ASSEMBLY FOR ACCESSING COCONUT WATER IN COCONUT

Abstract

An assembly (010) for accessing coconut water in a coconut has a plunger (011) for puncturing the germination pore of the coconut thereby permits the access of the coconut water inside the coconut. The assembly (010) comprises a plunger (011) having a plunger collar (111) perpendicularly mounted to a plunger lance (211), a lid (012) having a lid bore (112) for receiving and housing a tip of the plunger lance (211) and a stopper clip (013) for holding the plunger lance (211) in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance (211) in the lid bore (112) from puncturing a germination pore of the coconut, wherein the lid (012) of the assembly (010) is placed and fixed on the germination pore of the coconut by a fixing mean.

Claims

1. An assembly for accessing coconut water of the coconut comprising: a plunger having a plunger collar perpendicularly mounted to a plunger lance; a lid having a lid bore for receiving and housing a tip of the plunger lance; and a stopper clip for holding the plunger lance in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance in the lid bore from puncturing the coconut, wherein the lid of the assembly is placed and fixed on the coconut by a fixing mean.

2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the fixing mean including adhesive, adhesive tape, wrapping material, fastening material applied to fix the lid on the germination pore of the coconut without interfering the shell of the coconut.

3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the stopper clip is tethered to the plunger collar of the plunger.

4. The assembly of claim 1, wherein the plunger has a plunger bore where a straw can be inserted through.

5. A coconut having an assembly for accessing coconut water of the coconut, the coconut comprising: a coconut showing the germination pore; and an assembly of claim 1 wherein the lid is placed and fixed on the germination pore of the coconut by a fixing mean.

6. The coconut of claim 5, wherein the fixing mean including adhesive, adhesive tape, wrapping material, fastening material to fix the lid on the germination pore of the coconut without interfering the shell of the coconut.

7. A method for preparing a coconut having an assembly for accessing coconut water of the coconut, the method comprising: a. removing an outer husk covering the germination pores of the coconut; b. placing the assembly of claim 1 on one of the germination pores of the coconut so that the plunger lance of the assembly is above the germination pore; c. fixing the lid of the assembly on one of the germination pores of the coconut by a fixing mean.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the fixing mean including adhesive, adhesive tape, wrapping material, fastening material applied to fix the lid on the germination pore of the coconut without interfering the shell of the coconut.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] The present invention is illustrated by way of example, and not by way of limitation, in the figures of the accompanying drawings and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements and in which:

[0011] FIG. 1 represents the side views of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1A represents the side views of the assembly of the present invention. FIG. 1B-1D represents each components of the assembly of the present invention.

[0012] FIG. 2 represents side, top and perspective views of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2A-2D represents the side, top and perspective views of the assembly of the present invention, respectively.

[0013] FIG. 3 is a pictorial representation of the assembly of the present invention as it is being utilized with a coconut to access the coconut water.

[0014] Unless otherwise indicated, illustrations in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

[0015] The present invention is best understood by reference to the detailed figures and description set forth herein.

[0016] Embodiments of the invention are discussed below with reference to the Figures. However, those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed description given herein with respect to these figures is for explanatory purposes as the invention extends beyond these limited embodiments. For example, it should be appreciated that those skilled in the art will, in light of the teachings of the present invention, recognize a multiplicity of alternate and suitable approaches, depending upon the needs of the particular application, to implement the functionality of any given detail described herein, beyond the particular implementation choices in the following embodiments described and shown. That is, there are modifications and variations of the invention which are too numerous to be listed but that all that fit within the scope of the invention. Also, singular words should be read as plural and vice versa where appropriate, and alternative embodiments do not necessarily imply that the two are mutually exclusive.

[0017] It is to be further understood that the present invention is not limited to the particular methodology, compounds, materials, manufacturing techniques, uses, and applications, described herein, as these may vary. It is also to be understood that the terminology used herein is used for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. It must be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include the plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Thus, for example, a reference to “a mean” is a reference to one or more means and may include subservient means. All conjunctions used are to be understood in the most inclusive sense possible. Thus, the word “or” should be understood as having the definition of a logical “or” rather than that of a logical “exclusive or” unless the context clearly necessitates otherwise. Structures described herein are to be understood also to refer to functional equivalents of such structures.

