Sports water bottle

• US 20070114202A1
• Filed: 11/21/2005
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu-Yuan Lee
• Original Assignee: Yu-Yuan Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Yu-Yuan
• Application Number:
  US11/284,063
• Publication Number:
  US 20070114202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/311
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/16 Water-bottles; Mess-tins; Cups

Abstract

A sports water bottle includes a container, a lid, a resilient member and a spout. The lid is mounted onto the container detachably and has a tube and an upper rim. The tube has an outer surface. The upper rim is formed around the outer surface, has an inner surface and defines a recess. The resilient member has a stationary end and a slidable end. The stationary end is mounted on the inner surface of the upper rim. The slidable end is mounted in the recess. The spout is mounted onto the lid slidably and inserted into the tube. The slidable end of the resilient member can be pushed to bend up the resilient member to push up the spout to drink water from the container. Pushing the stationary end of the resilient member is a more sanitary way to push up the spout.

Claims

1. A sports water bottle comprising:

a container having

a mouth having an inner surface;

a lid attached onto the mouth and having

a tube placed in the mouth and having

an open top;

a guide notch defined on the open top of the tube; and

an outer surface;

a deck encircling the outer surface of the tube under the guide notch and having a periphery;

an upper rim extending upward from the periphery of the deck and having

a recess defined in the upper rim;

an inner surface;

two guide tabs formed on the inner surface of the upper rim and being opposite to each other across the recess; and

two hooked tabs formed on the inner surface of the upper rim and being opposite to each other across the guide notch; and

a bottom panel formed under the tube and having

a center; and

multiple holes defined through the bottom panel;

a resilient member having

a button mounted slidably in the recess and having two sides;

two sliding tabs formed on the two sides of the button, being opposite to each other and extending outward slidably under respective guide tabs;

two resilient arms crossing the open top of the tube and each resilient arm having

a distal end attached to the button; and

a proximal end;

an anchoring strip linking the proximal ends of the resilient arms and mounted to the hooked tabs to secure the proximal ends of the resilient arms; and

two stopping tabs formed on the resilient arms respectively between the button and the anchoring strip and extending inward over the open top of the tube; and

a spout attached onto the lid and having

a drinking tube mounted slidably in the tube of the lid and having

an outer surface;

a bottom;

a dish formed around the outer surface of the drinking tube and selectively covering the open top of the tube;

a guide tab formed under the dish and received in the guide notch; and

two stopping tabs formed on the outer surface of the drinking tube and placed below the stopping tabs of the resilient member.

2. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the spout further includes a ventilation assembly mounted to the bottom of the drinking tube.

3. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the ventilation assembly has

an upper disc mounted to the bottom of the drinking tube and having

a center;

a bottom;

an upper hole defined through the center of the upper disc;

multiple upper vents defined through the upper disc around the upper hole;

multiple upper channels defined through the upper disc around the upper hole; and

multiple upper hooks extending downward from the bottom of the upper disc;

a lower disc having

a center

a top;

a lower hole defined through the center of the lower disc;

multiple lower vents defined through the lower disc around the lower hole and corresponding to the upper vents;

multiple lower channels defined through the lower disc around the lower hole and corresponding to the upper hooks; and

multiple lower hooks extending upward from the top of the lower disc and corresponding to the upper channels; and

a soft disc mounted between the upper disc and the lower disc and having

a center;

a middle hole defined through the center of the soft disc;

multiple middle vents defined through the soft disc around the middle hole and corresponding to the upper vents and lower vents; and

multiple middle channels defined through the soft disc around the middle hole and corresponding to the upper hooks and lower hooks, wherein the lower hooks and the upper hooks are inserted through the middle channels and mounted in the upper channels and lower channels, respectively, to secure the soft disc between the upper disc and the lower disc.

4. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein each of the middle vents further has a membrane and an aperture defined in the membrane.

5. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the container further has an inner thread formed on the inner surface of the mouth and the tube further has an outer thread formed on the outer surface of the tube, corresponding to and connected with the inner thread.

6. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the container further has an inner thread formed on the inner surface of the mouth and the tube further has an outer thread formed on the outer surface of the tube, corresponding to and connected with the inner thread.

7. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the container further has an inner thread formed on the inner surface of the mouth and the tube further has an outer thread formed on the outer surface of the tube, corresponding to and connected with the inner thread.

8. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 4, wherein the container further has an inner thread formed on the inner surface of the mouth and the tube further has an outer thread formed on the outer surface of the tube, corresponding to and connected with the inner thread.

9. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lid further has a lower rim extending downward from the periphery of the deck.

10. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the lid further has a lower rim extending downward from the periphery of the deck.

11. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the lid further has a lower rim extending downward from the periphery of the deck.

12. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 4, wherein the lid further has a lower rim extending downward from the periphery of the deck.

13. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sports water bottle further comprises a cover having

a ring encircling the mouth of the container;

a neck extending from the ring and having a distal end; and

a cap formed at the distal end of the neck and mounted onto the lid detachably.

14. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sports water bottle further comprises a cover having

a ring encircling the mouth of the container;

a neck extending from the ring and having a distal end; and

a cap formed at the distal end of the neck and mounted onto the lid detachably.

15. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the sports water bottle further comprises a cover having

a ring encircling the mouth of the container;

a neck extending from the ring and having a distal end; and

a cap formed at the distal end of the neck and mounted onto the lid detachably.

16. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 4, wherein the sports water bottle further comprises a cover having

a ring encircling the mouth of the container;

a neck extending from the ring and having a distal end; and

a cap formed at the distal end of the neck and mounted onto the lid detachably.

17. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the drinking tube further has multiple steadying tabs formed on the outer surface of the drinking tube, placed in the tube and abutting the tube.

18. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the drinking tube further has multiple steadying tabs formed on the outer surface of the drinking tube, placed in the tube and abutting the tube.

19. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the drinking tube further has multiple steadying tabs formed on the outer surface of the drinking tube, placed in the tube and abutting the tube.

20. The sports water bottle as claimed in claim 4, wherein the drinking tube further has multiple steadying tabs formed on the outer surface of the drinking tube, placed in the tube and abutting the tube.