USRE39827E1 - Vessel with measuring capability - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to vessels for containing measurable contents. More specifically, this invention relates to a vessel having graduated indicia.
- Vessels such as cups, bowls, spoons and the like which have a measuring capability are known. Such devices can be made from a variety of materials, including plastic, metal and glass.
- One of the most common measuring vessels found on the market today is a transparent measuring cup made of Pyrex® which is resistant to sudden changes in temperature to which it may be subjected during use.
- the utility derived from a measuring vessel is related to the ease with which volumetric indicia on the measuring vessel's wall may be read by a user.
- any suitable units of measurement may be used to indicate the level to which contents have risen within a measuring vessel.
- An alternative method of reading the level to which contents in a transparent or translucent measuring cup have risen is to lift the measuring cup to eye level and attempt to hold the measuring cup steady while visually detecting the volume. In either use, the observer is looking in a generally horizontal direction to detect the volume.
- Prior art measuring cups that are opaque are more difficult to read than transparent or translucent measuring cups.
- a user In order to read the volume of contents held within an opaque measuring cup, a user must peer over the upper margin of the measuring cup to view, as closely as possible, the level to which contents have risen, either by stooping to the measuring cup's level or by lifting the measuring cup to eye level.
- Measuring the volume of cooking ingredients using prior art measuring cup can also be frustrating. As mentioned above, it an be difficult for a user to stoop over to read the level of contents when placed on a level surface or when lifted to eye level. An unsteady hand not only makes the volume of contents difficult to determine when a measuring cup is lifted to eye level, but a user may spill contents or even drop the measuring cup when attempting to do so.
- Measuring vessels are not limited in their utility to the kitchen, of course. They may also be used for measuring proper ratios of solutions, e.g., antifreeze, the precise measurement of which is critical to its application and simplicity of determining a precise volume is necessary. Other common household solutions can be dangerous, e.g., toxic or caustic, and when a measuring vessel is filled with these solution the possibility of spilling them within the proximity of a child or a pet greatly increases when a measuring vessel must be raised to eye level to determine the volume of its contents.
- the present invention achieves the above-stated objectives by including with a vessel at least one sloped ramp having an upwardly directed surface having indicia which are readily observable by an observer looking downwardly toward the open end of the vessel.
- the structure simplifies volume determination because there is no need for the observer to move relative to the vessel in order to look in a horizontal direction at the vessel indicia. Thus, the possibility of spilling is reduced. Also, since the ramp preferably rises continuously and gradually from the bottom of the vessel, a user who is filling the vessel from above can actually see the volume indicia on the upwardly directed surface of the ramp while the vessel is being filled, looking along the same line of sight generally used during filling. These advantages result from the ability to visually determine the volume of the contents of the vessel by simply looking into the open upper end, and the gradual slope of the ramp.
- a cup has wall structure including a bottom wall and an encircling vertical side wall, so that the cup is cylindrical in shape with an open upper end.
- at least one ramp slopes continuously upward from the bottom wall toward the open upper end.
- the ramp includes an upwardly directed surface bearing printed volume indicia viewable through the open upper end to visually determine the volume of cup contents.
- the cup has two ramps formed integrally along the side wall, with one bearing standard English units of measurement and the other bearing metric units. The two ramps have oppositely located bottom ends and oppositely located top ends.
- the cup also has a handle and a spout, with the handle located adjacent one ramp and the spout located adjacent another.
- the side wall is sloped somewhat, rather than vertical.
- the cup includes two integral, oppositely located ramps with adjacently located bottom ends and adjacently located top ends. The top ends feed toward the spout, and again, one ramp bears indicia in standard English units and the other bears metric indicia.
- the handle is cantilevered from the side wall and has a vertical grip portion terminating at a distal end in the plane of the bottom wall to provide additional self-support, and covered with an elastomeric grip sheath.
- the cup can be formed of any suitable material and via any suitable process, although transparent and moldable material is preferred and manufactured using a molding process is also preferred.
- a vessel comprising: a wall structure defining a cavity with an open upper end for receiving contents having a measurable volume, a continuous ramp extending upwardly from adjacent to a lower end of the wall structure, and indicia positioned on the ramp so as to be observable by a user looking downwardly toward the open upper end and providing a readily observable indication of the volume of the contents of the vessel.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a measuring cup according to a first preferred embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the measuring cup of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the measuring cup of FIG. 2 taken along lines 3 — 3 ;
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present inventive measuring cup
- FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the measuring cup of FIG. 4 ;
- FIG. 6 is a side view of the measuring cup of FIG. 4 illustrating the nesting feature thereof;
- FIG. 7 is a top plan view of another embodiment of measuring cup.
- FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the measuring cup of FIG. 7 .
- FIGS. 1-3 show a first preferred embodiment of the present inventive vessel in the form of a measuring cup 10 .
- the measuring cup 10 is integrally formed of a suitable material and has a handle 12 and a spout 14 integrally attached to a substantially vertical side wall 16 .
- the measuring cup 10 has a base or bottom wall 18 integrally attached around its perimeter to the bottom edge of the side wall 16 .
- the side wall 16 cooperates with the bottom wall 18 to form wall structure which defines a cavity which has an open upper end.
- the wall 16 has an inside surface 20 and an outside surface 22 from which ramps 24 a, 24 b are formed in relief.
- the measuring cup is of unitary, one-piece construction, molded from any suitable food grade plastic known in the art. However, it will be understood that the measuring cup 10 may be manufactured by any suitable process. It will also be understood that the measuring cup 10 may be made of any other suitable material known in the art, e.g., Pyrex® or metal.
- the ramps 24 a, 24 b are located on opposite sides of the cup 10 but are identical in construction. Therefore, only one such ramp is described.
- Each ramp has a ramp base, or bottom end 25 , and a ramp top or upper end 26 .
- the ramp base 25 is located proximate the bottom edge of the side wall 16
- the ramp top 26 is located proximate the top edge of the side wail 16 .
- the ramps 24 a, 24 b have respective upper ramp surfaces 30 a, 30 b, which are generally upwardly directed and have a substantially constant slope between the ramp base 25 and the ramp top 26 .
- the ramps 24 a, 24 b are oppositely disposed on the inside surface 20 of the wall 16 .
- the ramps 24 a, 24 b traverse substantially the same distance from the bottom margin of the wall 16 to the top margin of the wall 16 along the inside surface 20 . It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the ramps 24 a, 24 b may have a greater or lesser slope, which in turn would result in shorter or longer distances, respectively, traveled from the bottom margin to the top margin of the wall 16 .
- the ramps 24 a, 24 b have a slope great enough so that the ramps 24 a, 24 b do not extend more than half the circumference of the wall 16 , as seen in FIG. 2 . Also, the ramps 24 a, 24 b do not overlap each other. That is, the ramp 24 a does not rise over the ramp 246 on the inside surface 20 of the wall 16 .
- the side wall 16 is substantially normal to the base 18 , so that the cup 10 is generally cylindrical in shape. In the illustrated embodiment the side wall 16 is slightly oval in transverse cross section but it could be circular or have other shapes. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the wall 16 may angle away from the perimeter of the base 18 so that the measuring cup 10 may receive a second measuring cup (not shown) therein, i.e., allow plural measuring cups 10 to stack inside each other.
- Each of the ramps 24 a, 24 b is provided with volume indicia 27 a, 27 a, on the upwardly directed surface 30 a, 30 b, so a user may easily look down toward the measuring cup 10 from above and view the volume level of the contents 28 within the cup 10 .
- the ramp 24 a is provided with metric indicia 27 a on ramp surface 30 a
- ramp 24 b is provided with standard English indicia 27 a on ramp surface 30 b. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the indicia 27 a, 27 a may be spaced differently relative to each unit of measurement on respective ramps 24 , 24 b, depending on the desired slope of the ramps 24 a, 24 b.
- the side wall 16 has portions below the ramps 24 a, 24 b integral with the lateral inner edges of the ramp surfaces 30 a, 30 b, and portions above the ramps integral with the lateral outer edges of the ramp surfaces 30 a, 30 b.
- FIGS. 4-6 show a second preferred embodiment of an inventive measuring cup 100 .
- the measuring cup 100 has wall structure including a side wall 116 integral with a bottom wall or base 118 for cooperation therewith to define a cavity with an open upper end 132 having a width A larger than the width B of the bottom wall or base 118 .
- the side wall 116 slopes outwardly away from the base 118 as the side wall 116 rises from its bottom edge to its top edge so that at least a second measuring cup 100 ′ ( FIG. 6 ) can be stacked within the measuring cup 100 .
- the cup 100 has a handle 112 projecting from the side wall 116 adjacent to its upper end, and a spout 114 projecting from the upper end of the side wall 116 opposite the handle 112 , the spout 114 having a lower entry end and an upper exit end at the open upper end 132 .
- the measuring cup 100 has a pair of oppositely located, but identically sloped ramps 124 which are substantially continuous around the side wall inside surface 120 from the ramp bottom 125 toward the ramp top 126 .
