IP Library Granted Patent US 10,961,101
Granted Patent B2
US 10,961,101 · App. 16/243,886 · Granted Mar 30, 2021

Beverage shotgunning drinking apparatus

Inventor: Kyle Alan Clark (Flint, TX)
Assignee: Chug Co, LLC
B67B7/26A47G19/22A47G21/18B67B7/16A47G19/2227
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,961,101
App. No.
16/243,886
Granted
Mar 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus comprises a body shell including a proximate end, a distal end, and a cylindrical passage. The apparatus also includes a piercing tube, which is slidably positioned within the cylindrical passage of the body shell. The piercing tube includes a proximate end including a piercing element with a central opening. The piercing tube also includes a distal end including a drinking spout. The piercing tube also includes a drink passage between the central opening of the piercing element and the drinking spout.

Claims (16)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a body shell including an outer wall, a proximate end, a distal end, a passage, and a trigger opening;

a piercing tube slidably positioned within the passage of the body shell, the piercing tube including:

a first flange;

a proximate end including a piercing element with a central opening, the proximate end including a first diameter adjacent to the piercing element;

a distal end with a second diameter, the distal end including a drinking spout with a third diameter, wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter, and wherein the second diameter is smaller than the third diameter; and

a drink passage between the central opening of the piercing element and the drinking spout; and

a trigger latch rotatably coupled to the outer wall of the body shell and operable to extend through the trigger opening to abut the piercing tube and maintain the piercing tube in an armed position, wherein the trigger latch abuts the first diameter of the proximate end of the piercing tube and the first flange of the piercing tube when the piercing tube is in the armed position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a compression spring coupled to the body shell and the piercing tube, the compression spring providing tension when the piercing tube is in the armed position to bring the piercing tube into a can engagement position.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the piercing tube includes a whistle port.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a can seal attached to the proximate end of the body shell, the can seal including a central opening sized to admit the piercing tube when in a can engagement position.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the body shell includes a can engagement member on an outer wall of the proximate end of the body shell, the can engagement member including a curvature sized to engage a lower rim of a beverage can.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the curvature of the can engagement member is further sized to engage a lip of a bottle cap and the proximate end of the body shell is configured to abut a top face of the bottle cap.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a key ring attachment coupled to an outer wall of the piercing tube to maintain the piercing tube in a stowed position, the key ring attachment abutting the distal end of the body shell and the drinking spout of the piercing tube.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the piercing tube further includes internal ribs positioned in the drink passage.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the trigger latch abuts the second diameter of the distal end of the piercing tube when the piercing tube is in a can engagement position.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2019
From: CLARK, KYLE ALAN
To: CHUG CO, LLC
Reel/Frame 048371/0558 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62617010 · Jan 12, 2018
Related Publication 20190218087A1 · Jul 18, 2019
Cited By (3)
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