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US6575413:
Apparatus for pivotally supporting a liquid container
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Straub, John; Northville, MI 48167
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
2003-06-10
/ 2002-03-29
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| Application Number: |
US2002000113432
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A47G 23/02;
B67D 3/00;
Core:
A47G 23/00;
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IPC-7:
A47F 5/12;
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| ECLA Code: |
A47G23/02B; B67D3/00H;
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| U.S. Class: |
248/141;
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| Field of Search: |
248/141,311.2,139,140,142,224.61
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| Priority Number: |
| 2002-03-29 |
US2002000113432 |
| 2001-04-23 |
US2001000285679P |
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| Abstract: |
An apparatus for supporting a liquid container allows a user to easily pivot the container and pour liquid outwardly therefrom. The apparatus includes a base, a cradle pivotally supported on the base, and a stop member to limit return movement of the cradle on the base. The base includes two upstanding side braces interconnected by a web. The cradle includes a floor suspended and spaced upwardly away from the base web, and further includes two spaced apart cradle side portions extending upwardly from opposite side edges of the cradle floor. The cradle may also include a bridge interconnecting the tops of the side portions thereof, and where used, the bridge may include a bow formed integrally therein to receive a neck of a liquid container. The support apparatus may be adapted to receive a standard gallon jug, or alternatively, may be adapted to receive a two-liter beverage bottle.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Carrier, Blackman & Associates, P.C. ;
Blackman, William D. ;
Carrier, Joseph P. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Braun, Leslie A.; Schulterbrandt, Kofi
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. An apparatus for supportively holding a liquid container, said apparatus comprising:
- a base comprising two upstanding side braces interconnected by a web; and
- a cradle for supportively receiving a liquid container, the cradle being pivotally supportable on the base and comprising:
- a cradle floor for supporting said liquid container thereon, said cradle floor having two opposite side edges;
- two cradle side portions, one of said cradle side portions extending upwardly from each of the side edges of the cradle floor;
- a bridge interconnecting said cradle side portions and having an arcuate cutout formed integrally therein to receive a neck of said liquid container; a portion of the bridge surrounding the cutout being tapered outwardly, from a narrow portion at the top of the bridge to a wider portion at the bottom of the bridge, to accommodate a tapered container neck; and
- a stop member attached to the cradle or to the base, for limiting return movement of the cradle with respect to the base;
- wherein the cradle is supportably mountable on the base in a manner such that it may be moved from a resting position, in which the cradle floor is substantially horizontal, to a pivotally tilted position;
- and further wherein the weight distribution of the cradle on the base, when it is mounted thereon, biases the cradle toward the resting position thereof.
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