IP Library Granted Patent US 11,172,784
Granted Patent B2
US 11,172,784 · App. 16/004,333 · Granted Nov 16, 2021

Dual removable end cap vessel

Inventors: Steven Pinelli (Ogden Dunes, IN); Richard Ellison (Chicago, IL); Glen Gilmore (Naperville, IL); Micaela McCabe (Chicago, IL); Kurtis Sward (Anna Maria, FL); Derek Leatzow (Chicago, IL)
Assignee: Leapfrog Product Development LLC
A47J41/028C25D7/04A47G19/2288
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Patent No.
US 11,172,784
App. No.
16/004,333
Granted
Nov 16, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A container includes: a double wall vacuum insulated body including: an electroplated stainless steel inner surface or a polished stainless steel inner surface; an outer surface including a vacuum port; a mouth located at a top end of the body having a mouth diameter; and a base opening located at a bottom end of the body having a base opening diameter; a removable top cap including a top seal that seals the top opening; and a removable bottom cap including a bottom seal that seals the bottom open.

Claims (24)

1. A container comprising:

a double wall vacuum insulated body comprising:

an electroplated stainless steel inner surface or a polished stainless steel inner surface;

an outer surface including a vacuum port;

a vacuum cavity defined between the inner surface and the outer surface;

a mouth located at a top end of the double wall vacuum insulated body, the mouth having a mouth diameter; and

a base opening located at a bottom end of the double wall vacuum insulated body, the base opening having a base opening diameter, wherein radially internally facing threads are provided on the inner surface of the double wall vacuum insulated body adjacent the bottom end thereof;

a removable top cap including a top seal that seals the mouth; and

a removable bottom cap including a bottom seal that seals the base opening, wherein the bottom cap includes an inner body and an outer body spaced apart from the inner body to form a channel that receives the bottom end of the double wall vacuum insulated body, a bottom seal located at a base of the channel, and wherein the bottom cap has radially outwardly facing threads on the inner body to mate with the radially internally facing threads of the double wall vacuum insulated body.

2. The container of claim 1 wherein the bottom seal includes at least one compressible element extending from the inner body towards the outer body thereby sealing against the bottom end of the double wall vacuum insulated body.

3. The container of claim 1 wherein the vacuum port is covered by the outer body of the removable bottom cap when the removable bottom cap is attached to the double wall vacuum insulated body.

4. The container of claim 1 wherein the mouth diameter is smaller than the base opening diameter.

5. The container of claim 1 wherein the double wall vacuum insulated body includes a shoulder that tapers to a narrower diameter towards the mouth and a larger diameter towards the base opening.

6. The container of claim 1 wherein a pressurized stream of water entering the double wall vacuum insulated body through either the mouth or the base opening has a clear path to exit the double wall vacuum insulated body through the other when the top cap and bottom cap are each removed from the double wall vacuum insulated body.

7. A container comprising:

a double wall vacuum insulated body comprising:

an inner surface;

an outer surface connected to the inner surface at a top of the inner surface;

a vacuum cavity defined between the inner surface and the outer surface;

the outer surface having a recessed bowl and a vacuum port in the recessed bowl, the vacuum port providing access to the vacuum cavity;

a mouth located at a top end of the double wall vacuum insulated body, the mouth having a mouth diameter; and

a base opening located at a bottom end of the double wall vacuum insulated body, the base opening having a base opening diameter, wherein radially internally facing threads are provided on the inner surface of the double wall vacuum insulated body adjacent the bottom end thereof;

a removable top cap including a top seal that seals the mouth; and

a removable bottom cap including a bottom seal that seals the base opening, wherein the bottom cap has radially outwardly facing threads to mate with the radially internally facing threads of the double wall vacuum insulated body.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: LEAPFROG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC
To: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 054887/0576 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: ELLISON, RICHARD; GILMORE, GLEN; MCCABE, MICAELA; PINELLI, STEVEN; SWARD, KURTIS; LEATZOW, DEREK
To: LEAPFROG PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 046071/0876 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62516997 · Jun 8, 2017
Provisional Application 62522438 · Jun 20, 2017
Related Publication 20180353011A1 · Dec 13, 2018
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