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Water bottle assist device

  • US 5,586,692 A
  • Filed: 03/13/1995
  • Issued: 12/24/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. For a drinking water dispenser of the type utilizing an inverted water bottle removably mounted on the upper end of the dispenser, an assist device for inverting the water bottle from an upright position to an inverted, dispensing position on the dispenser, comprising:

  • a base member having a recess into which a water bottle is temporarily set in an upright position;

    an elongated support member for positioning the base member in a horizontal disposition against the dispenser;

    retention means for maintaining the assist device and the water bottle in close proximity to the dispenser as the assist device inverts the water bottle from the upright position to the inverted, dispensing position;

    an extension member attached to the support member and capable of selective linear adjustment relative to the support member in order to maintain the horizontal disposition of the support member relative to a floor surface;

    the extension member further comprising a sliding sur-surface contiguous with the support member and which slidably contacts the support member during selective linear adjustment of the extension member;

    a flat elongated facing surface opposite the sliding surface;

    the flat elongated facing surface further including an elongated groove;

    an attachment means for securing the retention means to the dispenser; and

    the attachment means including a pair of attachment strips for securement to the dispenser in a spaced-apart relationship to that the retention means can be secured to each respective attachment strip.

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