Drink bottle

• US 8,602,238 B2
• Filed: 01/26/2012
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Coleman Company Incorporated (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Ignite USA LLC (Newell Brands Inc.)
• Inventors: El-Saden, Sami, Miller, Blair E., Wodka, Daniel M., Phillips, John W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCKINLEY, CHRISTOPHER BRIAN
• Application Number:
  US13/359,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20120187075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 684 Days
• Field of Search: 215/389, 215/388, 215/387, 220/703, 220/709, 220/708, 220/707, 220/706, 220/705, 220/254.9, 220/254.6, 220/259.1, 220/259.2, 220/831
• US Class Current: 215/389
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/18 of rigid material
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2266 Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/065 with hinged, foldable or pivotable spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/066 the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position B65D47/2043 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/242 provided with means for facilitating lifting or suspending of the container

Abstract

A drink bottle may include a container and a lid connected to the container. The lid may include a spout and a spout cover. Each of the spout and the spout cover may be moved in opposite directions between a stowed configuration and a dispensing configuration.

Claims

1. A drink bottle comprising:

a container;

a lid connected to the container, the lid including;

a spout and a spout cover, wherein each of the spout and the spout cover are movable in opposite directions between a stowed configuration and a dispensing configuration, and

an actuator assembly movably connected to the lid,

said actuator assembly operatively coupled to the spout when the spout is disposed in the stowed configuration such that the spout engages the spout cover to responsively retain the spout cover in the stowed configuration, and

said actuator assembly selectively operatively uncoupled from the spout in order to facilitate movement of the spout from the stowed configuration to the dispensing configuration and disengagement from the spout cover so that the spout cover responsively moves from the stowed configuration to the dispensing configuration.

2. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein the spout and spout cover are connected to the lid at diametrically opposed positions.

3. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein the actuator is a latch mechanism selectively connected to the spout.

4. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein the actuator is a user input feature.

5. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein the spout cover is normally biased to the dispensing configuration.

6. The drink bottle of claim 5, further comprising a counterweight connected to an outer portion of the spout cover to orient a center of gravity of the spout cover offset from an axle of the spout cover.

7. The drink bottle of claim 5, further comprising a spring element including a first end contiguous with the spout cover and a second end contiguous with the lid.

8. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein movement of the spout initiates responsive movement of the spout cover from the stowed configuration.

9. The drink bottle of claim 1, wherein movement of the spout initiates responsive movement of the spout cover from the dispensing configuration.

10. A lid configured for connection to a drink bottle, the lid comprising:

a spout and a spout cover, wherein each of the spout and the spout cover are movable in opposite directions between a stowed configuration and a dispensing configuration, and

an actuator assembly movably connected to the lid,

said actuator assembly operatively coupled to the spout when the spout is disposed in the stowed configuration such that the spout engages the spout cover to responsively retain the spout cover in the stowed configuration, and

said actuator assembly selectively operatively uncoupled from the spout in order to facilitate movement of the spout from the stowed configuration to the dispensing configuration and disengagement from the spout cover so that the spout cover responsively moves from the stowed configuration to the dispensing configuration.

11. The lid of claim 10, wherein the spout and spout cover are connected to the lid in diametrically opposed positions.

12. The lid of claim 10, wherein the actuator is a latch mechanism selectively connected to the spout.

13. The lid of claim 10, wherein the actuator is a user input feature.

14. The lid of claim 10, wherein the spout cover is normally biased to the dispensing configuration.

15. The lid of claim 14, further comprising a counterweight connected to an outer portion of the spout cover to orient a center of gravity of the spout cover offset from an axle of the spout cover.

16. The lid of claim 14, further comprising a spring element disposed about an axle of the spout cover, the spring element including a first end contiguous with the spout cover and a second end contiguous with the lid.

17. The lid of claim 10, wherein movement of the spout initiates responsive movement of the spout cover from the stowed configuration.

18. The lid of claim 10, wherein movement of the spout initiates responsive movement of the spout cover from the dispensing configuration.