- both ramps 124 rise symmetrically along the inside surface 120 of the side wall 116 from about the bottom edge of the side wall inside surface 120 generally opposite the spout 114 to near the top edge of the side wall 116 adjacent to the base of the spout 114 .
- upper surfaces 130 of the ramps 124 bear indicia 127 a, 127 a which are not spaced in equal intervals. That is, a given rise in level 128 of the contents near the bottom edge of the side wall 116 requires a smaller volume than an equal rise in the level of the contents near the upper edge of the side wall 116 . As a result, the indicia 127 a, 127 a are spaced upon the ramps 124 closer together near the top edge of the side wall 116 than at the bottom edge for an equivalent volume of contents 128 .
- the progressive change in the diameter of the measuring cup 100 from the base 118 to the upper edge of the side wall 116 may also be accommodated by decreasing the slope of the ramps 124 from the lower edge of the side wall 116 to the upper edge of the side wall 116 while maintaining the spacing between indicia 127 a, 127 a along the ramps 124 .
- the ramp tops 126 are continuous with an inner surface of the spout 114 to allow a user to more easily pour contents from the measuring cup 100 without spilling.
- the side wall 116 has a lower portion 116 a below the ramps 124 which is offset inwardly by the width of the ramp upper surfaces 130 from an upper portion 116 b of the side wall 116 .
- This offset allows other measuring cups 100 ′ to nest within the measuring cup 100 and each other when stacked.
- the lower portion 116 a of the side wall 116 which is below the ramps 124 , is integral with the lateral inner edges of the ramps, while the upper portion 116 b, which is above the ramps, is integral with the lateral outer edges of the ramps.
- FIGS. 7 and 8 show another embodiment of an inventive measuring cup 200 .
- the measuring cup 200 has wall structure including a side wall 216 integral with a bottom wall or base 218 for cooperation therewith to define a cavity with an open upper end 232 having a width larger than the width of the bottom wall or base 218 .
- the side wall 216 slopes outwardly away from the base 218 as the side wall 216 rises from its bottom edge to its top edge.
- the cup 200 has a handle 212 projecting from the side wall 216 adjacent to its upper end, and a spout 214 projecting from the upper end of the side wall 216 opposite the handle 212 , the spout 214 having a lower entry end and an upper exit end at the open upper end 232 .
- the measuring cup 200 has a pair of oppositely located, but identically sloped ramps 224 which are substantially continuous around the side wall inside surface 220 from the ramp bottom 225 toward the ramp top 226 . That is, both ramps 224 rise symmetrically along the inside surface 220 of the side wall 216 from about the bottom edge of the side wall inside surface 220 generally opposite the spout 214 to near the top edge of the side wall 216 adjacent to the base of the spout 214 .
- upper surfaces 230 of the ramps 224 bear indicia 227 a, 227 a which are not spaced in equal intervals for the same reasons indicated above for the cup 100 .
- the progressive change in the diameter of the measuring cup 200 from the base 218 to the upper edge of the side wall 226 may also be accommodated by decreasing the slope of the ramps 224 from the lower edge of the side wall 216 to the upper edge of the side wall 216 while maintaining the spacing between indicia 227 a, 227 a along the ramps 224 .
- the side wall 216 has a lower portion 216 a below the ramps 224 which is offset inwardly by the width of the ramp upper surfaces 230 from an upper portion 216 b of the side wall 216 . More specifically, the lower portion 216 a of the side wall 216 , which is below the ramps 224 , is integral with the lateral inner edges 224 a of the ramps, while the upper portion 216 b, which is above the ramps, is integral with the lateral outer edges 224 b of the ramps.
- the periphery of the bottom wall 218 lies in a base plane P to provide a stable support on an underlying support surface.
- the handle 212 is generally L-shaped, having a short arm 213 projecting laterally outwardly from the side wall 216 and integral at the outer end thereof with an elongated depending grip portion 215 which extends substantially perpendicular to the base plane P and terminates at a generally flat distal end 217 which lies substantially in the base plane P.
- the end 217 provides an additional support point.
- a grip sheath 219 preferably formed of a suitable flexible and cushioning elastomeric material, such as that sold under the trade name SANTOPRENE. This affords a comfortable, non-slip, frictional grip surface to facilitate grasping of the handle 212 .
- the ramps have fixed or constant slopes, it will be appreciated that the slopes could vary. Also, while each of the disclosed embodiments has two ramps, a single ramp could suffice. Preferably, the entire measuring cup is formed of a transparent material, but, if desired, the ramps could be translucent to enhance contrast with the vessel side walls.
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