DE29516308U1 - Cover for beverage containers - Google Patents

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Applicant:

Karlheinz Seitmann

Sigurdweg 3 5 13.10.1995

. G11264

70327 Stuttgart Dr.W/Ex

Cover for beverage containers

The invention relates to a cover for beverage containers, in particular for drinking glasses, consisting of a disc-shaped lid which is adapted to the diameter of the drinking glass on its open side.

Covers of this type are known from so-called lidded jugs, in which a swiveling lid, usually made of tin, is attached to the handle of the drinking glass and is attached to the handle via a hinge. Such handled glasses with lids serve the purpose of sealing the contents of the drinking glass, and thereby preventing dust or plant parts from falling in, especially when used outdoors. It is also intended to prevent flies, wasps, etc. from getting into the liquid intended for drinking.

These so-called lidded mugs are complex and are now used little or not at all in pubs or beer gardens, but also in private households. However, there is a need to cover the contents of drinking glasses, especially when used outdoors. The solution known up to now, of placing so-called beer mats made of absorbent cardboard, which are actually used to set the glass down, on the glass, is unsatisfactory. On the one hand

Beer mats are very unaesthetic and unhygienic - especially after prolonged use - and they can be blown off the glass by the slightest wind.

The present invention is therefore based on the object of creating a cover for beverage containers that can be universally adapted to different glasses or other beverage containers.

This object is achieved in a cover for beverage containers of the type mentioned above, which consists of a disc-shaped lid, in that the lid is provided on at least one side with several shoulders of different diameters, the size of which is adapted to the diameter of commercially available drinking glasses.

This design creates a stable and versatile lid, which with its shoulders is similar to the known lids, such as those used for spice, coffee or candy containers, but which can be adapted to fit not just one specific container size, but several. This lid can therefore be placed on any drinking glass and, since at least one shoulder extends into the interior of the glass, cannot be pushed down from the side. Since it can be made from a stable material, such as plastic, but especially wood, its weight is also sufficient to prevent it from being removed from the glass in the wind.

In a further development of the invention, the lid is provided with steps of different diameters on both sides, so that many adaptation options are available, since the lid can be used as a cover with either one side or the other.

In a further development of the invention, the lid can also be provided with a recessed recess on at least one side.

which is, for example, adapted to the diameter of standard bottle necks. The lid can therefore also be used to cover bottles.

In a further development of the invention, the recess can also be surrounded by a circumferential rib, which forms a step with its outer edge. This design allows the lid to be placed captively on glasses that are, for example, polygonal. The circumferential rib surrounds the polygonal edge of the drinking glass. Finally, the recess for the bottle neck can advantageously be on the side of the lid that is opposite the side with the recess and the circumferential rib. If a lid constructed in this way is made rotationally symmetrically from wood that is completely untreated, a largely natural, hygienic and durable cover can be achieved that can be adapted to a variety of beverage containers, especially drinking glasses.

The invention is shown using an embodiment in the drawing and explained in the following description. They show:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a lid according to the invention,

Fig. 2 shows the sectional view of the cover of Fig. 1, seen in the direction of the section line II-II of Fig. 1 and

Fig. 3 shows the view of the lid in the direction of arrow III of Fig. 2.

In Fig. 1 to 3 a wooden lid (1) made of untreated natural wood is shown, which is provided on the side visible in Fig. 1 with two circumferential shoulders (2 and 3) with different diameters, and has a recess (4) in its center, the depth (a) of which is greater

is the height (b) of the shoulders (2 and 3). This recess (4) is slightly conical and its diameter (d) is adapted to the diameter of standard bottle necks. The shoulders (2 and 3) each have diameters (Dl and D2) that are adapted to the diameter on the open side of standard beer or wine drinking glasses. For example, the diameter (D2) can be adapted to the diameter on the open side of a standard 1/4 or 1/2 liter beer glass or a 1/4 liter wine glass. The diameter (Dl) can be adapted to the diameter on the open side of a standard wheat beer glass.

The lid (1), which can be designed as a rotationally symmetrical rotating part, also has two shoulders (5 and 6) on the side facing away from the side shown in Fig. 1, of which the shoulder (6) is formed by a circumferential rib (7) which delimits a recess (8) with its inner edge. The diameter (D3) of the inner edge of the rib (7) can be dimensioned so that commercially available drinking glasses which do not have diameters (D1) or (D2) can be accommodated with their upper edge within the recess (8). This design also has the advantage that not only circular drinking glasses, but also square, for example octagonal drinking glasses can be accommodated with their upper edge within the recess (8), which then also prevents the lid (1) from slipping sideways off the glass. The diameters (D4 and D5) that form the shoulders (6 and 5) can, like the diameters (D1 and D2), be roughly adapted to the inner diameter of standard drinking glasses, so that the new lid (1) has four adjustment options to the inner diameter of various openings of drinking glasses and two adjustment options (through the recesses 4 and 8) to the outer diameter of beverage containers or glasses. The new lid can therefore be used as a universal cover, especially for drinking glasses.

Claims (8)

Protection claims 1. Cover for beverage containers, in particular for drinking glasses, consisting of a disk-shaped lid, which is adapted to the diameter of the drinking glass on its open side, characterized in that the lid, {1) is provided on at least one side with several shoulders (2, 3, 5, 6) of different diameters (Dl, D2, D4, D5), the size of which is adapted to the diameter of commercially available drinking glasses. i ■■ ,,:, .'■ t ■ , i'i.i»;.· ''■■. 2. Cover according to claim 1, characterized in that the lid (1) is provided on both sides with shoulders (2, 3, 5, 6) of different diameters. 3. Cover according to claim 1, characterized in that the cover (1) is provided with a recessed recess (4, 8) on at least one side. 4. Cover according to claim 3, characterized in that the diameter (d) of the recess (4) is adapted to the diameter of usual bottle necks. 5. Cover according to claim 4, characterized in that the depth (a) of the recess (4) is greater than the height (b) of paragraphs {2, 3, 5, 6). mi 6. Cover according to claim 3, characterized in that the screw-in ring (8) is surrounded by a circumferential rib (7) which forms a shoulder (6) with its outer edge and is adapted with its inner diameter (D3) to the outer edge of a drinking glass or the like. II264TXI • -· &ogr;· 7. Cover according to claims 4 and 6, characterized in that the recess (4) for the bottle neck is on the side of the lid {1} which is opposite the side with the recess (8) with the circumferential rib (7). 't J &lgr; 8. Cover according to claim I or one of the other ¹ '■ I Sayings, characterized in that the lid (1) is rotationally symmetrical and consists of pure, untreated natural wood.