Inventors:
Don Williams - New Orleans LA, US
Michael Monmouth - Houston TX, US
International Classification:
B65D085/00
Abstract:
Multiple containers (e.g. cups ) for liquid or solid materials each having along it top, peripheral edge () at least one series of peripherally extended, spaced, intelligent indica (), four embodiments being illustrated (FIGS. -). The indicia can be a series of letters (e.g., the alphabet “A-Z” ), or numeric sequence (, “0-9”) with special value indicia (e.g., “100,” “200”). The user selects desired ones of the indicia for identification purposes from the one or more series and high-lights the selected ones by, for example, crushing a plastic bubble, pulling a tab, scratching of a covering or physically marking them with a writing instrument, etc. For example, using two alphabetic series of indicia, a user can mark his/her cup with his/her basic initials (FIG. ) or, for further example, using two numeric series of indicia and special quantum indicia a number between 0-299 could be used to identify the container (FIG. ).