Improvements in Drinking Vessels.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Sept., 1895-Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Drinking Vessels.
I (Mrs.) DORA GARNER of Royal Brunswick Mansion, Hove, Brighton, in the
County of Sussex, Gentlewoman 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 :-
It is often found necessary and always convenient to have a glass tumbler or
other drinking vessel kept in close proximity to a siphon or other receptacle for
aerated water or to any receptacle for drinks or beverages of various kinds especially
in sick rooms or for the use of invalids and it is also found that the said drinking-
vessel is frequently removed and not replaced thus causing inconvenience and
annoyance when suddenly required.
Now the object of my invention is to provide a drinking vessel that shall
suggest to any person having used it or having removed it say for the purpose of
cleaning the necessity of immediately replacing the same and I find that if the
drinking vessel or bottle, siphon, or receptacle or both of them have an attachment
or appliance by means of which the drinking vessel can be secured when not in use
to the side or other portion of the receptacle then the danger of the vessel not
being replaced is considerably lessened.
And for this purpose I provide a drinking vessel formed of celluloid, horn,
metal or any suitable material and attach to it a loop or strap of sufficient length
to embrace the vessel to which it is attached and leave two projecting ends which
may be either permanently joined or may have a buckle or button on one end with
corresponding holes on the other so that the length may be adjusted, or the
drinking vessel may have a hook or the like attached to it and I may provide a.
strap or the like to pass over the neck of the receptacle or be strapped round the
body thereof carrying a loop or housing into which the hook or clip on the vessel
may take so that it may hang therein.
In order to illustrate more clearly the nature of my said invention I have
attached hereto a sheet of drawings on which
Figure 1 is a view of a drinking vessel having a strap attached thereto the ends
of which may be joined by means of the button A and holes B B so as to be hung
round the neck of a siphon or the like.
Figure 2 is a plan of same looking downwards.
Figure 3 shows a siphon with the drinking vessel hung round the neck or
shoulder.
Figure 4 shows a drinking vessel having a hook or clip C formed thereon or
attached thereto, and
Figure 5 is a view of a siphon or receptacle on which is secured a band or
strap D carrying a loop or housing E in which the hook or clip C Fig. 4 is placed
so that the vessel may hang thereto or thereon.
It will be understood that I may employ other methods of temporarily
attaching a drinking vessel to a receptacle for drink principally for domestic use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In drinking vessels for domestic use or for sick rooms or hospitals an attach-
ment for temporarily securing such vessel to or upon a siphon or like receptacle.
for drinks or beverages substantially as hereinbefore described.

page_text: 2. In drinking vessels for domestic use or for sick rooms or hospitals the means
for temporarily attaching said drinking vessels to siphons or receptacles for
drinks or beverages substantially-as herein before described with reference to the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 27th day of September 1895.
STANLEY POPPLEWELL & Co.,
7-8 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Chartered Patent Agents.