DE20109219U1 - Container, such as a drinking cup or glass - Google Patents

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EUROPEAN PATENT ATTORNEYS ⁰ · PATENT ATTORNEYS

EUROPEAN TRADEMARK ATTORNEYS

HAMBURG ■ BERLIN · MUNICH

DIPL.-ING. JOACHIM RICHTER ⁰ · BERLIN DIPL-ING. HANNES GERBAULET ⁰ ·· HAMBURG DIPL.-INIG. FRANZ WERDERMANN ⁰ ■ - 1986 DIPL.-GEOL. MATTHIAS RICHTER · MUNICH NEW WALL1O

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Email: Richter@Pat-Richter.de

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HAMBURG

B 01257 M! 5436i

31.05.2001

Applicant:

BENKHARDT, Axel Willhöden 23 D-22587 Hamburg (DE)

HACK, Andreas Albert-Schweizer-Strasse 17 D-22844 Norderstedt (DE)

Designation: Container, such as a drinking cup or glass

The invention relates to a container according to the preamble of claim 1.

Grasping handleless drinking cups or glasses filled with liquid with one or both hands is particularly

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Children often have difficulties because the smooth outer walls of the container do not allow them to get a firm grip on the container, which results in the container slipping out of their hand or both hands because they do not have a sufficient grip.

The object of the present invention is to provide a container of the type described above, the outer wall surface of which is provided with a hand-friendly grip profile which enables the container to be gripped securely and in a non-slip manner.

This object is achieved with a container having the features specified in claim 1 and with a container having the features specified in claim 2.

The container according to the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a handle profile in or on the wall of its molded body. This handle profile is designed in such a way that the impression or impressions are formed in the wall of the molded body as a handle-shaped handle as a negative form or negative forms, i.e. as formations with raised sections and with recessed sections of one hand or of two human hands grasping the container. These formations correspond to the shape of a human hand, namely when only one handle-shaped handle is formed for the left or right hand and when two handle-shaped handles are formed for the left and right hand, so that when the container is grasped, both hands grasp the container and come to rest in the handprints.

In the container according to claim 2, a sleeve-shaped body made of an elastic plastic with a shape corresponding to the shape of the container's molded body is pulled onto the outer wall surface of the container's molded body, which sleeve-shaped body envelops the outer wall surface of the container, which is secured by means of a press and clamp fit to

the molded body and in or on the wall of which the impression or impressions are formed as a negative mold or negative molds with raised sections and with recessed sections of one hand or of two human hands embracing the envelope-shaped body.

By forming one or both hands as an impression, i.e. as a negative mold in the wall of the molded body of the container or in the wall of the shell-shaped body, a handle profile is obtained that is designed in a hand-like manner and which, by inserting the hand or hands into the negative molds, ensures that the container is held securely during use of the container. The negative molds in the walls of the molded body of the container or the shell-shaped body can correspond to the shape of hands with fingers placed together, but it is also possible to design the negative molds so that they correspond to hands with fingers spread. The size of the negative molds with their recesses corresponding to the hands corresponds to the average hand size, so that the container can be safely grasped by large hands and also by small hands, or is specially designed for children's hands.

The drawing shows embodiments of the invention and shows:

Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of a cup-shaped container with a handle profile on the outside wall in the form of the negative forms of two hands grasping the container,

Fig. 2 is a view of the wall of the container according to Fig. 1 rolled out in one plane and

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic view of a sleeve-shaped body that can be pulled, plugged or glued onto a container, with a handle profile formed on the outer wall in the form of the negative forms of two hands grasping the container.

In Fig. 1, a container 100, such as a drinking cup or a glass made of a cylindrical or another geometric shape and cross-sectional shape, e.g. made of ceramic, porcelain, glass, plastic, paper, cardboard, or an edible material, e.g. a biscuit- or waffle-like material, is shown, but other materials can also be used.

The container 100 is formed by a molded body 10 whose wall is designated 11 and whose outer wall surface is designated 11a.

In the wall 11 of the molded body 10 of the container 100, the negative molds 20, 20', i.e. moldings or impressions with raised sections 21 and with recessed sections 22 of two human hands 30, 30' grasping the container 100, are formed as a handle-like handle 15. However, it is also possible to provide only a hand impression in or on the molded body wall as a handle-like handle.

The negative molds 20, 20' formed in the wall 11 of the molded body 10 are, as shown in Fig. 1 and 2, formed in the wall or in the outer wall surface 11a of the molded body 10 in such a way that both negative molds 20, 20' representing the hand recesses encompass the molded body 10 in a way in which a container, such as a drinking cup, is also grasped with the hands during use. However, it is also possible to apply a handprint to the molded body wall.

and to attach it to the wall in a permanent manner, e.g. by means of an adhesive bond. The procedure is then to make a handprint or the print of both hands in a suitable material, particularly a flexible material. The material section is then attached to the molded body's outer wall surface.

