Appeal No. 1999-0391
Application 08/225,229
The subject matter on appeal is directed to a beverage vessel (i.e., drinking glass) having a
lower compartment with entertainment means (i.e., a light) therein (see Figures 1 to 3, 5 to 7, and 8 and
the accompanying text in the specification), and a method of producing the two-compartment beverage
vessel.
Representative apparatus claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A beverage vessel comprising:
(a) an optically transparent housing having a cylindrical portion extending between a top circular
edge and a bottom circular edge, the bottom circular edge having an inner circular recess forming an
inner circular shoulder, the housing having a circular dividing platform forming an upper compartment
and a lower compartment, the lower compartment having a volume determined approximately by a
height between the bottom circular edge and the circular dividing platform and a diameter of the
cylindrical portion; and
(b) a base having a cylindrical base portion, the cylindrical base portion having an upper circular
edge, the upper circular edge engaging the inner circular recess and abutting the inner circular shoulder,
the base having a circular base bottom parallel to the circular dividing platform and in spaced apart
planar relation from the bottom circular edge of the cylindrical portion of the housing, so that the volume
of the lower compartment is increased by an amount determined approximately by second height
between the bottom circular edge and the circular base bottom and a diameter of the cylindrical base
portion.
Representative method claim 22 is reproduced below:
22. A method of producing a two-compartment beverage vessel that has a lower compartment
formed as a continuous extension of an upper compartment, the lower compartment being increasable
in size without having to modify an optically transparent housing that forms the upper compartment and
the lower compartment, comprising the steps of:
(a) molding the optically transparent housing having a cylindrical portion, the housing having a
cylindrical housing wall and circular dividing platform formed within the cylindrical housing wall forming
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