Patent ID: 8074827

Claim:
A beverage cup for containing, dispensing, and drinking a beverage in a weightless environment, the beverage cup comprising: a closed bottom; an open top adjacent a rim, the rim delimiting a size and a shape of the open top corresponding to a size and a shape of the closed bottom; a first sidewall; a second sidewall coupled to the first sidewall continuously along a common vertical axis and forming an acute angle with a sharp vertex between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the common vertical axis extending continuously between the closed bottom and the open top; a curvilinear rear wall disposed opposite from the common vertical axis and integrally joining the first sidewall and the second sidewall; and, a cavity defined by a continuous interior surface bounded by the curvilinear rear wall and the open top, the continuous interior surface extending downward from the sharp vertex in a curvilinear direction, the cavity capable of containing and dispensing a beverage disposed in the cavity when the beverage cup is located in a weightless environment, and the continuous interior surface is substantially wetting along the common vertical axis when the beverage is being dispensed by a user in the weightless environment.