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A bottle has a flexible spout and a cap/cover configuration that effectively seals the spout from leakage and stores it under the cover. The flexible spout is folded or bent in two locations as it is secured within the cover. The flexible spout is folded over from an extended orientation and then ar

A bottle has a flexible spout and a cap/cover configuration that effectively seals the spout from leakage and stores it under the cover. The flexible spout is folded or bent in two locations as it is secured within the cover. The flexible spout is folded over from an extended orientation and then around a fold partition. The cover is detachably attached to the cap. A diaphragm extends under the cap and seals liquid within the enclosure. In one embodiment, the cover and cap are configured with a ratchet mechanism that allows the cover to rotate in only one direction. In one embodiment, the bottle comprises two enclosures, and the enclosures may be detachably attached to each other or to a handle.

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1. A bottle comprising: a) at least one enclosure having an opening;b) a detachably attachable cap configured to be attached to said bottle over said opening comprising; i) an inside surface;ii) an outside surface;iii) a perimeter;iv) a cap face comprising: a spout section;a fold section; anda cover

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A bottle comprising: a) at least one enclosure having an opening;b) a detachably attachable cap configured to be attached to said bottle over said opening comprising; i) an inside surface;ii) an outside surface;iii) a perimeter;iv) a cap face comprising: a spout section;a fold section; anda cover section;v) a spout aperture located in the spout section that extends from an outside surface to the inside surface wherein said spout aperture is offset from a center of the cap facevi) a closure partition that extends up from said cap face and across said cap face from a first side to a second side and between said cover section, and said spout and said fold sections of the cap;vii) a fold partition that extends up from said cap face and is configured between the spout section and fold section;c) a cover configured to cover a portion of said cap and configured to rotate, clockwise or counter clockwise about a rotational axis, from a closed position to an open position and comprising: a top portion that is offset from the cap face by a cover offset distance;an inside perimeter wall that extends circumferentially around said top portion of the cover;d) a flexible spout coupled to said cap in said spout section and having an extended end, an exposed length from the spout aperture to the extended end, an overall length and length axis; wherein said cover is configured to rotate from an open position, wherein the spout section is not covered, to a closed position, wherein said top portion of the cover is configured over the spout section;whereby when said cover rotates from an open position to a closed position, the top portion of the cover intersects with said spout and folds said spout, at the spout aperture, to align said exposed length of the flexible spout to be parallel with and tangential to the outside surface of the cap face and wherein the extended end of the spout extends beyond an outer perimeter of the cap,wherein the spout is folded from a substantially perpendicular orientation to the cap face to a substantially parallel orientation to the cap face, andwhereby further rotation of said cover creates a second fold in the spout that is located along an exposed length of the spout and about said fold partition,wherein in the closed position, the spout is retained under the top portion of the cover with the extended end of said spout in the fold section of said cap and wherein the spout extends from the spout aperture along the cap face and through a space between the fold partition and the inside perimeter wall of the cover such that a fold of the flexible spout about the fold partition is in a radial direction to a direction of rotation of the cover;wherein in the closed position, the spout is folded in two separate locations, at the spout aperture and around the fold partition and wherein the spout is retained in a retained configuration under the cover with the length axis substantially parallel with the cap face and wherein the exposed length of the spout is aligned with the cap face. 2. The bottle of claim 1, comprising a first enclosure and a second enclosure; each of said enclosures comprising said detachably attachable cap, cover and spout as described in claim 1 whereby the first enclosure is attached to said second enclosure. 3. The bottle of claim 2, where the first enclosure and second enclosure are detachably attachable to each other. 4. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the cap face is substantially circular in shape and the cover is configured to cover about half of the cap face. 5. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the spout is flexible and is detachably attachable to the cap. 6. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the exposed length of the spout is greater than a diameter of the cap. 7. The bottle of claim 1, further comprising a diaphragm configured under the cover and cap and extending over the opening in the bottle; wherein the diaphragm has a cover shaft recess to receive a cover shaft coupled to the cover. 8. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the cover comprises a pinch feature comprising an extension from the inside perimeter wall and configured to align with the fold partition and pinch the flexible spout when the cover is in a closed position. 9. The bottle of claim 1, wherein the cover is detachably attachable to the cap. 10. The bottle of claim 9, wherein the cap comprises a cover aperture and wherein the cover comprises a cover shaft configured to extend through said cover aperture to detachably attach the cover to the cap. 11. The bottle of claim 10, wherein the shaft is a split barbed shaft whereby a barbed portion of the split barbed post is configured to extend through the cover aperture and be retained on an inside surface of the cap. 12. The bottle of claim 1, further comprising a ratchet feature, whereby the cover can completely rotate around a full rotation in only one direction. 