Personally identifiable container and device

a technology for identifying devices and beverage containers, applied in the field of beverage containers, can solve the problems of unsolved, confusion, and the inability to identify one's own drink, and achieve the effect of reducing the difficulty of identifying one's own drink

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-10-19
WATSON RICHARD WAYNE
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[0012] It is a principal object of the invention to provide a device by which a food or beverage manufacturer, conta...

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While improvements have been made consistently in the field of packaging and promotion of drinks, a major problem has remained unsolved: when a group of people are all using the same drink container, how does each person keep track of which drink is his or hers?
In such situations, once a person opens a bottle or can and sets it down, it is likely th...

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[0040] Referring now to the drawings, FIG. 1 shows a front view of the preferred embodiment of the personally identifiable container 10. Container 10 includes a storage portion 20 and a cap portion 30. Container 10 can be any type of container that utilizes a cap, including soft drink and water bottles. Cap portion 30 includes an upper cap portion 32 and a lower cap portion 34. Upper cap portion 32 preferably contains inner threads for attachment to storage portion 20, but can also contain a smooth inner surface for frictional attachment to storage portion 20. Lower cap portion 34 includes identification indicia 36 on the outer surface thereof. Lower cap portion 34 is preferably a rotatable ring that can be detachable from upper cap portion 32. Lower cap portion 34 preferably contains a plurality of gripping prongs 37 (see FIG. 4) to enable lower cap portion 34 to be detached from upper cap portion 32 and still remain attached to storage portion 20. Upper cap portion 32 can include ...

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A personally identifiable container and device is provided to help avoid confusion over beverage container identity. The identifying devices include various types of indicia including blank surface, color- and number-coded, user-selectable and user-customizable iterations in the forms of production and aftermarket container caps, production and aftermarket labels, and container stickers that a manufacturer can build into its products or a user can purchase and apply it to his/her container. User-selectable iterations involve letters, numbers, colors or other indicia which the user can mark to identify a container. User-customizable iterations include surface-malleable containers, container caps, labels, (rings and dials)) and stickers into which a user can scratch or otherwise imprint his/her name and/or specific indicia. Another embodiment allows users to burst dye packets within a container cap or label to mix a custom and identifying color combination.

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PRIORITY [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 671,767 filed on Apr. 15, 2005.CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0002] None. STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT [0003] This invention was not federally sponsored. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0004] 1. Field of Invention [0005] The present invention relates to the field of beverage containers. More particularly, this invention is directed toward a customizable identifying device for a beverage container. 2. Description of the Related Art [0006] While drink containers have been around since ancient times, it was only in 1892 that William Painter patented the crown bottle cap. 1934 was the first year in which color labels were used on soft drink bottles. These color labels were first baked on the face of the bottle, and have undergone substantial improvements in technology since then. [0007] While improvements have been made consistently in the field of pa...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D85/00
CPCB65D23/14G09F23/08G09F3/04
Inventor WATSON, RICHARD WAYNE
Owner WATSON RICHARD WAYNE
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