US 12,449,295 B2
Measuring cup having a bitmapped pattern
Joseph Craig Lester, Liberty Township, OH (US); Joseph Henry Nurre, West Chester, OH (US); Marc Andrew Mamak, Mason, OH (US); Adam James Viel, Guilford, IN (US); Victoria Anne Borchert, West Chester, OH (US); Anthony Ogg, West Chester, OH (US); William Raymond Myers, Cincinnati, OH (US); Gregory Scot Miracle, Liberty Township, OH (US); and Philip Andrew Sawin, Wyoming, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/127,965.
Prior Publication US 2024/0328844 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. G01F 19/00 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 19/00 (2013.01) [B65D 43/0202 (2013.01); B65D 51/24 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00055 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A measuring cup comprising:
a bottom end and an open end opposite said bottom end;
a sidewall extending from said bottom end to said open end, wherein said sidewall has an interior surface oriented towards a longitudinal axis about which said sidewall extends; and
a dosing indicium integral with said interior surface, wherein at least a portion of said dosing indicium comprises a bitmapped pattern of chemically or structurally modified bits of said sidewall, wherein said bitmapped pattern comprises at least two rows of said bits;
wherein said measuring cup further comprises an inner collar projecting from said bottom end such that said inner collar is between said sidewall and said longitudinal axis L;
wherein said inner collar comprises one or more slots in said inner collar or between sections of said inner collar; and
wherein at least one said dosing indicia is registered with at least one said slot relative to said longitudinal axis.