Measuring cup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10444053-B2
Application number	US-201816201815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 27, 2018
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

The measuring cup includes numerous embodiments configured for a user to precisely determine the cup contents without need to lift the cup to one's eye level or to lower the eye level to the level of the cup contents. The various embodiments include folding cups; cups having transparent passages in the wall; cups having adjustably positionable bottoms; cups having level indicator rods in the cup interior extending upward from the cup bottom; cups having one or more filaments extending across the cup interior; cups having rigid level indicators spanning the cup interior; cups having adjustably positionable level indicator tabs therein; cups having buoyant level indicator tabs adjustably positionable in the cup interior; and cups having removable clip-on scales extending down along the interior of the cup wall, the scales having a plurality of attachment points for the removable attachment of a level indicator tab at a desired attachment point.

First claim

We claim:

1. A measuring cup, comprising:
a container having a peripheral wall and a bottom, the peripheral wall comprising at least one foldable wall portion; and
at least one circumferential fold line disposed about the container wall, the fold line defining a foldable upper wall portion above the fold line and a lower wall portion below the fold line, the fold line providing for eversion of the upper wall portion about the lower wall portion.

2. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , further comprising a small receptacle disposed therein, the small receptacle being integrally formed with the bottom of the container.

3. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , further comprising a small receptacle disposed therein, the small receptacle being removably attached to the bottom of the container.

4. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one foldable wall portion comprises a plurality of foldable wall portions.

Assignees

• Univ King Saud

Inventors

• Alam Mohd Aftab
• Al-Jenoobi Fahad Ibrahim
• Al-Mohizea Abdullah M

Classifications

• G01F23/32

  using rotatable arms or other pivotable transmission elements · CPC title

• G01F19/00 Primary

  Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups · CPC title

• G01F23/64

  of the free float type {without mechanical transmission elements} · CPC title

• G01F23/205

  for discrete levels · CPC title