WO2018070856A1 - Attachable receptacle and dual container for multiple uses - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a connectable receptacle formed by a base (1) and walls (2) that surround the base (1), so as to form an open cavity (3) in which a substance is housed, said receptacle comprising: at least one projection (4) extending from the base (1) inside the cavity (3) towards the opening in the cavity (3), and at least one longitudinal duct (5) that extends through the base (1) and the projection (4). The invention also relates to a dual container comprising: an upwardly-open support receptacle (11), and a connectable receptacle, according to the present invention, in which the connectable receptacle is coupled to the upper edges of the walls of the support receptacle (11).

Description

 COUPLING CONTAINER AND DUAL CONTAINER, FOR USES

 MULTIPLE

TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to the technical field of mechanics, specifically with the container industry for containing and transporting substances or products of different nature, such as food mainly. Where one of the benefits of the present container is that it can be attachable on or inside another container, such as glasses, cans, bottles, cans, containers, to name a few examples.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION At present, there are already several containers, containers or containers for food coupled to glasses or soda cans, but they are focused on foods and beverages that are sold in places such as cinemas, restaurants or fast food places, etc., where the drink is usually in a glass with a lid and a solid or semi-solid product container is placed on top of it. However, such containers have deficiencies or problems in the coupling between them, since the safety coupling between the two containers is poor or much more complicated and they need more parts to join them. Patent document ES 2154991 A1 describes a single piece laminar container of cardboard or cardboard material which is coupled, on its lower part, to a cup or glass of beverage; in said lower part there is a circular ring of the same material, how much also in the mouth with other auxiliary containers, how much also with some holes through which a straw (straw) will pass to the container with the drink. But said container for being of very flexible and very permeable material, has the deficiency that they cannot add prepared foods such as broths, soups, consommés, since its structure only serves more for snack foods but preferably dry, and the coupling system is good, but if the lower boat to which it is attached sweats or by the movement the liquid is spilled to the cardboard or the cardboard becomes damp and causes instability in the container for being of somewhat fragile material, to only that it is plastic material or a combination of cardboard or cardboard with reinforced plastic material, which would increase its cost, in addition to a different process for its elaboration, added to this it cannot sustain heavy foods nor that they get very wet with sauces, since the eyebrows or eyelashes of union can be easily detached or dipped, causing the food to be opened and thrown away, in addition to the fact that the boats or containers they support must always be cylindrical, in addition to the straw or straw, being used must cross the inside of the container to access the inside of the boat, so that on the one hand it makes contact with food or through the hole they get to pass condiment sauces you add to the soda or drink, which would cause undesirable contamination of the drink.

For its part, the patent ES 2270709, describes improvements to the aforementioned multiple container, which as it now describes if it is of plastic material and with improved design, and I modify the coupling of the containers, being two tongue and groove engagement rings, to the flange from the upper base of a conventional boat (beer or soda can) and another to the classic annular groove of the plastic lid (on a lid), the single piece body, also has a grooved groove so that it is directed to the entrance of the boat and introduce a straw through one of two holes that it has, also has auxiliary containers that are added in the mouth of the container; However, said improved container has the same deficiencies in the coupling of the container with the lid of the glass and the soda can as the two rings that the container has in its lower part, if you attach the containers, but not It gives you the necessary firmness so that the upper container with the weight of the food and the imbalance of the movement of the hand or the walking of a user, this container can be easily detached, as described in its drawings and description of your text, which makes it unstable at the time of transporting food is movement and, if they are heavy, they destabilize the container, allowing the two containers to be released due to the fragility of the rings, in addition to the fact that it only speaks of a tongue and groove for coupling through rings that can be attached to vessel lids and on the banks of a boat, in addition to not having a top cover to protect food.

On the other hand, the utility model ES 1091307, describes a food beverage container, which is made up of a glass for filling beverage, a lid complementary to the glass comprising a through hole of the lid, a hollow hemispherical shaped bowl for filling with food product comprising a through hole of the bowl in the lower part of the bowl coinciding with the hole of the lid, where the story is coupled to the lid by means of coupling means, and a cannula that is introduced through the through holes to drink from the glass, this container is provided with many pieces, which makes it a little longer in its assembly, which serves more for a utensil of use in the house, than for the restaurant area of fast foods, cinemas, bars, etc. On the other hand, there are a large number of industrial designs that describe a double container or double glasses for storing consumables separately, such containers are made up of a glass to store a first consumable and a second glass to store a second consumable, each glass It has a flange on its open end, the flange of the first vessel has a recess that nests in the flange of the second vessel, and the two joined form a flat surface, which is covered by a removable cover that seals the two tabs . However, the shortcomings of this type of containers is that although they are coupled by means of tabs, the fastening system is weak and is only sealed by means of a film, which seals the mouth of the first container to cover the food, and does not have hole for passing a straw (straw or cannula) for liquids, in addition that the clamping means is very weak compared to the pressure means of the present invention, in addition to not having means to collect a means of liquid suction, in addition to not having compartments or divisions to divide food.

