Spherical drinking vessel

Abstract

In an example, a spherical drinking vessel is providing. The spherical drinking vessel may include a curved sidewall having a first hemisphere-shaped section and a second remaining section. The second remaining section of the curved sidewall may define an opening for receiving a liquid. A first thickness of the curved sidewall at a point corresponding to a nadir of the first hemisphere-shaped section of the curved sidewall may be different than a different point on the first hemisphere-shaped section of the curved sidewall. In an example, the second thickness is greater than the first thickness.

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PRIORITY[0001]This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61 / 951,086 filed on Mar. 11, 2014, entitled: SPHERICAL MULTIUSE BEVERAGE CONTAINER, which is herein incorporated by reference in its entirety.COPYRIGHT NOTICE[0002]© 2015 Remark-A-Ball LLC. A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. 37 CFR §1.71(d).BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Beverage containers can come in a variety of shapes and offer a range of utility. Current closed or open top drink containers are cylindrical in shape. These containers can only be placed upright on flat surfaces; in water they tip over. Systems have been developed to provide for a cylindrical container that...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]Spherical drink containers and floating drink containers offer exciting and unique experiences while imbibing. Reusable beverage containers are typically sold without fluid or drink contents in a retail setting or with fluid or drink contents at the point of sales in entertainment settings such as resorts or cruise lines. Reusable beverage containers commonly satisfy key goals such as to hold a specific volume of fluid, to allow for ease of portability, to allow a pathway to consume drink contents and/or to allow a pathway for new or supplementary drink contents to be easily added.

[0008]To date, spherical and/or floating beverage containers are difficult to come by in a commercial setting. The lack of commercially available spherical and/or floating beverage containers is due in part to high manufacturing costs. The high production cost of these container are due in part to complex manufacturing processes that employ multiple molds and materials that are required of the current state of the art. A single-walled floating, spherical vessel would simplify the manufacturing process while offering the recreational advantages of a weig...

Problems solved by technology

To date, spherical and/or floating beverage containers are difficult to come by in a commercial setting.

The lack of commercially available spherical and/or floating beverage containers is due in part to h...

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