Beverage glass with internal decanting, filtering, mixing and aerating cell
US8101222B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 10, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01F2101/17
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.