The present invention relates to a disposable liquid container including an open mouth drinking member, bottom member, side wall member, means for indicating temperature and a lid member. The disposable liquid container provides the advantage of indicating the temperature of beverage inside the container.

In aspects of a multi-use recyclable drinking straw, the drinking straw has an elongated housing with a continuous sidewall that encloses a void space conducive for conducting a liquid, and the continuous sidewall is formed with recyclable material that is both rigid to sustain use as a beverage straw and collapsible for recycling. The drinking straw also has a contact area of the elongated housing that provides a temperature indication of the liquid, where the temperature indication serves as a hot beverage safety warning to a user of the drinking straw. The multi-use recyclable drinking straw can include a first configuration as a beverage straw with the continuous sidewall of the elongated housing having an oval cross section, and can include a second configuration as a beverage stir stick, where the elongated housing is collapsible such that the continuous sidewall has a flattened cross section conducive for stirring the liquid.

A method of controlling a storage apparatus having a plurality of lockable storage compartments includes: obtaining storage compartment temperature information, SCTI, for at least some of the storage compartments; obtaining order information associated with a likelihood of at least one order of items being placed for storage in the storage apparatus, the order information including order delivery information, ODI, indicative of a predicted delivery time for the order and order temperature information, OTI, indicative of a required storage temperature for at least some of the items associated with the order; determining a storage compartment temperature schedule, SCTS, in dependence on the order information, the SCTS indicative of a temperature control schedule for the at least some of the storage compartments and is determined to maximally utilize a predetermined storage capacity of the storage apparatus; and controlling the temperature of at least some of the storage compartments according to the SCTS.

In aspects of a multi-use recyclable drinking straw, the drinking straw has an elongated housing with a continuous sidewall that encloses a void space conducive for conducting a liquid, and the continuous sidewall is formed with recyclable material that is both rigid to sustain use as a beverage straw and collapsible for recycling. The drinking straw also has a contact area of the elongated housing that provides a temperature indication of the liquid, where the temperature indication serves as a hot beverage safety warning to a user of the drinking straw. The multi-use recyclable drinking straw can include a first configuration as a beverage straw with the continuous sidewall of the elongated housing having an oval cross section, and can include a second configuration as a beverage stir stick, where the elongated housing is collapsible such that the continuous sidewall has a flattened cross section conducive for stirring the liquid.

An eating utensil (100) is provided which comprises a handle (120) and a food area (110). The eating utensil (100) comprises an accelerometer sensor a gyroscope sensor (150). With the accelerometer sensor the gyroscope sensor (150), the movement of the eating utensil (100) as well as its orientation is detected. The orientation as well as a movement of the eating utensil (100) can be compared with a predetermined ideal traversal path and orientation of an eating utensil (100) and the user may receive corresponding feedback if the detected path or orientation of the eating utensil (100) differs from the ideal utensil traversal path or orientation.

A temperature regulating fluid container assembly for regulating the temperature of a fluid positioned therein includes a cup that has a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that extends upwardly therefrom. The perimeter wall has an upper edge that defines an opening into the cup. The cup has a dividing wall therein that is spaced from the bottom wall to define a compartment between the dividing wall and the bottom wall. A temperature regulating unit is mounted on the cup and is positioned in the compartment. The temperature regulating unit is in thermal communication with an interior of the cup and detects a temperature of fluid positioned within the cup. The temperature regulating unit heats the fluid when a temperature of the fluid falls below a predetermined temperature wherein the predetermined temperature is between 120 F. and 160 F.

A smart neck pillow is disclosed which includes a body having a U-shaped part, wherein the body includes a first neck support extending upwards from the U-shaped part to support an occiput of a user, the first neck support having a via corresponding to a center of the occiput, and a control module and a plurality of pressure detection modules arranged on the body, the plurality of pressure detection modules being electrically connected to the control module, the plurality of pressure detection modules being arranged at least on the upper side, the left side and the right side of the via of the first neck support. The smart neck pillow monitors sleeping posture information of the user to farthest avoid causing damage to the cervical vertebrae.

An apparatus can include a generally planar portion approximately in a plane. The apparatus can also include a lip portion extending in a direction generally orthogonal to the plane. The generally planar portion is joined to the lip portion at a circumferential edge of the generally planar portion to form a cover for a beverage container. Likewise, a method can include providing contact information on a disposable cover adapted to cover a beverage container. The contact information is not necessarily provided by the manufacturer of the beverage or beverage container. The method can also include receiving contact from a user of the disposable cover. The method can further include coordinating the delivery of a service to the user of the disposable cover responsive to the contact received from the user.

A container is provided with a lid having a removable thermometer for measuring the temperature of liquids in the container. A gasket is provided to secure the thermometer to the lid and maintain a hermetic seal between the thermometer and the gasket and between the gasket and the lid. The gasket is resilient to maintain the hermetic seal when the thermometer is subjected to torque or other stresses such as may occur when the lid is attached or detached from the container.