Therefore, in order to eliminate the aforementioned drawbacks, a coupler was developed on or inside another container, such as glasses, cans, bottles, cans, containers, to name a few examples; where said receptacle container can serve as a lid for the container that supports it, and at the same time is to contain food; thus eliminating several elements or pieces in the second coupling.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

Figure 1 is a conventional perspective view of the container of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the container in question.

 Figure 3 is a conventional perspective view of a modality of the container in question, where the modality is a circular division. Figure 4 is a conventional perspective view of the container of the present invention, where another embodiment thereof is observed. Figure 5 is an explosive view of a dual container, which in turn comprises the container of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a conventional perspective view of the dual container, in an assembled condition.

Figure 7 is a conventional perspective view of the container of the present invention, where an assembly channel is observed.

Figure 8 is a vertical section of the container of the previous figure.

Figure 9 is an explosive view of a dual container, comprising the container having the modality of the assembly channel.

Figure 10 is a conventional perspective view of the dual container of the previous figure, in an assembled condition.

Figure 11 is a conventional perspective view of the container of the present invention, in one embodiment, where the assembly channel is located at the top of said container. Figure 12 is a vertical section of the container of the previous figure.

 Figure 13 is an explosive view of a dual vessel, which comprises a vessel as illustrated in Figures 11 and 12,

Figure 14 is a conventional perspective view of the dual container of the previous figure, in an assembled condition.

 Figure 15 is a conventional perspective view of the container in question, in an embodiment where the assembly channel is in the middle part of the container base.

Figure 18 is a vertical section of the container of the embodiment illustrated in the previous figure.

 Figure 17 is an explosive view of a dual container, comprising the container illustrated in Figures 15 and 16.

Figure 18 is a conventional perspective view of the dual vessel illustrated in the previous figure,

Figure 19 is a conventional perspective view of the container of the present invention, in a variant where the assembly channel projects to form a radial division.

Figure 20 is a vertical section of the container in question, illustrated in the previous figure.

Figure 21 is an explosive perspective view of a dual container, comprising the container illustrated in Figures 19 and 20.

Figure 22 is a conventional perspective view of the dual container illustrated in the previous figure, but in an assembled condition. Figure 23 is a conventional perspective view of the container in question, in another embodiment, where the assembly means is a cavity.

 Figure 24 is a vertical section of the container illustrated in the previous figure. Figure 25 is an explosive perspective view of a dual container, comprising the container illustrated in Figures 23 and 24.

Figure 26 is a conventional perspective view of the dual container illustrated in the previous figure, in an assembled condition. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The characteristic details of the present invention are clearly shown in the following description, accompanying figures and examples, which illustrate some of the preferred embodiments of the invention, and therefore should not be considered as a limitation thereto.

One of the contributions of the present invention is a configurable attachable container of a base (1) and walls (2) that surround the base (1), to form an open cavity (3), where a substance is housed, for example a food, either in this solid, semi-solid or liquid.

Said container differs from the others, because it comprises: at least one protuberance (4) that originates from the base (1) inside the cavity (3), and projects towards the opening of said cavity (3); and at least one longitudinal duct (5) transfers, both to the base (1) and to the protuberance (4).

One of the modalities of the attachable container is that the protuberance (4) can be located at any point of the base, such as in the central point of the base (1) and / or in the inner part of the walls (2) . Also, said protuberance (4) may be arranged with some inclination with respect to the base (1), such as perpendicularly with respect to the base (1) of the container. A variant of the container of the present invention may optionally comprise at least one division circle (6) within the ^'cavity (3) in order to contain separately two or more kinds of substances within of the cavity (3); One option of arranging the circular division (6) is that it circumvenes the protuberance (4), but this is merely an example.

The container in question may also comprise at least one radial division (7) within the cavity (3), to generate more compartments; where the Radial division (7) is placed between the circular division (6) and the walls (2) of the container.

It should be noted that the circular (6) and radial (7) divisions can be fixed or removable.

The container in question can be assembled to another support container (1 1) open in its upper part, either by introducing a portion of the lower part of the assembled container, into the support container (1 1). However, this will be feasible as long as both containers are compatible for assembly, which limits the use of the assembled container with other support containers (1 1).

Therefore, one more embodiment of the assembled container in question is that it has an assembly means, to be able to be coupled in a larger number of support containers (1 1). Said assembly means may be an assembly channel (8), a cavity (10), a thread, to name a few examples.

When the assembly means is a channel (8), it can be configured in many ways and can be located anywhere in the assembled container. An example is when the assembly channel (8) is formed by a curvature, towards the outside of the cavity (3), of the upper edges (9) of the walls (2) of the container. Another example is that the assembly channel (8) is provided on the underside of the base (1) of the attachable container; whether it is located on the perimeter of the base (1) or between the central point and the perimeter of the base (1).

