US2022240697A1PendingUtilityA1

Drinking containers with ice retaining features

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Feb 2, 2021Filed: Feb 2, 2022Published: Aug 4, 2022
Est. expiryFeb 2, 2041(~14.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Keith Andrew Walter
A47G 19/2211
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Abstract

A drinking container includes: a base; a sidewall extending upwardly from the base, wherein the base and the sidewall define a cavity; and an ice retaining structure in the cavity, the ice retaining structure including a shield member held adjacent an adjacent portion of an inner surface of the sidewall, wherein the shield is connected to and/or abuts the sidewall at two spaced apart connection locations. The ice retaining structure and the sidewall define a single laterally extending gap therebetween, and the ice retaining structure is positioned and configured to retain ice in the cavity and to permit liquid to pass through the gap when the drinking container is tilted relative to vertical.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A drinking container comprising:
 a base;   a sidewall extending upwardly from the base, wherein the base and the sidewall define a cavity; and   an ice retaining structure in the cavity, the ice retaining structure comprising a shield member held adjacent an adjacent portion of an inner surface of the sidewall, wherein the shield is connected to and/or abuts the sidewall at two spaced apart connection locations;   wherein the ice retaining structure and the sidewall define a single laterally extending gap therebetween, and wherein the ice retaining structure is positioned and configured to retain ice in the cavity and to permit liquid to pass through the gap when the drinking container is tilted relative to vertical.   
     
     
         2 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the shield is arcuate. 
     
     
         3 . The drinking container of  claim 2  wherein the shield is convex relative to the adjacent portion of the inner surface of the sidewall. 
     
     
         4 . The drinking container of  claim 2  wherein the shield is concave relative to a portion of the inner surface of the sidewall that is diametrically opposed to the adjacent portion of the inner surface of the sidewall. 
     
     
         5 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the two spaced art connection locations are circumferentially spaced apart by an arc angle of 120 degrees or less. 
     
     
         6 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the shield and the sidewall define a center opening that is sized and configured to receive ice cubes therethrough. 
     
     
         7 . The drinking container of  claim 6  wherein the center opening has a diameter and/or a width of 2 to 4 inches. 
     
     
         8 . The drinking container of  claim 6  wherein the center opening has a diameter and/or a width of at least 3 inches. 
     
     
         9 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the sidewall extends upwardly from the base and terminates in a lip, and wherein the ice retaining structure is positioned and configured to retain ice in the cavity and to permit liquid to pass through the gap and over the lip when the drinking container is tilted relative to vertical. 
     
     
         10 . The drinking container of  claim 9  wherein the ice retaining structure is positioned closer to the lip than the base. 
     
     
         11 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the shield comprises a bottom and a top that is closer to the adjacent portion of the inner sidewall than is the bottom.

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