Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Nov., 1886...
Complete Left, 3rd Aug., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th Sept., 1887.
I HYMEN LEVETUS of Vittoria Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Manufacturing Jeweller do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
These improvements consist in the construction of a collapsable drinking cup so
formed that when closed it forms in itself the case in which the collapsable portion
is contained and when opened out one part of the case portion forms a stand or
saucer and the other part forms a cover and a handle at the top of the cup.
This is effected as follows: The collapsable cup portion is formed in the usual way
of a series of tapering rings of metal or other suitable material fitting within one
another but the bottom ring is attached to and forms part of a disc or plate, this
disc or plate forms one side of the case when closed and serves as the stand or saucer
when open and the top ring itself forms the side of the case into which the remaining
rings collapse, to this top ring is attached a bow handle convenient for use when
drinking from the cup..
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One great advantage in this form of collapsable cup is that it cannot fall
to pieces.
Datad this 16th day of November 1886
PAYNE & TALBOT,
Arcade Chambers, Corporation Street,
Birmingham,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Collapsable Drinking Cups.
I HYMEN LEVETUS of Vittoria Street Birmingham in the County of Warwick
Jeweller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to
the letters and figures marked thereon :-
These improvements consist in the construction of a collapsable drinking cup so
formed that when closed it forms in itself the case in which the collapsable portion is
contained and when opened out one part of the outer portion or case forms a stand or
saucer for the whole of the article whilst the other part of the outer portion or case
forms an attached lid or covering to the cup when opened out with a handle attached
to the lid.
The collapsable portion is formed in the usual and well known way for collapsable
cups namely of a series of tapering bands or rings of metal or other suitable material
fitting within one another but the bottom ring is attached to and forms part of a disc
or plate which is of a concave section and forms one part of the outer case portion
when the article is closed and in consequence of its concave form serves as a saucer to
the whole article when open which would not be the case were it a flat disc.
The top or largest ring or band is so constructed as to form the side of the outer
portion or case of the article. Or may be fixed to and retained within an outer ring
forming the outer portion or case, the remaining rings collapsing within this top ring
or band which as stated forms part of or is attached to an outer ring forming part of
the case.
To this ring is attached a bow handle convenient to hold when drinking from
the cup.
Within the lid portion may be fixed a compass catchu box or sinall recepticle which
will lie within the smallest or bottom ring of the cup portion when the article is
closed.
One great advantage in this construction of collapsable cup is that it cannot fall to
pieces or become detached from any portion of the case or covering.
Referring to the accompanying drawings Fig. 1. is a section through the article
with the cup portion (a, b, c,) expanded and the lid (d) open.
Fig. 2. is an elevation shewing the cup portion (a, b, c,) expanded with the lid (d)
closed. Fig. 3 is a plan shewing the cup portion (a, b, c,) collapsed and the lid (d)
open.
Fig. 4. shews the face of a compass the position of the box containing which is
shewn at (g) Fig. 3, and

page_text: Fig. 5 shews the article closed and out of use, exposing to view only the one
ring or band portion (a) the lid (d) with its handle (h) and the other portion (e) of
the case,
this portion being the concave plate attached to the bottom band or
ring (c) and acting as the saucer (f) when the cup is expanded as at Figs. 1
and 2.
I am aware that collapsable cups contained in cases have been made for many
years and that a, collapsable cup having at its bottom a flat disc or plate to enable it
to stand has been made, but the novelty of this my invention consists in the peculiar
construction of the article whereby several portions serve for more than one
purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is.
1. Constructing collapsable cups so that one of the rings or bands of the collapsable
portion shall form the upper band when the cup is open and the side of a retaining
case when the article is closed or be attached to and retained within an outer ring or
band acting as the side of the case.
2. Constructing combined collapsable cups and cases with the one portion forming
the bottom of the case and also forming the bottom of the cup and a saucer or stand
and the other portion forming the lid of the case and also forining the lid of the cup
when expanded.
3. A collapsable drinking cup and case combined and forming part of one another
substantially as herein set forth and illustrated.