13. The bottle of claim 12, wherein the ratchet feature comprises a guide post configured on the cover and a guide recess configured in the cap, whereby the guide post is configured to move within the guide recess when the cap is attached to the cover and rotated. 14. The bottle of claim 13, wherein the guide recess comprises at least one post stop, wherein the post stop prevents the cover from rotating in a direction. 15. The bottle of claim 1, further comprising a detachably attachable handle comprising: a) a grip portion that extends over the first and second enclosures;b) a first handle extension that extends down from the grip portion and down along a first side of the bottle;c) a second handle extension that extends down from the grip portion and down along a second side of the bottle, wherein the second side is an opposing side from said first side;d) an extension attachment feature configured on the first handle extension and on the second handle extension; wherein the bottle comprises an extension/bottle attachment feature configured on a bottom of said bottle;wherein the first and second extensions extend down around opposing sides of the bottle and under the bottom of the bottle where the extension attachment features detachably attach to the bottle/extension attachment feature on the bottom of the bottle. 16. A bottle comprising: a) a first and a second enclosure, each comprising:b) an opening;c) a detachably attachable cap configured to be attached to said bottle over said opening comprising; i) an inside surface;ii) an outside surface;iii) a perimeter;iv) a cap face comprising: a spout section;a fold section; anda cover section;v) a spout aperture located in the spout section that extends from an outside surface to the inside surface wherein said spout aperture is offset from a center of the cap facevi) a closure partition that extends up from said cap face and across said cap face from a first side to a second side and between said cover section, and said spout and said fold sections of the cap;vii) a fold partition that extends up from said cap face and is configured between the spout section and fold section;d) a cover configured to cover a portion of said cap and configured to rotate, clockwise or counter clockwise about a rotational axis, from a closed position to an open position and comprising: a top portion that is offset from the cap face by a cover offset distance;an inside perimeter wall that extends circumferentially around said top portion of the cover;a pinch feature comprising an extension from the inside perimeter wall and configured to align with the fold partition and pinch the flexible spout when the cover is in a closed position;e) a flexible spout coupled to said cap in said spout section and having an extended end, an exposed length from the spout aperture to the extended end, an overall length and length axis; wherein said cover is configured to rotate from an open position, wherein the spout section is not covered, to a closed position, wherein said top portion of the cover is configured over the spout section;whereby when said cover rotates from an open position to a closed position, the top portion of the cover intersects with said spout and folds said spout, at the spout aperture, to align said exposed length of the flexible spout to be parallel with and tangential to the outside surface of the cap face and wherein the extended end of the spout extends beyond an outer perimeter of the cap,wherein the spout is folded from a substantially perpendicular orientation to the cap face to a substantially parallel orientation to the cap face, andwhereby further rotation of said cover creates a second fold in the spout that is located along an exposed length of the spout and about said fold partition,wherein in the closed position, the spout is retained under the top portion of the cover with the extended end of said spout in the fold section of said cap and wherein the spout extends from the spout aperture along the cap face and through a space between the fold partition and the inside perimeter wall of the cover such that a fold of the flexible spout about the fold partition is in a radial direction to a direction of rotation of the cover;wherein in the closed position, the spout is folded in two separate locations, at the spout aperture and around the fold partition and wherein the spout is retained in a retained configuration under the cover with the length axis substantially parallel with the cap face and wherein the exposed length of the spout is aligned with the cap face. 17. The bottle of claim 16, further comprising a handle comprising: a first handle extension comprising an extension attachment feature;a second handle extension comprising an extension attachment feature; anda grip portion;wherein the bottle comprises an extension bottle attachment feature configured on a bottom of said bottle;wherein the grip portion is configured above the opening of the enclosure; andwherein the first and second extensions extend down around opposing sides of the first and second enclosures, and between the first and second enclosures where the extension attachment features detachably attach to the bottle extension attachment feature on the bottom of said bottle;wherein at least one of said first enclosure and second enclosure are detachably attachable to said handle. 18. The bottle of claim 16, where the first enclosure and second enclosure are detachably attachable to each other. 19. The bottle of claim 16, further comprising a ratchet feature, whereby the cover can completely rotate around a full rotation in only one direction. 20. The bottle of claim 19, wherein the ratchet feature comprises a guide post configured on the cover and a guide recess configured in the cap, whereby the guide post is configured to move within the guide recess when the cap is attached to the cover and rotated and wherein the guide recess comprises at least one post stop, wherein the post stop prevents the cover from rotating in a direction.