| 摘要 |
A COMBINED MEASURING CUP, FUNNEL AND STRAINER UTENSIL (10) . THE UTENSIL (10) INCLUDES A MAIN BODY (12) HAVING A SIDEWALL DEFINING AN UPPER OPENING (26) AND A LOWER OPENING (28). MATERIAL MAY FLOW THROUGH THE UPPER AND LOWER OPENINGS (26,28) TO FUNNEL THE MATERIAL. AN ABUTMENT FLANGE (32) EXTENDS OUTWARD FROM THE SIDEWALL (18), AND MAY ACT AS A BASE A TO SUPPORT THE UTENSIL (10). THE LOWER FACE (34) OF THE ABUTMENT FLANGE MAY INCLUDE A PLURALITY OF SHOULDERS TO PROVIDE STABILITY WHEN THE UTENSIL IS USED AS A FUNNEL. A FLOW BARRIER INCLUDES A PLUG SECTION WHICH MAY BLOCK THE LOWER OPENING TO PERMIT THE UTENSILTO BE USED AS A MEASURING CUP. THE FLOW BARRIER ADDITIONALLY INCLUDES A HANDLE SECTION IN THE FORM OF A FLUTED FLANGE. THIS MAY BE PLACED WITHIN THE MAIN BODY (12), WITH TE INDENTATIONS OF THE FLANGE FORMING OPENINGS FOR STRAINING MATERIAL WITHIN THE UTENSIL (10). A COVER(16) MAY BE PLACED OVER THE UPPER OPENING (26) TO SEAL THE MAIN BODY (12) AGAINST CONTAMINATION, PERMITTING STORAGE OF THE MATERIAL.FIG. 1
|
