Bottle-connector

• US 6,626,333 B2
• Filed: 07/13/2001
• Issued: 09/30/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Madison Clova Levesque, Michel Gilbert Levesque
• Original Assignee: Madison Clova Levesque, Michel Gilbert Levesque
• Inventors: Levesque, Michel Gilbert, Levesque, Madison Clova
• Primary Examiner(s): Cronin, Stephen K.
• Application Number:
  US09/903,691
• Publication Number:
  US 20020005418A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: 224/148.1, 224/148.4, 224/148.6, 224/148.7, 224/600, 224/605, 224/616, 224/617, 224/251, 224/269, 215/395, 215/399
• US Class Current: 224/148.6
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/04 Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/16 Water-bottles; Mess-tins; Cups
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping

Abstract

The bottle-connector connects a bottle to an individual, back-pack or clothing. The bottle is of the type having a neck in which an annular groove or ridge is formed. The connector has a resilient O-ring having an opening in which the neck is received. A collar is provided for adjusting the opening to an effective size such that the O-ring is snugly accommodated in the groove where the bottle has a groove or to an effective size smaller than the outer diameter of said ridge where the bottle has a ridge such that the O-ring is securely connected to the bottle. The connector also has a rigid ring connected to the O-ring and a strap or clip for connecting the rigid ring to the individual or to his back-pack or clothing.

Claims

1. A connector adapted to connect a bottle in a location convenient to an individual, said bottle being of the type having a neck in which an annular groove or ridge is formed, said connector including:

a resilient O-ring having a first opening in which said neck is adapted to be received;

means for adjusting said first opening to an effective size such that said O-ring is snugly accommodated within said groove where said bottle has an annular groove or to be an effective size smaller than the outer diameter of said ridge where said bottle has an annular ridge such that said O-ring is securely connected to said bottle;

said adjusting means is a locking collar which extends around said O-ring and separates said O-ring into two segments, one of which defines said first opening and the other of which defines a second opening through which said link passes, said locking collar being movable along said O-ring with resulting adjustment in the effective size of said first opening;

a link connected to said O-ring; and

means for connecting said link in said location.

2. The connector as claimed in claim 1 wherein said locking collar tightly contacts said O-ring such that said collar moves along said O-ring only upon application of force.

3. The connector as claimed in claim 2 wherein said link is an elongated resilient spiral having a pair of ends and an intermediate portion which extends therebetween, one said end being in contact with said intermediate portion but being separable therefrom by the application of a force opposed to the bias of said resilient spiral to permit said connecting means to be selectively attached to and removed from said link.

4. The connector as claimed in claim 3 wherein said connecting means is a strap.

5. The connector as claimed in claim 3 wherein said connecting means is a clip having a swivel which is connected to said link, said connecting means further having a hook for maintaining said connecting means at said location, said hook having an opening;

latching means for selectively closing said opening; and

resilient means for biasing said latching means closed.