The embodiment shown in Fig. 3 is a sleeve-shaped body 10', i.e. a hollow cylindrical body that is open on both sides and can be pushed or glued onto a container, such as a drinking cup or glass, so that the shaped body 10 of the container 100 is encompassed by this sleeve-shaped body 10'. This sleeve-shaped body 10' consists of an elastic plastic, with a shape corresponding to the shape of the shaped body 10 of the container 100 and can also fulfill a thermal function.

In the wall 11' of the shell-shaped body 10' or in the outer wall surface 11'a, the negative molds 20, 20' are designed as a handle-shaped handle 15 with raised sections 21 and recessed sections 22 of one hand or of two human hands 30, 30', the arrangement of the depressions representing the hands in the wall 10' of the shell-shaped body 10' being such that the hand-shaped depressions encompass the shell-shaped body 10'. This shell-shaped body 10' is pulled or plugged onto the molded body 10 of a container 100 or subsequently glued on using a corresponding film with the profile of a hand, e.g. the left hand and/or the right hand or both hands, so that the shell-shaped body 10' is held on the molded body 10 by means of a press and clamp fit or by means of an adhesive connection. This press,

The clamp or adhesive fit is or remains intact even when washing or cleaning (dishwasher or hand wash).

The molded body 10 also has a conical shape and is therefore stackable.

The shell-shaped body 10' consists of a material that does not conduct heat, so that the heat of a hot beverage in the container is not conducted into the area of the handle-like handle. The handprint or handprints in or on the wall of the shaped body 10 or the shell-shaped body 10' can be lined with a material that does not conduct heat to insulate against heat.

The container 100 can also be used as a receptacle for tea glasses, for example. It is particularly advantageous if the covers provided with the handle profile or the container body itself are made of a non-heat-conducting material, for example a foam plastic.

A film section or a section made of cardboard, paper or carton can also be provided with the grip profile of a hand, e.g. the left hand or right hand or both hands, which is designed as a sticker and can be stuck onto the outer wall surface of the molded body 10 of the container.

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Claims (6)

1. Container, such as a drinking cup or glass cup, made from a cylindrical or another geometrical and cross-sectionally shaped molded body made from ceramic, porcelain, glass, cardboard, paper, plastic, foamed plastic or edible materials, without a handle-shaped handle, characterized in that in or on the wall ( 11 ) of the molded body ( 10 ) as a handle-shaped handle ( 15 ) the impression or impressions, e.g. as a negative mold or negative molds ( 20 , 20 ') with raised sections ( 21 ) and recessed sections ( 22 ) of one hand or two human hands ( 30 , 30 ') grasping the container ( 100 ) are formed, wherein this handle-shaped handle is incorporated or cast into the material of the molded body ( 10 ) of the container. 2. Container, such as a drinking cup or glass cup, made from a cylindrical or another geometrical and cross-sectionally shaped molded body made from ceramic, porcelain, glass, cardboard, paper, plastic, foamed plastic or edible materials, without a handle, characterized in that a film section or a sleeve-shaped body ( 10 ') made from an elastic plastic with a shape corresponding to the shape of the molded body ( 10 ) of the container ( 100 ) is pulled or stuck on or glued onto the outer wall surface (11a) of the molded body ( 10 ) of the container ( 100 ), which film section or sleeve-shaped body ( 10 ') encases or partially encases the outer wall surface ( 11a ) of the container ( 100 ), is held on the molded body ( 10 ) by means of a press and clamp fit, by shrinking or gluing and is inserted in or on the wall ( 11 ') or Outer wall surface (11'a) of the impression or impressions are formed as a negative mold or negative molds ( 20 , 20 ') with raised sections ( 21 ) and recessed sections ( 22 ) of one hand or two human hands ( 30 , 30 ') embracing the envelope-shaped body ( 10 '). 3. Container according to claim 2, characterized in that the film section with the profiling of one hand or both hands is designed as a sticker for attachment to the outer wall surface of the shaped body ( 10 ) of the container. 4. Container according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the shaped body ( 10 ) has a conical shape and is stackable. 5. Container according to one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that the envelope-shaped body ( 10 ') consists of a heat-non-conductive material. 6. Container according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the handprint or handprints ( 20 , 20 ') or the hand molding or hand moldings in or on the wall ( 11 ) of the molded body ( 10 ) or in or on the wall of the shell-shaped body ( 10 ') are lined or coated with a heat-non-conductive material.