Patent ID: 9439525
Filing Date: 2016-09-13
CPC Classification: A47G

Claim Text:
1. A cup comprising an open top-end and a bottom end, the cup further comprising: a first compartment, the first compartment extending from the open top-end to a closed bottom-end above the bottom end of the cup, the first compartment configured to hold a liquid, wherein the open top-end is larger than the closed bottom-end so as to permit a second cup similarly configured to be nested therewithin; a second compartment connected to the first compartment below the closed bottom-end of the first compartment, the second compartment sharing a wall with the first compartment, the wall forming a single surrounding enclosure of the first compartment and the second compartment; the second compartment defining a cut-out, the cut-out having a wide slot at the wall of the cup, the wide slot transitioning to a narrow slot within the cup, the cut-out configured to receive an edge of a plate so that the cup is able to rest on the plate, the second compartment starting and ending at the wall forming the single surrounding enclosure wherein said wall defines a constant slope through the transition from first compartment to second compartment; and the second compartment comprising a solid material surrounding the cut-out, the solid material circumferentially extending to the wall underlying the closed bottom-end of the first compartment, the solid material being thicker than the closed bottom end of the first compartment, the second compartment configured so that the open top-end is substantially horizontal when the cup is sitting on a flat surface.