Measuring cup

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10876877-B2
Application number	US-202016816867-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2020
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

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, a bottom, and an interior, the wall having a plurality of passages disposed therethrough;
at least one hollow transparent sight window communicating with at least one of the passages, the sight window having an interior communicating with the interior of the container;
a plurality of plugs removably disposed in a plurality of the passages.

2. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sight window is removably installed in at least one corresponding passage, the plurality of plugs sealing passages other than those in which the sight window is installed.

3. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sight window comprises a single externally disposed vertical sight tube communicating with corresponding passages, the plurality of plugs sealing passages other than those in which the sight window is installed.

4. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sight window comprises a plurality of small transparent viewports permanently disposed through the wall of the container.

5. The measuring cup according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sight window comprises a single small transparent viewport removably installed in a corresponding one of the passages, the plurality of plugs sealing passages other than those in which the sight window is installed.

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

• G01F23/64

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

• G01F19/00 Primary

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

• G01F23/205

  for discrete levels · CPC title