Beverage container ownership indicators

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for ownership indicators for beverage containers such as soda cans. In a first embodiment, a beverage container has a circumferentially arranged legend of a plurality of symbols, and a rotating marker configured to indicate one or more of the plurality of symbols.

Therefore, the following is claimed: 
     
         1 . A beverage container, comprising:
 a legend of a plurality of symbols disposed on a circular planar surface of the beverage container, the legend comprising an outer row of symbols arranged in a first arc of the circular planar surface and an inner row of symbols being arranged in a second arc of the circular planar surface, each of the plurality of symbols being distinct and corresponding to a single letter, a single number, or a single non-alphanumeric character glyph; and   a rotating marker affixed to the circular planar surface, the rotating marker comprising an indicator configured to point simultaneously at a first singular symbol in the inner row and a second singular symbol in the outer row.   
     
     
         2 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the indicator is disposed on a portion of the rotating marker that is configured to be positioned over a portion of the circular planar surface between the inner row and the outer row. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the rotating marker comprises an opening that is configured to be positioned over a portion of the inner row of symbols. 
     
     
         4 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of symbols do not indicate contents of the beverage container. 
     
     
         5 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the beverage container is a beverage can, and the rotating marker is a pull tab. 
     
     
         6 . The beverage container of  claim 5 , wherein the outer row of symbols is visible outside of the pull tab, and the inner row of symbols is visible through a hole in the pull tab. 
     
     
         7 . The beverage container of  claim 5 , wherein the indicator is disposed on the pull tab at an outer edge of the pull tab. 
     
     
         8 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the inner row has a first set of the plurality of symbols, and the outer row has a second set of the plurality of symbols. 
     
     
         9 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the inner row or the outer row includes a plurality of letters in an alphabetized arrangement. 
     
     
         10 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of symbols includes a plurality of numbers in a sequential arrangement. 
     
     
         11 . The beverage container of  claim 1 , wherein the legend of a plurality of symbols is disposed on a label affixed to a top surface of the beverage container. 
     
     
         12 . The beverage container of  claim 11 , wherein the label is removable.