Beverage identification system
US5388697A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 1993 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47G23/10
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A new and improved beverage identification system includes a plurality of coded classes of drink coding members, e.g. straws, wherein each coded class of the drink coding members is associated with a class code indicia, e.g. different colors. Each class code indicia is in a predetermined one-to-one correspondence with a type of drink, and each drink coding member of each respective coded class carries the respective class code indicia. A plurality of coded receiver compartments receive the respective coded classes of the drink coding members. Each of the coded receiver compartments is associated with one of the respective class code indicia, such that a one-to-one correspondence is established between each respective type of drink and each of the respective coded receiver compartments. A decoding device indicates the predetermined one-to-one correspondence between each class code indicia and each type of drink. The decoding device may be a card which includes a first array of class code indicia and a second array of drink identification information in one-to-one correspondence with the class code indicia. The decoding device may be attached to a wearer's body. An illumination assem…
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