Flask for cyclists

• US 4,667,881 A
• Filed: 04/22/1985
• Issued: 05/26/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Campagnolo APA
• Original Assignee: Campagnolo USA Inc.
• Inventors: Michelotti, Guido
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Application Number:
  US06/725,487
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 239/456, 239/438-441, 239/327, 239/460, 239/375, 239/458, 222/212, 222/215, 222/525
• US Class Current: 239/375
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/247 moving linearly, i.e. without rotational motion

Abstract

A flask for cyclists is equipped with a closing and delivery device for the liquid contained therein, which consists of a fixed part, comprising a bush having a partially open bottom and an orifice, and a central cylindrical body coaxial to the bush, connected to its bottom and projecting from its orifice, and of a mobile tubular nozzle part, cooperating with the bush and with the central body in order to close the flask, to deliver selectively a series of light sprays or to deliver a large single spout. The flask has an elongated shape, tapering towards the device, a gripping recess which is also elongated, and a flattened section on one side, all of which guarantee the ergonomic grip and, at the same time, the aerodynamic shape of the flask itself.

Claims

1. Flask for cyclists, comprising a closing and delivery device for the liquid contained therein, which consists of a fixed part, comprising a bush having a partially open bottom and a top, a central cylindrical body coaxial to the bush, connected to said bottom and projecting from said top, and a mobile tubular nozzle part, cooperating with said bush and with said central body in order to close the flask, to deliver selectively a series of light sprays or to deliver a large single spout, said central body of the fixed part comprising a plurality of grooves and an inner surface of said tubular nozzle part adhering, for a short length close to an outlet end of the nozzle part, to said central body, while for all the remaining length, it is spaced from said body creating a cavity, an outer surface of said nozzle part cooperating with said bush and with the bottom and top thereof through zones of different diameter, through a flange and through a frustoconical end, so as to take up three different set positions for, respectively, closing the flask, delivering a light shower through the partially open bottom of the bush and through said cavity and grooves, and delivering a single spout through the partially open bottom of the bush and through said cavity, said nozzle part in said position closing the flask having its maximum penetration into the flask and in said position delivering a light shower being partially extended outside the flask from said maximum penetration and in said position delivering a single spout being maximally extended outside the flask and clearing said central body and establishing direct communication between said cavity and the ambient atmosphere.

2. Flask as in claim 1, wherein the mobile tubular nozzle part of the closing and delivery device ends with a conical end and said grooves are helical.

3. Flask as in claim 1, wherein both the fixed and the mobile part of the closing and delivery device are made of synthetic plastic material.

4. Flask as in claim 1, wherein the container has an elongated shape tapering towards the closing and delivery device, a gripping recess which is also elongated, and a flattened section on one side, all of which guarantee an ergonomic grip and, at the same time, an aerodynamic shape of said flask.