Drinking vessels
A drinking vessel includes a bottle, a cup, and a cup lid. The bottle has a bottle base, a bottle mouth, and a bottle wall, the cup includes a cup base, a cup mouth, and a cup wall, a first face of the cup base and an inner face of the cup wall define a cup volume, a free edge of the cup wall defines the cup mouth. The cup lid is configured to close the cup mouth. The cup is configured so that the bottle base and at least a portion of bottle wall fit into the cup volume. The cup further includes a lid storage recess. The cup lid includes a cup wall engaging structure, and drinking aperture, and is configured to be reversibly retained in the lid storage recess.
1 . A drinking vessel comprising a bottle, a cup, and a cup lid, wherein:
the bottle comprises a bottle base, a bottle mouth, and a bottle wall extending between the bottle base and the bottle mouth,
the cup comprises a cup base, a cup mouth, and a cup wall, wherein a first face of the cup base and an inner face of the cup wall define a cup volume, the cup volume is suitable for holding a potable beverage, and the inner face of the cup wall extends from the cup base to a free edge of the cup wall which defines the cup mouth,
the cup lid is configured to reversibly engage with one or both of the free edge of the cup wall and the portion of the cup wall adjacent the free edge, and the cup lid is configured to close the cup mouth,
the cup base and cup wall are configured in such a manner that the bottle base and at least a portion of bottle wall fit into the cup volume with the inner face of the cup wall in close proximity to the portion of a bottle wall,
the cup further comprises a lid storage recess that is defined by a second face of the cup base and an inner face of a recess wall, wherein the second face of the cup base faces away from the cup volume, the inner face of the recess wall extends from the second face of the cup base away from the cup volume to a recess wall free edge, and the recess wall free edge defines a recess mouth,
the cup lid comprises a cup wall engaging means, and drinking aperture,
the cup lid and lid storage recess are configured in such a manner that the cup lid reversibly engages with the cup lid storage recess so that the cup lid is reversibly retained in the lid storage recess, and
the cup further comprises a base cap, and the base cap is configured to reversibly close the mouth of the lid storage recess.
2 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 in which the cup lid is at least partially elastically deformable, and
insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires elastic deformation of the at least part of the cup lid.
3 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 in which the cup lid is wholly elastically deformable.
4 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 in which the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid is elastically deformable, and insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires the elastic deformation of the cup wall engaging means.
5 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 in which the cup lid further comprises a deformation zone, the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid extends around the outside perimeter of the cup lid, the deformation zone is approximately parallel to the cup wall engaging means, and insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires elastic deformation of the deformation zone.
6 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 wherein:
the cup lid further comprises a first lid element and a second lid element, wherein the first lid element comprises the cup wall engaging means, the drinking aperture, and a rotating joint element,
the second lid element comprises a drinking aperture closure element and a rotating joint element,
the rotating joint elements of the first and second lid elements combine to form a 360° hinge between the first and second lid elements, and
rotation of the second lid element relative to the first lid element may move the second lid element between (i) a closed position where the drinking aperture closure element may close the drinking aperture and (ii) an open position where the drinking aperture closure element may not close the drinking aperture.
7 . A drinking vessel according to claim 6 in which at least a portion of the second lid element is elastically deformable and deformation of the second lid element when it is in the closed position allows the drinking aperture closure element to close the drinking aperture.
8 . A drinking vessel according to claim 6 in which the cup mouth is substantially planar, and the axis about which the second lid element rotates relative to the first lid element is within about 10 degrees of perpendicular to the plane of the cup mouth when the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid is engaged with the cup wall.
9 . A drinking vessel according to claim 1 in which the base cap is engaged with the recess wall via an engagement means.
10 . A drinking vessel according to claim 9 in which the engagement means is a screw thread.
11 . A drinking vessel comprising a bottle, a cup, and a cup lid, wherein:
the bottle comprises a bottle base, a bottle mouth, and a bottle wall extending between the bottle base and the bottle mouth,
the cup comprises a cup base, a cup mouth, and a cup wall, wherein a first face of the cup base and an inner face of the cup wall define a cup volume, the cup volume is suitable for holding a potable beverage, and the inner face of the cup wall extends from the cup base to a free edge of the cup wall which defines the cup mouth,
the cup lid is configured to reversibly engage with one or both of the free edge of the cup wall and the portion of the cup wall adjacent the free edge, and the cup lid is configured to close the cup mouth,
the cup base and cup wall are configured in such a manner that the bottle base and at least a portion of bottle wall fit into the cup volume with the inner face of the cup wall in close proximity to the portion of a bottle wall,
the cup further comprises a lid storage recess that is defined by a second face of the cup base and an inner face of a recess wall, wherein the second face of the cup base faces away from the cup volume, the inner face of the recess wall extends from the second face of the cup base away from the cup volume to a recess wall free edge, and the recess wall free edge defines a recess mouth,
the cup lid comprises a cup wall engaging means, and drinking aperture, and
the cup lid and lid storage recess are configured in such a manner that the cup lid reversibly engages with the cup lid storage recess so that the cup lid is reversibly retained in the lid storage recess,
the recess wall comprises at least one retaining projection, each retaining projection extends from the free edge of the recess wall or from a portion of the inner face of the recess wall, and each retaining projection extends over a part of the recess mouth or into the lid storage recess,
at least one retaining projection is a retaining plate, the free edge of the recess wall defines a substantially circular recess mouth, and the retaining plate is substantially a circular segment.
12 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 in which at least one retaining projection is a ridge, and in which the ridge extends in a longitudinal direction that is substantially parallel to the free edge of the recess wall.
13 . A drinking vessel according to claim 12 in which the ridge extends the whole length or substantially the whole length of the free edge of the recess wall.
14 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 in which the cup lid is at least partially elastically deformable, and
insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires elastic deformation of the at least part of the cup lid.
15 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 in which the cup lid is wholly elastically deformable.
16 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 in which the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid is elastically deformable, and insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires the elastic deformation of the cup wall engaging means.
17 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 in which the cup lid further comprises a deformation zone, the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid extends around the outside perimeter of the cup lid, the deformation zone is approximately parallel to the cup wall engaging means, and insertion and removal of the cup lid into and/or out of the lid storage recess requires elastic deformation of the deformation zone.
18 . A drinking vessel according to claim 11 wherein:
the cup lid further comprises a first lid element and a second lid element, wherein the first lid element comprises the cup wall engaging means, the drinking aperture, and a rotating joint element,
the second lid element comprises a drinking aperture closure element and a rotating joint element,
the rotating joint elements of the first and second lid elements combine to form a 360° hinge between the first and second lid elements, and
rotation of the second lid element relative to the first lid element may move the second lid element between (i) a closed position where the drinking aperture closure element may close the drinking aperture and (ii) an open position where the drinking aperture closure element may not close the drinking aperture.
19 . A drinking vessel according to claim 18 in which at least a portion of the second lid element is elastically deformable and deformation of the second lid element when it is in the closed position allows the drinking aperture closure element to close the drinking aperture.
20 . A drinking vessel according to claim 18 in which the cup mouth is substantially planar, and the axis about which the second lid element rotates relative to the first lid element is within about 10 degrees of perpendicular to the plane of the cup mouth when the cup wall engaging means of the cup lid is engaged with the cup wall.