Water shedding designs for receptacle bottoms

Abstract

A design for water shedding receptacle bottoms is presented in this invention. For ease in understanding, the specific case of a water shedding mug is presented and described in detail. The mug is designed such that water will run off the bottom of the mug when it is inverted in a dishwasher. The design is comprised of a convex bottom with equally spaced feet around the periphery of the bottom of the mug. The convex bottom and feet combine to form flow channels through which water will flow via normal gravitational forces when the mug is inverted in a dishwasher.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This Non-Provisional Patent Application claims priority from Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 633,014 dated Dec. 3, 2004.FEDERAL RESEARCH STATEMENT [0002] None BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] This invention relates to the design of the bottoms of mugs, cups, bowls and other kitchen receptacles that facilitates the runoff of water from the dishwashing process. More specifically, the invention relates to the design of the bottoms of said mugs, cups, bowls and other kitchen receptacles such that water will automatically run off the bottom surface of said vessels when the vessel is inverted during or after the dishwashing process. [0004] One of the more persistent problems associated with the dishwashing process, whether hand dishwashing or automatic dishwashing, is the presence of standing water in the concave surfaces of most mugs, cups, bowls and other kitchen receptacles, when any of the aforementioned items are inverted and pla...

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Benefits of technology

[0008] This invention is a design of the bottoms of mugs, cups, bowls and other kitchen receptacles that facilitates the runoff of water from the dishwashing process. A possible second component might be water-shedding caps that can be placed on the inverted bottoms of mugs, cups, bowls and other kitchen receptacles that would ordinarily accumulate standing water in their concave bottoms.

Problems solved by technology

Standing water inherent in the dishwashing process is at best an annoyance and a cause of extra work in the kitchen, and at worst a potential source of microbes that can accumulate in such standing water in the bottoms of such items.

However, when the mug is inverted, water will accumulate in the concave surface of the bottom of the mug.

This combination of concave bottom design and inverted positioning in a dishwasher results in the accumulation of standing water.

The same type of standing water problem exists for bowls, pitchers, glasses, cups etc.

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