ILLUMINATED BOTTLE SLEEVE AND MATING BOTTLE

• US 20170009979A1
• Filed: 06/21/2016
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amphipod Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Amphipod Incorporated
• Inventors: Willows, Keith S., Angus, June A., Del Rosario, Antonio
• Granted Patent: US 10,215,396 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/1006 with means embracing the hand article to be carried
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0583 Beverage vessels, e.g. bottles
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/021 to the belt
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/10 Handles for carrying purposes
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 2200/08 Illumination
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 23/0241 for bottles; Decanters
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0004 Personal or domestic articles

Abstract

A sleeve for use with a mating bottle forms a tubular shape having a top end and a bottom end and an interior space within the tubular shape formed by the sleeve. A light source is carried on the sleeve, the light source being oriented to direct the majority of the light emitted from the light source toward the interior space. One or more holes formed in the sleeve, preferably as a pattern, such that light emitted from the light source and directed toward the interior space is allowed to pass through the one or more holes when the sleeve is attached around the bottle.

Claims

1. A sleeve for a bottle, comprising:

abase layer of material forming the sleeve, the sleeve having an interior surface and an exterior surface, whereby the sleeve is attachable to the bottle such that the interior surface faces toward the bottle;

a light source carried on the sleeve, the light source being directed toward the bottle when the sleeve is attached around the bottle; and

one or more holes formed in the base layer, whereby light emitted from the light source and reflected by the bottle is allowed to pass through the one or more holes when the sleeve is attached around the bottle.

2. The sleeve of claim 1, wherein the interior surface is reflective.

3. The sleeve of claim 1, further comprising a reflective layer covering at least a portion of the interior surface.

4. The sleeve of claim 2, wherein the base layer is formed from neoprene.

5. The sleeve of claim 2, wherein the light source is a light emitting diode.

6. The sleeve of claim 5, wherein the one or more holes comprises a plurality of holes forming a hole pattern.

7. The sleeve of claim 6, wherein the sleeve defines an upper end and a lower end, the lower end being relatively adjacent to a base of the bottle when the sleeve is attached to the bottle, and further wherein the light emitting diode is positioned within the sleeve to direct light emitted from the light emitting diode primarily toward the lower end and away from the upper end of the sleeve.

8. The sleeve of claim 7, wherein the light emitting diode is directed toward the interior of the bottle and downward at an angle of 45 degrees when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

9. The sleeve of claim 1, further comprising a pocket formed in the sleeve, wherein the light source is positioned within the pocket.

10. The sleeve of claim 8, wherein the pocket further comprises a translucent cover, the cover being positioned adjacent the bottle when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

11. The sleeve of claim 1, further a power switch in communication with the light source and operable to selectively turn the light source on and off, the power switch being positioned between the sleeve and the bottle when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

12. A sleeve, comprising:

a base layer of material forming the sleeve, the sleeve having an interior surface and an exterior surface, whereby the sleeve forms a tubular shape having a top end and a bottom end and an interior space within the tubular shape formed by the sleeve;

a light source carried on the sleeve, the light source being oriented to direct the majority of the light emitted from the light source toward the interior space; and

one or more holes formed in the base layer, whereby light emitted from the light source and directed toward the interior space is allowed to pass through the one or more holes when the light is illuminated.

13. The sleeve of claim 12, wherein the interior surface is reflective.

14. The sleeve of claim 12, wherein the light source is a light emitting diode.

15. The sleeve of claim 14, wherein the one or more holes comprises a plurality of holes.

16. The sleeve of claim 14, further comprising a bottle having a bottom and a top forming an opening, the sleeve and the bottle being sized and configured such that the bottle is snugly receivable within the sleeve.

17. The sleeve of claim 16, wherein the light emitting diode is positioned within the sleeve to direct light emitted from the light emitting diode primarily toward the bottom of the bottle when the bottle is received within the sleeve.

18. The sleeve of claim 17, wherein the light emitting diode is directed toward the interior of the bottle and downward at an angle of 45 degrees when the bottle is received within the sleeve.

19. The sleeve of claim 16, further comprising a pocket formed in the sleeve, wherein the light source is positioned within the pocket.

20. The sleeve of claim 19, wherein the pocket further comprises a translucent cover, the cover being positioned adjacent the bottle when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

21. The sleeve of claim 16, wherein the bottle further comprises opposing first and second sidewalk and third and fourth sidewalk, the third and fourth sidewalls being positioned between the first and second sidewalk, and further wherein the light source is positioned adjacent the third sidewall when the sleeve is attached to the bottle, the fourth sidewall having a width W which is greater than a depth D of each of the first and second sidewalls.

22. The sleeve of claim 21, wherein the third sidewall further comprises a bulge directed toward an interior of the bottle, the light emitting diode being seated in the bulge when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

23. The sleeve of claim 16, wherein bottle further comprises a sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom toward the top, the sidewall further comprising a bulge directed toward an interior of the bottle, the light emitting diode being seated in the bulge when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

24. The sleeve of claim 23, further a power switch in communication with the light source and operable to selectively turn the light source on and off, the power switch being positioned between the sleeve and the bottle when the sleeve is attached to the bottle.

25. The sleeve of claim 16, wherein the top end and the bottom end of the sleeve are open.