Bottle holding appliance and method for its use
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-025/00
B65D-008/14
B65D-008/04
A47G-019/22
출원번호
US-0959478
(2004-10-06)
등록번호
US-7284677
(2007-10-23)
발명자
/ 주소
Guevara,Elizabeth Ann
출원인 / 주소
Guevara,Elizabeth Ann
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
5인용 특허 :
9
초록▼
The present invention is generally comprised of an appliance for holding a bottle or liquids. The appliance is generally comprised of a cap member that is removably connected to a container member. The cap member may have a threaded cylindrical portion adjacent to an opening in the cap member. The c
The present invention is generally comprised of an appliance for holding a bottle or liquids. The appliance is generally comprised of a cap member that is removably connected to a container member. The cap member may have a threaded cylindrical portion adjacent to an opening in the cap member. The container member may also have a threaded cylindrical portion adjacent to an opening in the container member, so that the cap member is screwed onto the container member by means of the threads. The cap member may also comprise a threaded bottle holding portion adapted to receive threads on a cylindrical portion of the bottle adjacent to the bottle opening. The appliance may also comprise a tubular member (such as a straw) that extends from an area outside the appliance into the interior volume of the bottle. Finally, the invention also includes a method for using the appliance.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An appliance that may be used for holding a bottle, the bottle having an opening therein, the appliance comprising: (a) a container member, comprised of a container body having an opening at one end of the container body; (b) a cap member completely covering the opening at on
What is claimed is: 1. An appliance that may be used for holding a bottle, the bottle having an opening therein, the appliance comprising: (a) a container member, comprised of a container body having an opening at one end of the container body; (b) a cap member completely covering the opening at one end of the container member, the cap member being comprised of: (i) a cap body having an opening in the cap body; and (ii) bottle connecting means to removably connect the cap body to the portion of the bottle adjacent to the bottle opening, (iii)wherein: (A) the opening in the cap body is in fluidic communication with the bottle opening; (B) the bottle has a cylindrical portion adjacent to the bottle opening that is threaded on its exterior surface and the bottle connecting means is comprised of a cylindrical bottle holding portion extending approximately perpendicular from a surface of the cap member, wherein the interior surface of such cylindrical, bottle holding portion is threaded and the threads are of a size and structure adapted to receive the threads on the cylindrical threaded portion of the bottle; and (C) the cap body is comprised of a top portion approximately circular in shape that is adjacent to one end of a bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body and the cylindrical bottle holding portion of the cap member extends approximately perpendicular from the surface of the top portion of the cap member on the side of the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body; and (c) cap member connecting means to removably connect the cap member to the container member, wherein the bottle is positioned within the volume displaced by the container body while the cap member is removably connected to the container member. 2. The appliance of claim 1, further comprising a tubular member, wherein the tubular member extends from a position in the interior volume of the bottle through the bottle opening and the opening in the cap body to a position in an area on the side of the cap member opposite the bottle, so that the interior volume of the bottle is in fluidic communication by means of the tubular member with such area on the side of the cap member opposite the bottle. 3. The appliance of claim 2, wherein the tubular member has a cross-section that is annular in shape. 4. The appliance of claim 2, further comprising tubular member connector means to removably connect the tubular member to the cap member. 5. The appliance of claim 4, wherein the tubular member has a cross-section that is annular in shape. 6. The appliance of claim 4, wherein the tubular member connector means is comprised of the tubular member having a cross-sectional shape and size approximately the same as the shape and size of the opening in the cap body, so that the tubular member may be slideably inserted into and removed from the opening in the cap body and the tubular member is held in place within the opening in the cap body by friction. 7. The appliance of claim 1, wherein the opening at one end of the container body is approximately circular in shape and the portion of the container body adjacent to such opening is approximately cylindrical in shape. 8. The appliance of claim 7, wherein the cap body is comprised of a bottom portion approximately cylindrical in shape and the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body is of a size adapted to fit over and be removably connected to the cylindrical portion of the container body by being positioned adjacent to the cylindrical portion of the container body. 9. