Patent ID: 6277422
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A combination of a beverage container having a beverage therein and a closure for use with a planar support surface, the closure comprising a circular rim lying in a plane and having a substantially straight wall circular in cross-section adjoining the rim and extending downwardly and outwardly and terminating in a circular lip lying in a plane substantially parallel to the plane of the circular rim of the closure and resting upon the planar support surface, the beverage container comprising a bowl having a liquid receiving space therein and having a generally hemispherical base with an axis and an upstanding substantially straight wall circular in cross-section adjoining the generally hemispherical base and being inclined upwardly and inwardly to define a circular lip lying in a plane which is perpendicular to the axis of the hemispherical base and providing an opening giving access to said space, said rim of the closure having a recess therein adapted to receive the hemispherical base of the beverage container, the hemispherical base and the rim of the closure being sized so that with the beverage container seated in the rim of the closure, the beverage container is supported by the rim of the closure while permitting the beverage container to be pivoted in the rim of the closure about the axis of the hemispherical base and retaining the beverage container in a position so that any liquid in the container will not spill from the beverage container.