Patent ID: 6319535
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: A23G,A63H

Abstract:
A set of articles for submersion in a carbonated beverage, each of the articles being formed in a recognizable shape selected from the group consisting of shapes of human figures, animal figures, marine-related shapes, fantasy characters, cartoon characters and vehicles and having a specific gravity .beta., a volume V, and a surface area A, such that0<(.beta.-1)V/A h(.infin.)<1where h(.infin.) is a steady-state volume per unit area occupied by carbonation bubbles attached to said surface area A when the articles are submerged in said carbonated beverage, each of the articles sinking in said carbonated beverage when none of said carbonation bubbles are attached thereto, and each of the articles floating in said carbonated beverage when said carbonation bubbles attach thereto.