Patent ID: 6769302
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
A vessel comprising:a wall structure formed of a light-transmitting material and having inner and outer surfaces and defining a cavity with an open upper end for receiving contents having a measurable volume, the wall structure having an upstanding side wall portion, a spout defined by a deformed portion of the side wall portion, and indicia disposed on the outer surface of the side wall portion and including reversed alphanumeric characters so as to appear backwards to a user viewing from the outer surface and so as to be readable through the wall structure by a user viewing the inner surface and providing a readily observable indication of the volume of contents of the vessel, the indicia including vertically spaced markings respectively designating different volumes, the markings being respectively vertically offset from contents levels corresponding to the designated volumes by distances such that, when viewed from above, the markings will appear to be substantially at their corresponding contents levels despite refraction in the vessel wall structure, the indicia including indicia disposed adjacent to the spout and arranged in a generally Y-shaped pattern with a stem portion disposed beneath and in substantially vertical alignment with the spout and branch portions extending respectively along opposite sides of the spout outside the deformed portion.