Patent Publication Number: US-2012037590-A1

Title: Wineglass with specialized stem; method of making stem; explicit use of wingeglass in several industries

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. The Field of Invention 
     The Invention disclosed herein relates to several branches of the Food and Beverage Industry: Restaurants and Catering, Conventions and Tradeshows, Corporate entertaining, Weddings, Celebrations, and Giftware. The Invention is a specialized item of Stemware, a Wineglass, whose stem is customized for the client and manufactured, so in that the whole Glass itself becomes not only a vessel for a consumable liquid, but an object used for direct Commercial intent in several Industries and personal Commemorations. 
     2. Summary of the Invention 
     There are in existence numerous varieties of Wineglasses and Stemware today, from Traditional to highly Ornate. This article of Invention differs from them all in that the Stem, which is a classically smooth and cylindrical shape, contains therein Letters or Characters, in any Font or Language, and could also contain Numbers and Symbols, such as the Ampersand, so that the Stem becomes the embodiment which makes the Wineglass a Souvenir or Gift, and additionally each customized expression contained in the Stem imparts to the Wineglass the ability to become a valuable component in Marketing and Advertising Plans, and Celebration and Entertainment Purposes. The text is either black, white, or gray, or a color, and will be in any Font, Alphabet, Character, or Language; is manufactured in its own right separately, is three dimensional, is created by either Resin or Glass, which is decided by industry standards and cost demands at the time of production. The three dimensional textual member of the Invention is then integrated into the Wineglass Stem either by mold pour technique or roll material technique, so that it is inside the solid Stem, the Stem thus being finally smooth, cylindrical, and solid, with the message embodiment to be read by the beholder through the clear glass Stem. Summarily the Wineglass is either used and reused by an Establishment, given as Giftware, or purchased outright as Memorabilia. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1 : Wineglass showing a message text within the Stem. 
       FIG. 2 : An enlarged cut away drawing of an example of a message in the Stem. 
       FIG. 3 : An enlarged cut away drawing of an example of a message in the Stem. 
       FIG. 4 : A drawing showing an enlarged, cross-sectional view of the Stem which shows that the text member of the Invention is embedded in the solid glass Stem.