Vessel and Method for Making the Same

摘要

A vessel composed of a sheet of flexible material, cut, rolled, and affixed to form a frusto-conically shaped base region. The sheet when rolled including an upper region having two opposing flaps, each flap delineated from a remaining portion of the sheet by a path along which the sheet is scored, so that the flaps, when folded along their respective paths, define a single elevated drinking portion having a spout formed between an extension of the base region and at least one of the two flaps.

主权项

1. A spouted cup for holding and dispensing substances, the cup comprising:
a base region comprising an inner surface sidewall and having an opening at a lower end thereof; a bottom secured in that opening; a first flap extending from the base region, the first flap having a first curved edge and comprising a first spout-forming region; a second flap extending from the base region, the second flap having a second curved edge and comprising a second spout-forming region, the first flap and the second flap configured such that, when the flaps are folded: the first flap overlies that base region, such that:
at least a portion of the first curved edge is in physical contact with an opposing portion of the inner surface sidewall of the base region; and the second flap overlies the base region, such that:
at least a portion of the second flap overlaps at least a portion of the first flap; such that at least a portion of the second spout-forming region overlies at least a portion of the first spout-forming region, so as to form a spout extending to a first height above a bottom edge of the base region.