Title:
COMBINED VESSEL LID AND TEA BAG RECEPTACLE AND METHOD OF USING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2016/005912
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A tableware tea piece (10, 11, 12) intended to be used in conjunction with a drinking cup (60, 6) or teapot (63) vessel (60), includes first and second principal surfaces (1) and a well (8) defined by the second surface (1, 2, 95). It further includes a perimeter recess (40), and is configured and ar ranged (2) to be placed to act as a lid on a vessel (60) containing hot water (90) with the first surface (1, 2, 95) uppermost without slipping sideways off the vessel (60) and forming an aperture in side (1, 2) the rim (62) of the vessel (60). The tea piece (10, 11, 12) may be inverted and placed on a horizontal surface (1, 2, 95) with the second principal surface (1, 2, 95) uppermost and the first principal surface (1, 2, 95) supporting the piece (10) after inversion, to act as a receptacle for a used tea bag (80, 84), such that tea (89) which emanates from the used tea bag (80, 84) is contained on the second principal surface (1, 2, 95) within the well (8) and does not spill onto the horizontal surface (1, 2, 95).
Inventors:
HILL GEORGE ROLAND (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2015/055147
Publication Date:
April 14, 2016
Filing Date:
July 07, 2015
Export Citation:
Assignee:
CONTRA VISION LTD (GB)
International Classes:
A47G19/22; A47J31/18
Foreign References:
| GB2504348A | 2014-01-29 | |||
| GB2261594A | 1993-05-26 | |||
| US3362590A | 1968-01-09 | |||
| US3288344A | 1966-11-29 | |||
| JP3038293U | 1997-06-10 | |||
| FR2527917A1 | 1983-12-09 |
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