US 12,402,737 B2
Drinking container
Linda McNulty, Fairlawn, OH (US)
Filed by Linda McNulty, Fairlawn, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/411,690.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/069,920, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0386795 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 19/22 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 19/2211 (2013.01) [A47G 2400/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for drinking comprising a vessel for holding a liquid to be consumed having an open end forming a rim at which a user may drink and one or more sides, wherein said rim comprises a recessed portion sized to allow a lower lip of the user to enter the container when drinking and the recessed portion of said rim contacts the user's face below the user's lips, wherein said recessed portion is substantially aligned with a side and does not extend outward toward or into the mouth when drinking such that the user's lips do not contact said container when the user drinks at said recessed portion; and wherein said recessed portion has a width of from about 3.6 cm to about 4.8 cm and a height of from about 0.8 cm to about 2.2 cm.