Two piece beverage/drinking or food container

Abstract

A two-piece stemware container with an upper bowl-like vessel element having side walls forming an upwardly extending open goblet cavity for carrying food or drink. The cavity has an open top and a closed bottom base portion. A female threaded receptacle is concealed and carried within the base portion. A lower stem-like element having an upwardly extending column is integrally formed with a bottom base. The lower stem-like element has a male screw thread member located at the upper end of said column and adapted to mate with the female threaded receptacle for connecting the lower stem-like element with the upper bowl-like vessel element. The lower stem-like element has an effective height such that when the lower stem-like element is inverted and inserted into the top opening where it can be carried within the cavity.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A two-piece stemware container comprising:
 an upper bowl-like vessel element having side walls forming an upwardly extending open goblet cavity for carrying food or drink therein, said cavity having an open top and a closed bottom base portion, a female threaded receptacle concealed and carried within said bottom base portion, said cavity having a cavity height extending from an upper surface of said base to a said open top,   a lower stem-like element having an upwardly extending column integrally formed with a bottom support base,   said lower stem-like element further having a male screw thread member located at the upper end of said column and adapted to mate with said female threaded receptacle for connecting said lower stem-like element with said upper bowl-like vessel element,   said support bottom base having a diameter at least as large as the diameter of said open top of said upper bowl-like vessel, and said lower stem-like element having an effective height such that when said lower stem-like element is inverted and a top surface of said bottom base is resting on the circumference of said open top said effective height is equal to or less than said cavity height thereby allowing said lower stem-like element to be carried within said cavity.   
     
     
         2 . The stemware container according to  claim 1 , wherein said upper bowl-like vessel element is an integrally molded unit. 
     
     
         3 . The stemware container according to  claim 2 , wherein said side walls form a generally cylindrical cavity. 
     
     
         4 . The stemware container according to  claim 2 , wherein said side walls are tapered forming a generally conical cavity. 
     
     
         5 . The stemware container according to  claim 2 , wherein said bottom base portion has a diameter of no less than about 30% of the largest cross-sectional diameter of said cavity. 
     
     
         6 . The stemware container according to  claim 2 , wherein said lower stem-like element is an integrally molded unit. 
     
     
         7 . The stemware container according to  claim 6 , further comprising a housing located at the upper end of said column. 
     
     
         8 . The stemware container according to  claim 7 , wherein said housing is upwardly flared from said column. 
     
     
         9 . The stemware container according to  claim 8 , wherein said housing is formed with a hollow central portion. 
     
     
         10 . The stemware container according to  claim 9 , further comprising a distinguishing member carried within said hollow central portion. 
     
     
         11 . An upper bowl-like vessel element comprising side walls forming an upwardly extending open goblet cavity for carrying food or drink therein, said cavity having an open top and a closed bottom base portion, a female threaded receptacle concealed and carried within said bottom base portion adapted to mate and connect with a male screw thread member carried by a lower stem-like element thereby connecting said lower stem-like element with said upper bowl-like vessel element, said cavity having a cavity height extending from an upper surface of said base to a said open top. 
     
     
         12 . The upper bowl-like vessel according to  claim 11 , wherein said side walls form a generally cylindrical cavity. 
     
     
         13 . The upper bowl-like vessel according to  claim 11 , wherein said side walls are tapered forming a generally conical cavity. 
     
     
         14 . A lower stem-like element comprising
 an upwardly extending column integrally formed with a bottom support base,   a male screw thread member located at the upper end of said column and adapted to mate with a female threaded receptacle carried by an upper bowl-like vessel element having a goblet cavity with an open top and a closed bottom, for connecting said lower stem-like element with said upper bowl-like vessel element,   said bottom support base having a diameter at least as large as the diameter of said open top of said upper bowl-like vessel, and said lower stem-like element having an effective height such that when said lower stem-like element is inverted and a top surface of said bottom base is resting on the circumference of said open top said effective height is equal to or less than said cavity height thereby allowing said lower stem-like element to be carried within said cavity.   
     
     
         15 . The lower stem-like element according to  claim 14 , further comprising a housing located at the upper end of said column. 
     
     
         16 . The lower stem-like element according to  claim 15 , wherein said housing is upwardly flared from said column. 
     
     
         17 . The lower stem-like element according to  claim 16 , wherein said housing is formed with a hollow central portion. 
     
     
         18 . The lower stem-like element according to  claim 17 , further comprising a distinguishing member carried within said hollow central portion.