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Drinking apparatus

US-7530468-B1

Abstract

A drinking apparatus. The drinking apparatus includes a fluid container for containment of liquid and also includes an attached base unit that is designed to collect any overflow of liquid from the fluid container. The top rim of the base unit is curved, having its highest point adjacent to an attached handle and the lowest point opposite the handle. Between the fluid container and the base unit is located a pair of sliding panels that are mounted within a number of grooves. After liquid has been poured but before it is to be drunk, the sliding panels are used to cover the area in between the fluid container and the base unit so that any spilled liquid that has already entered into a fluid reservoir within the base unit will not exit the fluid reservoir while the fluid within the fluid container is being drunk by an individual.

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