Liquid container for urine collection

Claim 2

A stackable beaker for laboratory purposes, particularly a urine container, having a cover which is provided in the vicinity of its edge with a spout, said cover on its outward side, from which said spout is projecting, having a surface corresponding generally in size and shape to the beaker jacket edge area near the beaker base to facilitate nesting and stacking of one beaker on top of another beaker when the beakers are closed by the covers thereof, the spout in the stacking position being contained in a chamber provided on said cover or said beaker base, and means being provided for releasably fixing the angular association of beakers stacked or stored, respectively, over each other.

Claim 3

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the lid comprises an outwardly drawn-up shoulder, which encircles the lid periphery and which has an internal contour that corresponds approximately to the beaker jacket end area near the beaker base.

Claim 4

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the beaker base comprises an inwardly drawn-up shoulder, which encircles the base periphery and which has an internal contour that corresponds approximately to the beaker jacket end area near the lid.

Claim 5

A beaker as claimed in claim 1 characterised in that the lid comprises an approximately chamber-like indentation, which is open towards the exterior and into which a spout, which can be folded approximately like a concertina, is lowered in its condition of rest and from which it can be extracted towards the exterior for its operating condition.

Claim 6

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, comprising a spout which projects rigidly from the outside of the lid, characterised in that the beaker jacket comprises a shortened area over a partial area of its periphery on its upper edge near the lid and in that the lid comprises an area which corresponds with respect to the size of its centre angle to the unshortened area of the beaker jacket and which comprises a concavity whose edge contour is formed by an encircling and outwardly drawn-up shoulder, having an internal contour that corresponds approximately to the beaker jacket area near the base, as well as an area which corresponds to the beaker jacket shortened area and in which there is arranged a spout which terminates with its free end beneath the lower limitation of the shoulder in this lid area, which corresponds to the unshortened area of the beaker jacket, but above the lid area corresponding to the beaker jacket area comprising the shortening and whose lower end merges surface-wise in the lid surface which ends in the opposite edge contour of the lid.

Claim 7

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, comprising a spout which projects rigidly from the lid edge contour, characterised in that the beaker base comprises a concavity, which corresponds to the spout area projecting from the lid edge contour when the lid is placed on the beaker in a sealing manner, the concavity being vertical beneath the spout.

Claim 8

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the cross section of the spout tapers towards the free end of the spout at least in a plane containing the central axis of the beaker in the operating condition.

Claim 9

A beaker as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the spout is of conical shape.

Claim 10

A beaker as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the spout is provided with an elongate base surface.

Claim 11

A beaker as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the spout is shaped like a pyramid.

Claim 12

A beaker as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the spout is oblique over its base surface.

Claim 13

A beaker as claimed in claim 11, characterized in that the spout has an elongate cross-sectional contour in a section conducted in the operating condition parallel to the lower edge contour of the beaker base.

Claim 14

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the beaker edge and the associated part of the lid edge each comprise a closing device, which are in clamping engagement and seal the beaker interior in a fluid-tight manner.

Claim 15

A beaker as claimed in claim 13, characterised in that the closing device is formed by a bead which is arranged along the beaker edge and which is clamped in the operating condition with a lid edge contour, which is approximately hat-shaped in cross section, in a fluid-tight manner.

Claim 16

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the lid is connected to the beaker by means of a link.

Claim 17

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the beaker has a filling orifice with an edge contour that is smaller than that of the beaker base.

Claim 18

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the beaker has a filling orifice with an edge contour that is smaller than that of the beaker base.

Claim 19

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it has a round cross-sectional contour.

Claim 20

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it has an approximately elliptical cross-sectional contour.

Claim 21

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that it has a polygonal cross-sectional contour.

Claim 22

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the beaker and the lid are formed from a plastic material.

Claim 23

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the spout has a moulded-on, detachable tip.

Claim 24

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the spout is sealed in a fluid-tight manner by means of a detachable closing element, which can be returned to its operative position.

Claim 25

A beaker as claimed in claim 23, characterised in that the closing element is a clamping cap covering the free end of the spout.

Claim 26

A beaker as claimed in claim 23, characterised in that the closing element is a plug which is inserted into the free end of the spout orifice.

Claim 27

A beaker as claimed in claim 25, characterised in that the plug is designed as a strip which tapers slightly towards its free end.

Claim 28

A beaker as claimed in claim 25, characterised in that the closing strip is approximately ball-shaped in design.

Claim 29

A beaker as claimed in claim 23, characterised in that the closing element is connected to the spout or the lid edge by means of a link.

Claim 30

A beaker as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that the lid and the beaker jacket have on their outside a surface area with a preferably rectangular edge contour and a roughened surface structure.

Claim 31

A beaker as claimed in claim 1 wherein the lid has on its external side, from which the spout projects, a concavity which corresponds in size and shape approximately to the beaker jacket edge area near the beaker base.

Claim 32

A beaker as claimed in claim 1 wherein the beaker has a base with a concavity corresponding in size and shape approximately to the external side of the lid.

Claim 33

A beaker as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the means for the angular coordination of the lid and beaker, comprises at least one inwardly directed concavity on the lid and, corresponding thereto, at least one projection on the beaker base.

Claim 34

Beaker according to claim 1, in which said means for the angular association of beakers stacked or stored, respectively, over each other comprises at least one projection and/or at least one recess directed to the interior at said cover and correspondingly at least one recess and/or at least one projection at the beaker bottom.

Claim 35

Beaker according to claim 33, in which the projection determining the angular association of beakers stacked or stored, respectively, over each other is provided by the region of the rigid spout projecting over the edge contour of said cover.