[0018] With respect to the terms “comprising,” “consisting of,” and “consisting essentially of,” where one of these three terms is used herein, the presently disclosed and claimed subject matter may include the use of either of the other two terms. Thus in some embodiments not otherwise explicitly recited, any instance of “comprising” may be replaced by “consisting of” or, alternatively, by “consisting essentially of.”

[0019] Referring to FIG. 1, where one embodiment of the present invention is referred to. The assembly 010 for accessing coconut water of the coconut comprises;

[0020] a plunger 011 having a plunger collar 111 perpendicularly mounted to a plunger lance 211;

[0021] a lid 012 having a lid bore 112 for receiving and housing the tip of the plunger lance 211; and

[0022] a stopper clip 013 for holding the plunger lance 211 in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance 211 in the lid bore 112 from puncturing the germination pore of the coconut.

[0023] The lid 012 is placed and fixed on the germination pore of the coconut by a fixing mean.

[0024] The plunger of the assembly according to the present invention has the plunger collar at one end of the plunger. The plunger collar may be a small knob or disk perpendicularly mounted to the blunt end of the elongated cylindrical plunger lance. The other end of the plunger lance is the pointed tip for piercing or puncturing the germination pore through the coconut layers of the coconut layers of the coconut.

[0025] The plunger may have a plunger bore 311 where a straw can be inserted through.

[0026] The plunger may have a length of at least 2, preferably 2-5 cm. The plunger collar may have a diameter of at least 0.5 cm, preferably 0.5-5 cm. The plunger lance may have the length of at least 2 cm, preferably 2-5 cm and the diameter of at least 0.5 cm, preferably 0.5-1.5 cm. The plunger bore may have the diameter of at least 0.4, preferably 0.4-2 cm.

[0027] The lid of the assembly according to the present invention may be a cover having rounded top or hemispherical roof or ceiling shaped like half of a ball or dome. The lid of the assembly according to the present invention may be formed in the rectangular top shaped like dome. The lid can be hollow or solid. The lid may have the lid bore vertically centered for receiving the plunger lance.

[0028] The lid may have the diameter or width of at least 0.5 cm, preferably 0.5-5 cm and the high of at least 0.5 cm, preferably 0.5-3.5 cm.

[0029] The stopper clip of the assembly according to the present invention is any one of various devices that grip, clasp, hook or hold the plunger lance in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance in the lid bore from puncturing the germination pore of the coconut.

[0030] The assembly according to the present invention can be made of any one of various materials e.g. biomaterial, wood, plastic, metal, wood, resin, stone, ceramic, fiber, glass, composite material or the combination thereof.

[0031] The fixing mean for attaching the assembly of the present invention on the germination pore of the coconut including adhesive, adhesive tape, wrapping material, fastening material applied to fix the lid and entire assembly on the germination pore of the coconut without penetrating, destroying or interfering the shell of the coconut.

[0032] Referring to FIG. 2, where one embodiment of the present invention is referred to with numeral 020. The assembly 020 for accessing coconut water of the coconut comprises:

[0033] the plunger 922 having a plunger collar 122 perpendicularly mourned to a plunger lance 222;

[0034] the lid 012 having a lid bore 112 for receiving the tip of the plunger lance 222; and

[0035] the stopper clip 923 for holding the plunger lance 222 in order to prevent the tip of the plunger lance 222 in the lid bore 112 from puncturing the shell of the coconut. The stopper clip 023 is tethered to the plunger collar 122 of the plunger 022 by a line 024. The lid 012 is placed and fixed on a germination pore on the shell of the coconut by a fixing mean such that the plunger lance 222 can puncture the germination pore through the coconut meat inside the coconut.

[0036] Referring to FIG. 3, the coconut having an assembly for accessing coconut water of the coconut is shown. The assembly of the present invention is installed on the coconut germination pore wherein the lid is placed and fixed on the germination pore of the coconut by a fixing mean.

[0037] Taking away or removing the stopper clip from the plunger lance, the user can push or press against the plunger collar with his/her force in order to drive or impel the plunger lance through the germination pore of the coconut for making a hole. The straw can be inserted through the plunger bore to access the coconut water inside the coconut.

[0038] As one embodiment of the present invention, a method for preparing a coconut having an assembly for accessing coconut water of the coconut comprises: [0039] a. removing an outer husk covering the germination pores of the coconut; [0040] b. placing the assembly of any one of claims 1-3 on one of the germination pores of the coconut so that the plunger lance of the assembly is above the germination pore; [0041] c. fixing the lid of the assembly on one of the germination pores of the coconut by a fixing mean.