Abstract:
A travel beverage container system which includes a portable drinking container with a 3D molded angry face shot of a person, animal or fictional character. The device is designed to draw emotional response from a user while providing a stable ergonomic beverage container.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art. 
       1. Field of the Invention 
       [0002]    The present invention relates generally to the field of beverage containers and more specifically relates to a travel beverage container system. 
       2. Description of Related Art 
       [0003]    Travel mugs generally employ thermal insulation properties for transporting hot or cold liquids. Similar to a vacuum flask, a travel mug is usually well-insulated and completely enclosed to prevent spillage or leaking, but will generally have an opening in the cover through which the contents can be consumed during transportation without spillage. Usually stainless steel will be used for the inner wall while outer wall can be stainless steel, plastic, or even embedded with other materials. 
         [0004]    Several attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as those found in U.S. Pub. No. 2004/0157527 to Ruupak Omar; 2015/0360816 to Ching-Tien Chen and U.S. Pat. No. 6,601,703 to John Scott Jones; U.S. Pat. No. 7,866,073 to Richard L. Dunlap; and U.S. Pat. No. 7,900,384 to Gary W. Schnuckle. This art is representative of beverage containers. However, none of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed. 
         [0005]    Preferably, a beverage container should provide an efficient container for liquids and, yet would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for a reliable travel beverage container system to avoid the above-mentioned problems. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0006]    In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known beverage container art, the present invention provides a novel travel beverage container system. The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a travel beverage container system. 
         [0007]    A travel beverage container system comprising: a beverage container assembly having a beverage container having an inner volume, an outer surface comprising a protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression and a gripping member, and a lid. The travel beverage container system comprises the beverage container assembly. The beverage container assembly comprises the beverage container. The beverage container comprises the inner volume, the outer surface, and the lid. The beverage container comprises a cylindrical profile. The inner volume of the beverage container is able to contain a hot liquid. The inner volume of the beverage container is thermally lined to restrict heat transfer and keep the hot liquid hot. The top end of the inner volume comprises threading for attaching the lid to the beverage container. 
         [0008]    The outer surface comprises the protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression, and the gripping member. The lid closes and contains a top end of the inner volume and contents of the inner volume. The lid comprises an opening such that a user may consume the contents of the beverage container. The gripping member allows a user grip and transport the beverage container and contents of the beverage container. The gripping member comprises a handle. The outer surface forming a 3D facial impression comprises an angry face. The outer surface forming a 3D facial impression comprises an angry face of a person. The outer surface forming a 3D facial impression acts as a location for a user to grip the beverage container. 
         [0009]    The protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression allows the user to better grip the beverage container. The protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression provides added weight for increased stability of the beverage container. The travel beverage container system is useful for providing a user with a portable drinking container with a novel 3-D molded face for entertainment. The protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression creates an emotional response from the user. The travel beverage container system further provides a visual means to readily recognize ownership of the beverage container. 
         [0010]    The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as a travel beverage container system. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0011]    The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, travel beverage container systems, constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention. 
           [0012]      FIG. 1  shows a perspective view illustrating a travel beverage container system during an ‘in-use’ condition according to one embodiment. 
           [0013]      FIG. 2  is a perspective view illustrating the travel beverage container system comprising a travel beverage container assembly having a beverage container according to another embodiment. 
           [0014]      FIG. 3  is a top view illustrating aspects of the travel beverage container assemblies of  FIGS. 1-2 . 
           [0015]      FIG. 4  is a combined view illustrating embodiments of the travel beverage container assemblies of  FIGS. 1-3 . 
       
    
    
       [0016]    The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements. 
       DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0017]    As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a beverage container and more particularly to a travel beverage container system as used to improve portable drinking containers. 
         [0018]    Generally speaking, travel beverage container system is a portable drinking container with a 3D molded angry face shot of a person, animal or fictional character. 
         [0019]    Referring to the drawings by numerals of reference there is shown in  FIGS. 1-4 , a travel beverage container system  100  comprising beverage container assembly  110  having beverage container  120  having inner volume  124  and outer surface  128 , protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160 , gripping member  168 , and lid  176 , shown in  FIG. 1  as in-use condition  150 . Travel beverage container system  100  comprises beverage container assembly  110 . Beverage container assembly  110  comprises beverage container  120 . Beverage container  120  comprises inner volume  124 , outer surface  128 , and lid  176 . 
         [0020]    Outer surface  128  comprises protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160 , and gripping member  168 . Lid  176  closes and contains, seals, or otherwise encloses a top end of inner volume  124  and any contents of inner volume  124 . Gripping member  168  allows user  140  to grip and transport beverage container  120  and contents of beverage container  120 . Protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  allows user  140  to better grip beverage container  120 . Protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  provides added weight for increased stability of beverage container  120 . Travel beverage container system  100  is useful for providing user  140  with a portable drinking container with a novel 3-D molded face for entertainment. Travel beverage container system  100  further provides a visual means to readily recognize ownership of beverage container  120 . 
         [0021]    Inner volume  124  of beverage container  120  is able to contain a hot liquid. Inner volume  124  of beverage container  120  is thermally lined to restrict heat transfer and keep hot liquid hot. Inner volume  124  of beverage container  120  is able to contain a cold liquid. Inner volume  124  of beverage container  120  is thermally lined to restrict heat transfer and keep cold liquid cold. Lid  176  comprises an opening  178  such that a user  140  may consume contents of beverage container  120 . Protruding outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  creates an emotional response from user  140 . Gripping member  168  comprises handle  170 . Gripping member  168  comprises textured grip  172 . Top end of inner volume  124  comprises threading for attaching lid  176  to beverage container  120 . 
         [0022]    Beverage container  120  comprises a cylindrical profile. Outer surface  128  forming a 3D facial impression  160  acts as a location for user  140  to grip beverage container  120 . Outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  comprises an angry face. Outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  comprises an angry face of a person. Outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  comprises an angry face of an animal. Outer surface forming a 3D facial impression  160  comprises an angry face of a fictional character. 
         [0023]    Travel beverage container system  100  may be manufactured and provided for sale in a wide variety of sizes and shapes for a wide assortment of applications. Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other kit contents or arrangements such as, for example, including more or less components, customized parts, different protrusion combinations, parts may be sold separately, etc., may be sufficient. 
         [0024]    It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be carried out in many different orders according to user preference. The use of “step of” should not be interpreted as “step for”, in the claims herein and is not intended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 112(f). Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods of use arrangements such as, for example, different orders within above-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc., may be sufficient. 
         [0025]    The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.