Insulated bottle structure

• US 6,073,796 A
• Filed: 07/24/1998
• Issued: 06/13/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: California Innovations Incorporated
• Original Assignee: California Innovations Incorporated
• Inventors: Mogil, Melvin S.
• Primary Examiner(s): CASTELLANO, STEPHEN J
• Application Number:
  US09/122,098
• Time in Patent Office: 690 Days
• Field of Search: 220/903, 220/739, 220/737, 220/592.16, 220/592.17, 220/592.24, 224/148.3, 224/148.4, 224/148.5, 224/148.6, 215/12.1
• US Class Current: 220/592.17
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2003/142 Carrying-straps
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/16 Water-bottles; Mess-tins; Cups
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3886 formed of different materials, e.g. laminated or foam filling between walls
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 220/903 Insulating jacket for beverage container

Abstract

An insulated container has an internal, removal bottle that can be filled with a chosen liquid. It can be placed in a removable insulation covering to increase the time to lose its chill, or warmth, as the case may be. The insulation cover can be squeezed with the bottle to yield a stream of liquid so that the bottle need not touch a users mouth. The cover has a pocket for small objects. The closure of the cover is inclined relative to the bottle, and has an opposed handle. The interaction of the handle location and inclined closure yields a pleasing action the pocket is eased at one side preferentially to accommodate objects along that side.

Claims

1. A pouch adapted to be mounted to a cover of a hand held liquid in the nature of a bottle having a curved bottle surface, a longitudinal axis, a net and a bottom, the longitudinal axis having a direction and the cover having a curved surface formed to conform to the shape of the bottle, said pouch comprising;

a flexible panel having a periphery mountable to the cover; and

a pouch closure mounted to said flexible panel to control access to said pouch,

said periphery having an ascending portion locatable on said cover to extend predominantly in the direction of said longitudinal axis;

said periphery having a transverse portion locatable on said cover to extend predominantly transversely relative to said longitudinal axis;

said pouch closure having a first end adjacent said ascending member and a second end distant therefrom, and

one of said first and second ends of said closure lies more distantly than the other from said transverse portion.

2. A pouch as claimed in claim 1 wherein said pouch closure extends in a direction having a component parallel to said axis and another component skewed relative to said axis.

3. The pouch of claim 2 wherein said closure is inclined relative to said longitudinal axis.

4. The pouch of claim 1 wherein said pouch closure includes a guide mounted to said flexible panel such that, in use, said guide follows the curved surface of the cover.

5. The pouch of claim 1 wherein said flexible panel includes an expandable portion adjacent to said closure.

6. The pouch of claim 5 wherein said expandable portion includes a foldable member.

7. The pouch of claim 6 wherein said expandable portion is located along said ascending portion of said periphery of said flexible panel, in use said ascending portion running parallel to said longitudinal axis, said foldable member being a pleated gusset.

8. The pouch of claim 1 wherein, in use, said pouch closure follows a helical arc relative to said longitudinal axis.

9. The pouch of claim 1 wherein said pouch closure is mounted to said flexible panel along a portion of said periphery.

10. The pouch of claim 1 pouch closure is a zipper having a zipper car, and, in opening, said zipper car moves in a direction having components both along and across said curved surface of said cover relative to said axis.

11. The pouch of claim 1 wherein

said ascending portion meets said closure to define a first vertex of said pouch;

and

said transverse portion meets said ascending portion to define a second vertex of said pouch.

12. The pouch of claim 11 wherein said ascending portion is a first ascending portion, and said periphery of said flexible panel has a second ascending portion, longer than, and generally opposed to, said first ascending portion.

13. The pouch of claim 1 wherein said flexible panel includes a see-through member.

14. A pouch adapted to be mounted to a cover for a container in the nature of a substantially circular cylindrical bottle with a neck at one end and a bottom at the other, the cover having a shape to conform to the bottle, and wherein:

said pouch has a flexible member, said flexible member having a periphery;

said periphery, in developed form, has the shape of a quadrilateral having

a first side in the nature of a base attachable to the cover to extend circumferentially, in use, relative to the bottle,

a second side in the nature of a short ascending portion, meeting said base to define one corner of said quadrilateral,

a third side in the nature of a long ascending portion meeting said base to define another corner of said quadrilateral, and

a fourth side extending between said long and short ascending portions to define remaining corners of said quadrilateral;

said pouch having a pouch closure formed along said fourth side of said quadrilateral;

said pouch closure following a helical arc when the cover is mounted to the bottle; and

said long ascending portion includes a pleat for accommodating objects in said pouch preferentially near said long ascending portion.

15. A removable cover adapted for use with a hand held liquid container, the container having a longitudinal axis, a curved external surface, a bottom, and a spout, said cover;

comprising;

an insulating blanket formed to envelope the container;

said insulating blanket having a collar for seating about the spout;

an insulated end panel for covering the bottom of the container, said insulated end panel being attached to said blanket to form a bottom end of said cover;

a cover closure attached to said blanket, and cover closure being operable to capture the liquid container within said cover; and

a pouch having a flexible panel and a pouch closure mounted thereto, said flexible panel having a periphery mounted to said blanket, said pouch closure extending partially in the direction of the longitudinal axis and partially transversely relative thereto, said pouch closure having a first end and a second end, one of said first and second ends lying more distantly from said insulated end covering than the other.

16. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover includes a standoff for maintaining said insulated end clear of a level surface when the container is placed in an upright position relative to the surface.

17. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover has at least one skirt member extending proud of said insulated end, said at least one skirt member being arrayed to support the container when the container is placed in an upright position.

18. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover includes at least one rim member extending proud of said insulated end, said at least one rim member providing support upon which the container can stand.

19. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover further comprises a grip by which said cover can be held while said pouch closure is being opened.

20. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover closure terminates at said collar, and is moveable to an open position in which said collar is eased to permit removal of said container therefrom.

21. The cover of claim 20 wherein said cover has a circumferential end extending about said insulated end, and said cover closure extends from a first end at said collar to a second end at said circumferential end of said cover.

22. The cover of claim 15 wherein:

said insulating blanket has a drawn-in end at said collar and a circular end for location about, and attachment to, said insulated end panel;

said cover closure extends longitudinally from said collar to said circular end, is movable to a closed position for drawing opposed edges of said blanket together and to an open position for easing said collar to permit removal of the container;

said insulating end is circular in plan view, has circular circumference, and is joined about said circumference to said blanket;

said insulating end panel and said insulating blanket are both formed of an inner, reflective layer, an outer layer, and an insulating layer therebetween;

said pouch has a first side extending longitudinally away from said circulated end of said blanket to an end of said pouch closure, and a second side extending along said circular end of said blanket from said first side to said cover closure, said first and second sides meeting to define a corner of said pouch;

said pouch closure extends from said cover to said first side on a helical arc;

said first side has a folded gusset there along for preferentially accommodating objects in said pouch adjacent thereto; and

said cover has a handle located thereon in a position circumferentially opposed to said pouch.

23. The cover of claim 15 wherein said cover is a removable cover for a canteen having a curved external surface, a bottom, and a neck, said cover comprising;

a standoff for holding said insulated end clear of a level surface when said canteen is standing in an upright orientation; and

said cover being compliant to permit the canteen to be squeezed while capture therewithin.