Marie E Green

US Patent:

20190150643, May 23, 2019

Filed:

Jan 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/259885

Inventors:

Marie Green - Brentwood TN, US

International Classification:

A47G 19/22

Abstract:

A lid for a beverage container can include a cover member configured to releasably engage the opening of a beverage container. The cover member can include an aroma aperture defined through a portion thereof, the aroma aperture sized and shaped to receive the nose of a user when the lid is engaged with the opening of the beverage container and the user drinks a beverage contained in the beverage container through the lid. The cover member can include a mounting portion and a canopy portion coupled to the mounting portion. The canopy portion can be contoured to cover a portion of the nose and direct aroma vapors evolved from the beverage to the nose when the nose is received in the aroma aperture while a user drinks from the beverage container. Also disclosed are beverage containers for enhancing the aroma of a liquid foodstuff contained therein, the containers comprising a body portion adapted to be held in the hand of a user, an upwardly convex canopy portion coupled to a rim of the body portion, and an aroma aperture defined though a portion of the canopy portion, the aroma aperture sized and shaped to receive the nose of a user when the user drinks a liquid foodstuff contained in the body portion through the aperture.

US Patent:

20170197763, Jul 13, 2017

Filed:

Mar 27, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/470771

Inventors:

Marie Green - Brentwood TN, US

International Classification:

B65D 43/02
B65D 47/06
B65D 47/32

Abstract:

A lid for a beverage cup includes a mouth opening, an aroma opening, and a concentrator member. The mouth opening is positioned closer to a rim of the lid than the aroma opening. An area of the aroma opening is greater than an area of the mouth opening. The concentrator member surrounds the aroma opening and extends from a plane formed by the aroma opening to a height above the aroma opening. A cross sectional area of the concentrator decreases in a direction from a base to an upper end of the concentrator, creating a concentration of beverage aromas in the space surrounding a user's nose. The concentrator channels a concentrated amount of aroma to the nose, providing an enhanced drinking and tasting experience.

US Patent:

20170020317, Jan 26, 2017

Filed:

Oct 7, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/288591

Inventors:

Marie Green - Brentwood TN, US

International Classification:

A47G 19/22
B65D 43/18
B65D 43/16
B65D 43/02
B65D 51/18

Abstract:

A lid for a beverage container can include a cover member configured to releasably engage the opening of a beverage container. The cover member can include an aroma aperture defined through a portion thereof, the aroma aperture sized and shaped to receive the nose of a user when the lid is engaged with the opening of the beverage container and the user drinks a beverage contained in the beverage container through the lid. The cover member can include a mounting portion and a canopy portion coupled to the mounting portion. The canopy portion can be contoured to cover a portion of the nose and direct aroma vapors evolved from the beverage to the nose when the nose is received in the aroma aperture while a user drinks from the beverage container. Also disclosed are beverage containers for enhancing the aroma of a liquid foodstuff contained therein, the containers comprising a body portion adapted to be held in the hand of a user, an upwardly convex canopy portion coupled to a rim of the body portion, and an aroma aperture defined though a portion of the canopy portion, the aroma aperture sized and shaped to receive the nose of a user when the user drinks a liquid foodstuff contained in the body portion through the aperture.

US Patent:

20160015199, Jan 21, 2016

Filed:

Jul 20, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/804275

Inventors:

Marie Green - Brentwood TN, US

International Classification:

A47G 19/22

Abstract:

A lid for a beverage cup includes a mouth opening, an aroma opening, and a concentrator member. The mouth opening is positioned closer to a rim of the lid than the aroma opening. An area of the aroma opening is greater than an area of the mouth opening. The concentrator member surrounds the aroma opening and extends from a plane formed by the aroma opening to a height above the aroma opening. A cross sectional area of the concentrator decreases in a direction from a base to an upper end of the concentrator, creating a concentration of beverage aromas in the space surrounding a user's nose. The concentrator channels a concentrated amount of aroma to the nose, providing an enhanced drinking and tasting experience.