US20070000933A1

US20070000933A1 - Cup with a cap provided with a grip

Info

Publication number: US20070000933A1
Application number: US11/171,238
Authority: US
Inventors: Ching-Chen Wang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2005-07-01
Filing date: 2005-07-01
Publication date: 2007-01-04

Abstract

A cup with a cap provided with a grip includes a cup body, a cap threadably engaged and closed on the cup body, a grip formed on an upper surface of the cap, and a flexible sucking tube inserted through a hole formed at one end of the grip and extends deep enough in the interior of the cup body for sucking the content filled therein. When a user wants to drink the content in the cup body, the person can suck through the mouth end of the sucking tube, and if the sucking tube is not to used, the mouth end is inserted in the insert hole of the grip to let the cup body with the cap and the sucking tube carried manually by holding the grip, keeping the cup body with cap and the sucking tube in a hygienic condition.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a cup with a cap, particularly to one having a cap provided with a grip, and a hole bored in the grip in one end for a sucking tube to extend through and in the interior of the cup body and an insert hole in the other end for a mouth end of the sucking tube to be bent and inserted therein. A user sucks the mouth end to drink the content in the interior of the cup body. When the sucking tube is not used, it can be bent along the grip with the mouth end of the sucking tube inserted in the insert hole to prevent the sucking tube and the content in the cup from polluted from exterior maters, and convenient for manually carrying the cup with the cap and the sucking tube together in a hygienic condition.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Conventional cups shown in FIG. 1 generally have a cup body 1 and cap 10 closed on the cup body 1, and a user takes the cap 10 off the cup body 1 for directly drinking the content of the cup body 1, or using a straw to drink. But the straw cannot let the cap 10 closed completely on the cup body 1, so dirty miscellaneous matters are apt to fly or float in the cup body 1, not hygienic. And the independent cap 10 and the cup body 10 are not suitable for carrying out manually.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

This invention has been devised to offer a cup with a cap provided with a grip for conveniently carrying out manually.
The feature of the invention is a cap provided with a grip for manually holding to carry the cup body threadably combined with the cap, and moreover, a flexible sucking tube with a mouth end can be inserted through a hole provided in one end of the grip for sucking the content in the interior of the cup body, with an insert hole in the other end of the grip for the mouth end of the sucking tube to fit therein for hiding it for carrying manually the cup body with the cap and the sucking tube together.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

This invention will be better understood by referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional cup with a cap;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a cup with a cap provided with a grip in the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the cup with the cap provided with a grip in the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a cup with the cap provided with a grip in the present invention; and,
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view with a sucking tube with its mouth end inserted in an insert hole of the grip for carrying manually the cup in the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

A preferred embodiment of a cup with a cap provided with a grip in the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, includes a cup body 2, a cap 3 and a flexible sucking tube 4 as main components combined together.
The cup body 2 has a combining member 20 formed with male threads in an upper end.
The cap 3 is to close on and threadably combine with the cup body 2, having a nearly semicircular grip 30 diametrically formed on an upper surface, a receiving elongate recess 31 formed on an upper surface of the grip 30, a hole 32 bored in one end of the recess 31 and an insert hole 33 bored in the other end of the recess 31, a combining member 34 having female threads formed in an inner surface to engage with the male threads of the combining member 20 of the cup body 2 so the cap 3 may be stably combined with the cup body 2.
The flexible sucking tube 4 is inserted through the hole 32 to extend deep enough in the interior of the cup body 2 for a user to suck and drink the content therein, having a mouth end 40 extending out of the cup body 2.
In using, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, a drink is filled in the interior of the cup body 2, and the cap 3 with the grip 30 is threadably combined with the cup body 2 by engaging the combining member 30 with the combining member 20 so the cap 3 is closed on the cup body 2. Then the flexile sucking tube 4 is inserted through the hole 32 of the grip 30 deep enough in the interior of the cup body 2. Then a user can drink the content filled in the cup body 2 by sucking through the mouth end 40 of the sucking tube 4. In case the sucking tube 4 is not used, the upper portion with the mouth end 40 of the sucking tube 4 is bent in the receiving recess 31 of the cap 3, with the mouth end 40 inserted in the insert hole 33 of the grip 30 stably. Thus, the cup body 2 with the cap 3 and with the sucking tube 4 together can be carried manually, preventing exterior matters or floating miscellaneous dirty matters from falling or flowing into the cup body 2, keeping the content therein from polluted.
The invention has the following advantages as can bee seen from the foresaid description.
1. The flexible sucking tube 4 enables a user to drink easily the content of the cup body 2, and the grip 30 is conveniently used for manually carrying the cup body 2 together with both the cap 3 and the sucking tube 4.
2. In case of not using the sucking tube 4, its mouth end 40 is possible to be kept inserted in the insert hole 33 of the grip 30, for directly holding the grip 30 and carrying easily the cup body 2 with the cap 3 and the sucking tube 4, with the content and the mouth end 40 also kept from polluted.
While the preferred embodiment has been described above, it will be recognized and understood that various modifications may be made therein and the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications that may fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. A cup with a cap provided with a grip, said cup comprising:

a cup body formed with a combining member provided with male threads in an upper end;

a cap closed on and threadably combined with said cup body and having a grip formed diametrically on its upper surface, said grip having a hole bored in one end and an insert hole bored in the other end, said cap provided with a combining member formed with female threads in its inner surface;

a flexible sucking tube inserted through said hole of said grip and having a mouth end exposed out of said cup body, said sucking tube extending deep enough in an interior of said cup body; and,

a user possible to drink the content filled in the interior of said cup body through said mouth end of said sucking tube, said mouth end of said sucking tube inserted in said insert hole of said grip if said sucking tube is not used, exterior matters kept from falling into said cup body if said mouth end of said sucking tube is kept inserted in said hole of said grip, said grip enabling said cup to be manually carried along.

2. The cup with a cap provided with a grip as claimed in claim 1, wherein said grip further has a receiving elongate recess formed in an upper surface for said sucking tube to partially bent and fitted therein, when said sucking tube is not used.