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the cap body is further comprised of a top portion approximately circular in shape that is adjacent to one end of the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body opposite the container member. 10. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the cap member connecting means is comprised of: (a) threads on the exterior surface of the cylindrical portion of the container body adjacent to the opening at one end of the container body; (b) threads on the interior surface of the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body; (c) wherein the threads on the cylindrical portion of the container body are of a size and structure adapted to receive the threads on the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body. 11. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the container body is further comprised of a lower portion, such lower portion being adjacent to the approximately cylindrical portion of the container body adjacent to the opening opposite the opening. 12. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the lower portion is comprised of a polymer material. 13. The appliance of claim 12, wherein the container body is further comprised of a layer of thermally insulating material. 14. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the container body is constructed of a thermally insulating material. 15. The appliance of claim 14, wherein the thermally insulating material is polystyrene foam. 16. The appliance of claim 8, wherein the container body is further comprised of a lower portion, such lower portion being adjacent to the approximately cylindrical portion of the container body adjacent to the opening opposite the opening, wherein the lower portion is shaped approximately as an hourglass, and the distal end of the lower portion has a bottom surface that enables the container to rest on a flat surface when placed upon such surface. 17. The appliance of claim 16, wherein the length of the container member along its longitudinal axis from the opening of the container member to the bottom surface is in the range of from seven inches to twelve inches. 18. The appliance of claim 17, wherein the cylindrical portion of the container body adjacent to the opening at one end of the container body has an inside diameter in the range of from two inches to four and one half inches. 19. The appliance of claim 18, wherein the inside diameter of the lower portion of the container member having the maximum cross-section is in the range of from two inches to six inches. 20. The appliance of claim 1, further comprising the bottle. 21. An appliance that may be used for holding a bottle, the bottle having an opening therein, the appliance comprising: (a) a container member, comprised of a container body having an opening at one end of the container body, the container body being comprised of a cylindrical portion adjacent to the opening at one end of the container body, such cylindrical portion having threads on its exterior surface, and a lower portion adjacent to the cylindrical portion; (b) a cap member, comprised of a cap body having an opening in the cap body, the cap body being comprised of: (i) a circular shaped top portion; (ii) a bottom cylindrical portion adjacent to the top portion and adjacent to the opening in the cap body, wherein the bottom cylindrical portion has threads on its interior surface that are of a size and structure adapted to receive the threads on the exterior surface of the cylindrical portion of the container body; (iii) a cylindrical bottle holding portion extending approximately perpendicular from the surface of the top portion of the cap body on the same side of the top portion as the bottom cylindrical portion of the cap body, wherein the bottle has a threaded cylindrical portion adjacent to the bottle opening that is threaded on its exterior surface and the cylindrical bottle holding portion of the cap body is threaded and the threads are of a size and structure adapted to receive the threads on the threaded cylindrical portion of the bottle; and (c) a tubular member, wherein the tubular member extends from a position in the interior volume of the bottle through the bottle opening and the opening in the cap body to a position in an area on the side of the cap member opposite the bottle, so that the interior volume of the bottle is in fluidic communication by means of the tubular member with such area on the side of the cap member opposite the bottle. 22. A method of using the appliance of claim 21, comprising the steps of: (a) connecting the bottle to the cap member by screwing the cylindrical bottle holding portion of the cap body to the threaded cylindrical portion adjacent to the bottle opening; (b) connecting the cap member to the container member by screwing the threaded cylindrical portion of the container body adjacent to the opening at one end of the container body to the threaded bottom cylindrical portion of the cap member; and (c) inserting the tubular member through the opening in the cap member and into the bottle.
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이 특허에 인용된 특허 (9)
Giancaspro Joseph C. (925 S. Maple Maricopa County AZ 85206) Sassman Robert F. (615 W. Chilton Chandler ; Maricopa County AZ 85224), Bottle apparatus.
Allen ; deceased Herbert (5800 Lumberdale #64 late of Houston TX 77092) Bedford ; executrix by Virginia D. (5800 Lumberdale #64 Houston TX 77092), Bottle cap for repeatable airtight sealing.
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