Patent ID: 7467726

Claim:
A convertible beverage container apparatus, comprising: (a) a container having: (i) first and second opposed open ends; (ii) a cylindrical portion; (iii) a neck portion disposed between said first open end and said cylindrical portion; (iv) a flange adjacent to said first open end; and (v) a threaded portion adjacent to said second open end; (b) a handle member that is selectively and separately engageable with a non-dispensing one of said first and second open ends, said handle member having: (i) a first portion having an inner surface that is circumferentially parallel and propinquit to an outer surface of said cylindrical portion of said container about at least 180° circumference of said cylindrical portion, said first portion including a series of circumaxially spaced-apart circumferential grooves; and (ii) a second portion having a first annular cavity that is threadably engageable with said threaded portion of said container and sealingly engageable with said second open end of said container, and a second cylindrical cavity having a locking groove disposed in a sidewall thereof for engagement with said flange of said container.