Patent ID: 7214397
Filing Date: 2007-05-08
Classification: A23G,B65D

Abstract:
1. A drinking vessel attachment, comprising: a bottom portion (A); a middle portion (B); a contoured top portion (C) with an opening presenting a profiled curved rim; a dissolvable solid food product extending through the opening so as to be located both within the top portion and externally through the opening and outside of the top portion; a fixing part, for fixing the bottom portion to a beverage vessel, located inside the bottom portion; a seat (S) located inside the middle portion; a support element (T) within the seat; a rod ( a passage located intermediate the opening and the food product, the passage sized to allow a fluid from within the vessel to pass through the passage, wherein, a user of the drinking vessel attachment can suck a fluid from the vessel via the passage, the top portion and said dissolvable food product which extends beyond said rim through the opening are sized and shaped relative to each other such that the user's lips can be placed on the top portion and liquid drawn past at the same time the solid is exposed to the tongue, and the profiled curved rim directs a flow of the sucked fluid toward and over the food product to transfer a taste and nutritional components of the food product to the fluid at the same time the user's tongue has a free and direct access to the food product, the food product is external exposed sufficient to allow the user to lick the food product by rubbing the user's tongue or lips over the food product, and the bottom portion, the middle portion, the top portion, the fixing part, the seat, the support element, and the rod are of a single-piece construction.