Patent ID: 7614523
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. In combination: a drinking cup having a top drinking end, an opposite closed bottom end, and a sidewall extending therebetween, the sidewall and closed end cooperating to define a beverage-holding space, the sidewall sized to be grasped between the thumb and fingers of a human hand; and a drip collar received on and substantially encircling the cup sidewall, the drip collar having an upper extent with an opening through which the cup sidewall extends and a lower extent with an opening through which the cup sidewall extends, the drip collar including an absorbent web substantially encircling the cup sidewall above a midline thereof and extending radially outwardly sufficient to define a hand-receiving space therebelow in which the sidewall may be grasped between the thumb and fingers of a human with the absorbent web extending substantially over the thumb and fingers, the drip collar being sized to be spaced above the closed bottom end and the midline of the cup such that the closed bottom end and hand-receiving space are both exposed, the absorbent web including an upper aspect extending radially outwardly to a peripheral edge and a lower aspect extending radially inwardly from the peripheral edge.