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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
James R Burroughs, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Dillon Burroughs, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Ken Benson, Southbury, CT (US);
Ed Gilchrest, Oxford, CT (US);
James R Burroughs, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Dillon Burroughs, Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Ken Benson, Southbury, CT (US);
Ed Gilchrest, Oxford, CT (US);
Chevalier Collection, Ltd., Beverly Hills, CA (US);
Abstract
A drinking container for decanting, filtering, mixing and/or aerating a beverage. The drinking container comprises a bowl having an upper opening and an aerating cell having a wall, an upper opening along the top of the cell and a plurality of openings or perforations through the wall. The cup-shaped cell has an upwardly facing hollow or concave configuration, optionally with a central upwardly extending protrusion, and is attached to and within the bowl, to decant, filter, mix and/or aerate a beverage that is poured through the bowl upper opening and into the cell upper opening, and subsequently flows through the at least one perforation into the bowl. Preferably, the drinking container is a wine glass having a base and stem supporting the bowl and the beverage is wine.