Amusement devices: toys – Convertible from – or serving as diverse article – Including container or storing toy parts
Patent
1996-11-27
1998-06-23
Yu, Mickey
Amusement devices: toys
Convertible from, or serving as diverse article
Including container or storing toy parts
446 74, 215 6, 206217, A63H 3300, B65D 104
Patent
active
057696802
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a drinking vessel including an internally formed display area for concealing a decorative element such as a three dimensional figurine. The internally formed display area upwardly extends into a fluid retention cavity of the drinking vessel. A retaining member is provided which can be selectively removed to access the decorative element. In the preferred embodiment, the retaining member is rotatable relative to an upwardly extending sidewall of the drinking vessel to thereby lock the retaining member in place. In one application, the retaining member includes a plurality of radially extending tabs which cooperate with a inwardly extending cylindrical flange formed to include a corresponding plurality of notches. The tabs are upwardly advanced past the notches and then rotated to thereby lock the retaining member in place.
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