Hot beverage container and cover for the visually impaired

Abstract

A design for a grip-able hot beverage container and a cover for said hot beverage container for the visually impaired or for the person who cannot look at said container such as some one engaged in driving a motor vehicle. Printed cautions pertaining to the hot temperature of the liquid filled inside said beverage container will be printed in Braille on both the container and said cover. This feature provides a helpful warning specifically for the visually impaired user. The container made of insulating material has a depression on the sidewall that allows the person to grip the container in a certain way. The indents on the hot beverage container cover and container ring allow the said cover and its opening to be oriented in a specific way so that the person will know where the said cover's opening is by feel so as not to require sight or to avert one's attention from what the person is doing. Cautions of “Hot” will be printed in Braille as well as in non-Braille lettering or in traditional languages; i.e.: English, Spanish, etc. on the hot beverage container and on the sidewall of the container. This feature will serve as additional warnings to the user that hot liquids are present. Additionally, both the Braille and non-Braille warnings may be in several different languages. The design of said container is such to allow it to be stackable.

1 . We claim a hot beverage container comprising of: 
 a. a bottom wall and an upwardly extending, continuous sidewall connected to the bottom wall for cooperatively presenting a liquid-holding cavity; said sidewall including structure which defines, on the exterior face thereof,    b. Said sidewall flares out from the bottom wall at an angle from 5 to 45 degrees    c. An indent portion in the sidewall extending into the flared angle to allow a thumb or fingers to grip the conical side of the container,    d. A rim portion at the top of the liquid-holding cavity with four indents each separated on the center by ninety degrees from each other on the circumference of said rim,    e. A rounded portion to fit over the rim of the container portion with four indents each separated on the center by ninety degrees from each other, at the bottom of the portion where it meets the rim portion, these indents mate with the indents on the indents of the rim portion,    f. The top portion has raised Braille lettering at the uttermost part denoting the word “hot.”   
   
   
       2 . We claim a beverage container as described in  1  with: 
 a. The indent portion consisting of an oval or ovoid shape that extends ¼ to 1½ into the interior of the container. The indent is positioned from one quarter of the distance from the bottom of the sidewall to three quarters the distance from the bottom of the sidewall.    b The depth of the indent from the sidewall can extend from one quarter inch to two inches at the deepest penetration into the interior of the container.    
   
   
       3 . We claim a beverage container as described in claim one, the indent portion of which does not protrude into the well of the container beyond a depth that does not cross an imaginary line from where said line is perpendicular to the base and extends from the point from where the base meets the wall. This allows for stacking multiple containers.