Measuring and testing – Measuring vessel – With depth indication
Reissue Patent
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Fulton, Christopher W. (Department: 2859)
Measuring and testing
Measuring vessel
With depth indication
C033S0010DD, CD10S046200
Reissue Patent
active
10721021
ABSTRACT:
A measuring vessel has cavity-defining wall structures and at least one ramp which rises from about the bottom of the wall structure toward the top of the wall structure. The at least one ramp has an upwardly directed surface with a lateral inner edge integral with portions of the wall structure below the ramp and a lateral outer edge integral with portions of the wall structure below the ramp. Indicia on the upwardly directed surface of the at least one ramp allows a user to look downwardly into the measuring vessel to visually detect the volume level of the contents in the vessel, thereby eliminating the need to look horizontally at the vessel at eye level. Preferably the vessel has two ramps, with at least one bearing indicia of standard English units, and another bearing indicia of metric units. In one embodiment a handle, covered with a cushioning grip sheath, is cantilevered from the top of the wall structure and has a distal end at the level of the bottom of the wall structure for cooperation therewith to support the vessel on an underlying support surface.
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Hoeting Michael G.
Hoeting Stephen C.
Fulton Christopher W.
Helen of Troy Limited
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
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