of securing the tube with the wall includes a clasp connected with the wall.  
   
   
       6 . The container according to  claim 1  wherein the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube includes a plug.  
   
   
       7 . The container according to  claim 6  wherein the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube is connected with the wall.  
   
   
       8 . The container according to  claim 1  wherein the means of securing the tube with the wall and the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube comprise a single member.  
   
   
       9 . The container according to  claim 1  wherein the closed bottom is slanted toward the opening.  
   
   
       10 . The container according to  claim 8  wherein the single member is a clasp.  
   
   
       11 . A drinking vessel comprising, 
 an open top, a closed bottom and a wall,    a hole through a central portion of the closed bottom,    a tube connected with the hole,    means of securing the tube with the wall, and    means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube,    wherein the drinking vessel is adapted and arranged for evacuating a fluid therefrom by gravity through the tube and conventionally through the open top.    
   
   
       12 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 11  further comprising a handle connected with the wall.  
   
   
       13 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 11  wherein the closed bottom is slanted toward the hole.  
   
   
       14 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 13  further comprising a rim for maintaining the container upright on a surface.  
   
   
       15 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 14  further comprising an opening in the rim adapted to receive the tube.  
   
   
       16 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 15  wherein the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube includes a clamp or a plug.  
   
   
       17 . The drinking vessel according to  claim 16  wherein the means of securing the tube with the wall includes a clasp connected with the wall.  
   
   
       18 . The container according to  claim 17  wherein the means of securing the tube with the wall and the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube comprise a single member.  
   
   
       19 . A cup comprising, 
 an open top and a closed bottom,    a hole through a central portion of the closed bottom,    a flexible tube connected with the hole,    means of securing the tube with the mug, and    means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube,    wherein the cup is adapted and arranged for evacuating a fluid therefrom by gravity through the tube and conventionally through the open top.    
   
   
       20 . The cup according to  claim 19  further comprising an inflexible substantially L-shaped conduit in fluid communication with the hole wherein the tube is attached to a free end of the L-shaped conduit.  
   
   
       21 . The cup according to  claim 20  wherein the closed bottom slants toward the hole.  
   
   
       22 . The cup according to  claim 21  wherein the means of securing the tube with the mug and the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube comprise a single member.  
   
   
       23 . A method of evacuating a fluid from the cup of  claim 19  comprising, 
 evacuating the cup conventionally through the open top by connecting the tube with the means of securing the tube with the cup and the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube and tipping the cup so that the fluid is evacuated from the cup through the open top, and    evacuating the cup by gravity through the tube by detaching the tube from the means of securing the tube with the cup, and the means of preventing a fluid from flowing through the tube, placing a free end of the tube in a desired location, and raising the cup to a height sufficient to evacuate the liquid from the cup through the free end of the tube.