When the assembly means is a cavity (10), it is formed in the central part of the bottom face of the base (1) of the assembled container; the base being divided into two portions, a first portion (1 ') remains on the opening of the support vessel (1 1) and the rest of the base (1) is lower, with respect to the first portion. A further variant of the container according to the present invention is that it can comprise: a lid (12) for covering the open part of the cavity (3); and a perforation (13) is provided in the lid, where said perforation coincides with its location with the duct (5) of the protuberance (4). This coincidence is so that through the perforation (13) of the lid (12) and the conduit (5) of the assembled container, a suction element (15) passes, to extract the substance that is contained in the support container ( eleven); whereby said substance that contains the support container can be a liquid or semi-liquid drink, a food, solid or semi-solid, to name a few examples.

Therefore, it is obvious that the assembled container may comprise any coupling means so that the lid (12) is attached to the assembled container of the present invention. It is also worth mentioning that the height of the walls (2) of the container in question can be variable, even having a minimum height, such that the lid could serve as walls surrounding the base (1) of the container.

A further embodiment of the container of the present invention is that it optionally comprises at least one fastening means (14) for holding at least one utensil; where said fastening means is held in the lid (12) or in the walls (2) of the container; and the utensil to hold is a fork, spoon, straw, straw, stick, among others.

A further object of the present invention is a dual container, which is formed by the combination of: a support container (11) opened in its upper part; and an assembled container, in accordance with the present invention; where the assembled container is coupled at the upper edges of the walls of the support container (11). Where the support container (11) is selected from the following group: a glass, jar, cup, cup or any other container that can be combined with the assembled container in question.

It is worth mentioning that the suction element (15) to extract the contents of the support container (11); it can be a straw, straw, hose, or any other element suitable for extracting the substance from the support vessel (1 1).

Claims

CLAIMS 1. An assembleable container configured with a base (1) and walls (2) that surround the base (1), to form an open cavity (3), where it houses a substance, said container is characterized in that it comprises: at least one protuberance (4) that originates from the base (1) within the cavity (3), and extends towards the opening of said cavity (3); and At least one longitudinal duct (5) passes through the base (1) and rancid (4). 2. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the protuberance (4) is in the center of the base (1) and/or on the inside of the walls (2) of the acceptable container. 3. The container of claim 1, wherein the protuberance (4) is perpendicular to the base (1) of the assembleable container. 4. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises at least one circular division (6) within the cavity (3), where said circular division (8) surrounds the protuberance (4), 5. The container of claim 1 and 4, characterized in that it comprises at least one radial division (7) within the cavity (3). The container according to the previous claim, where the radial division (7) is between the circular division (6) and the walls (2) of the assembleable container. 7. The container according to claims 1, 4, 5 and 6, where the circular (8) and radial (7) divisions are removable. 8. The container according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises an assembly means, 9. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the assembly means is an assembly channel (8). 10. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the assembly channel (8) is formed by a curvature, towards the outside of the cavity (3), of the upper edges (9) of the walls (2) of the container. 1 1. The container according to claim 9, wherein the assembly channel (8) is on the underside of the base (1) of the container. 12. The container according to the previous claim, where the assembly channel (8) is located on the perimeter of the base (1). 13. The container of claim 11, where the assembly channel (8) is located between the central point and the perimeter of the base (1). 14. The container as claimed in claim 7, where the assembly means is a cavity (10). 15. The container of the preceding claim, where the cavity (10) is in the central part of the lower face of the base (1) of the container. 18. The container according to claim 8, wherein the assembly means is a thread 17. The container according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises: i) a lid (12) to cover the open part of the cavity (3); ii) a perforation (13) is provided in the cover, where said perforation coincides in location with the conduit (5) of the protuberance (4); and iii) an assembly means is provided in the acceptable container, to receive and attach to the lid (12). 18. The container according to the preceding claims, characterized in that it optionally comprises at least one holding means (14) to hold at least one utensil. 19. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the fastening means is supported on the lid (12) or on the walls (2) of the assembly container. 20. The container according to claim 18, wherein the utensil to be held is a fork, spoon, straw, straw, and chopstick. 21. A dual container, which comprises: i) a support container (11) open at the top; and ii) an assembleable container, in accordance with any of the preceding claims, is coupled to the upper edges of the walls of the support container (11). 22. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the support container (11) is selected from the following group: a glass, jar, cup, and/or cup. 23. The container according to claim 21, characterized in that it comprises an element (15) for extracting the contents of the support container, where said suction element (15) passes through the conduit (5) and/or through the perforation (13). ) of the cover (12). 24. The container of the preceding claim, wherein the extraction element (15) is: a straw, straw, and/or hose.