Patent ID: 11903534
Assignee: nan
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 12:
13. A liquid retaining apparatus comprising:
a vessel having a top section having an opening formed with an edge portion, a bottom section being a reservoir portion, and two channels beginning at the opening of the top portion, diverging at a middle section and meeting at the reservoir portion of the vessel, wherein the two channels are in fluid communication with one another and each channel comprises an interior side wall meeting at a middle section of the vessel and forming a deflection portion; and
a funnel member formed as a conical structure tapering from a wide upper end to a narrow lower end and comprising a border element disposed around the wide upper end, the border element having a bottom side formed with a slot adapted to receive the edge portion of the vessel, wherein the funnel member is configured to direct liquid towards the deflection portion of the vessel to dampen sound created by fluids entering the vessel.