U.S. patent application number 11/545209 was filed with the patent office on 2008-04-10 for coin pocket bottle carrier.
Invention is credited to Jessie Kay Lewellen, Charles Maxwell Wagenknecht, Samuel James Wagenknecht, Terry Lee Wagenknecht.
Application Number | 20080083794 11/545209 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39301186 |
Filed Date | 2008-04-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080083794 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wagenknecht; Terry Lee ; et
al. |
April 10, 2008 |
Coin pocket bottle carrier
Abstract
A removable bottle carrying attachment for a human user's
trousers retains a beverage bottle adjacent an exterior surface of
a small coin or watch pocket's opening. The tightly confined space
within the almost inaccessible pocket defines a retaining sleeve
which secures the planar structural integrity of the carrier's thin
substrate as it slides vertically and limitedly upwards to
sufficiently expose its bottle gripping aperture to surround a
bottle's cap stop rim. A preferred embodiment's planar, elongate,
flexible polymer substrate body parallels an elongate slot located
centeredly near one distal end, and with a bottle gripping aperture
located near an uppermost and opposite end. A preferred means for
fastening the carrier to an interior area of the pocket is a cloth
piercing two part dungaree button which extends through the
pocket's exterior cloth and the elongate slot to allow application
by a user. The attachment is concealed within the pocket until
accessed by a users fingernail, and is removed by laterally
squeezing two edges to distort the elongate slot into a more
circular shape for removal past the fastening means.
Inventors: |
Wagenknecht; Terry Lee;
(Rockford, IL) ; Wagenknecht; Charles Maxwell;
(Rockford, IL) ; Wagenknecht; Samuel James;
(Rockford, IL) ; Lewellen; Jessie Kay; (Rockford,
IL) |
Correspondence
Address: |
TERRY LEE WAGENKNECHT
6693 HEATHER LANE
ROCKFORD
IL
61114
US
|
Family ID: |
39301186 |
Appl. No.: |
11/545209 |
Filed: |
October 10, 2006 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
224/148.4 ;
224/230 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45F 2200/0583 20130101;
A45F 2200/0566 20130101; A45F 5/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
224/148.4 ;
224/230 |
International
Class: |
A45F 5/00 20060101
A45F005/00; A45F 5/02 20060101 A45F005/02 |
Claims
1. A trouser's pocket attachment is limitedly extractable from
within a tightly confined pocket's (38) space which defines a
retaining sleeve for securing a planar structural integrity of said
attachment's substrate body for retaining a beverage bottle
exterior to and adjacent said pocket (38), and comprising; i. an
elongate flexible planar polymer plastic substrate body; wherein
said flexible substrate body's width and height is less than said
pocket's width and height interior dimensions, and is greater than
said bottle's cap stop rim diameter size; ii. at least one or more
through cut aperture(s); wherein a first said aperture is
centeredly located near one distal end of said flexible substrate
body, and wherein said first aperture is a bottle neck cap stop rim
gripping aperture (30); iii. and a disengageable means for
fastening said flexible substrate within said said pocket's defined
retaining sleeve; wherein said flexible substrate body and said
defined retaining sleeve and said means for fastening cooperatively
facilitate said flexible substrate's slide-able securement within
said pocket (38) and/or a disengagement of said flexible
substrate's body from said pocket (38); whereas said flexible
substrate body limitedly slides vertically upward within said
defined retaining sleeve to sufficiently expose said bottle neck
cap stop rim gripping aperture (30) to surround and retain said
bottle's cap stop rim (44); whereby the improvement is a removable
bottle carrying said pocket attachment with a secured structural
integrity via said cooperation between said flexible substrate body
and said defined retaining sleeve and said means for fastening, as
said attachment remains slide-ably accessible and slide-ably
concealable.
2. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; said flexible substrate body comprising said first
aperture, and at least one or more fastening means retaining
aperture(s) in a shape of an elongate slot(s) (32) and paralleling
said elongate flexible substrate body's elongate direction.
3. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; said flexible substrate body comprising said first
aperture, and at least one or more fastening means retaining
aperture(s) in an approximate shape of a circle(s) (54).
4. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; said flexible substrate body comprising said first
aperture, and a fastening means retaining aperture in a vertically
inverted and duplicate shape (56) of said first aperture.
5. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; said flexible substrate body comprising at least one or
more laterally projecting appendage snub(s) (33) located at a
vertically lower portion of said flexible substrate body which
cooperate(s) with said flexible substrate body and said pocket and
said disengageable means for fastening to slidingly retain said
flexible substrate body within said pocket.
6. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; a preferred disengageable means for fastening via a two
part cloth piercing dungaree button (36) which cooperates with said
flexible substrate body and said pocket to slidingly retain said
flexible substrate body within said pocket.
7. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; an alternative disengageable means for fastening via a
four part male and female cloth piercing snap fastener button (34)
which cooperates with said flexible substrate body and said pocket
to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within said
pocket.
8. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; an alternative disengageable means for fastening via a
chain (48) which cooperates with said flexible substrate body and
said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within
said pocket.
9. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and further
comprising; an alternative disengageable means for fastening via a
cord (50) which cooperates with said flexible substrate body and
said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within
said pocket.
10. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via a cloth band (46) which cooperates with said flexible
substrate body and said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible
substrate body within said pocket.
11. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via at least one or more thread sewn areas (35) within
said pocket which cooperate with said flexible substrate body and
said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within
said pocket.
12. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via a sewn button (37) within said pocket which
cooperates with said flexible substrate body and said pocket to
slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within said
pocket.
13. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via a cloth piercing two part threaded fastener (60)
which cooperates with said flexible substrate body and said pocket
to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within said
pocket.
14. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via a cloth gripping inverted alphabetical u-shape metal
plate (62) which cooperates with said flexible substrate body and
said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible substrate body within
said pocket.
15. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; an alternative disengageable means for
fastening via an adhesive (64) which cooperates with said flexible
substrate body and said pocket to slidingly retain said flexible
substrate body within said pocket.
16. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; said pocket comprising at least one or more
apertures within said pocket's exterior cloth surface which
cooperate(s) with said flexible substrate body and said pocket and
said disengageable means for fastening to slidingly retain said
flexible substrate body within said pocket.
17. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; a flexible substrate body of
polyethyleneterephthalate or PET material.
18. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; a flexible substrate body of polyethylene
material.
19. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; a flexible substrate body of polypropylene
material.
20. A trouser's pocket attachment as recited in claim 1, and
further comprising; a flexible substrate body of polyurethane
material.
Description
TABLE-US-00001 [0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
5,695,232 January 1997 Tipp 294/87.2 5,960,973 October 1999 Markson
215/386 6,019,335 February 2000 Schati 248/312 6,131,779 October
2000 Gendala 224/148.1 6,279,794 B1 August 2001 Miyazaki 224/148.7
6,352,235 B2 March 2002 Cizek 248/692 6,394,329 B1 May 2002 Magee
224/678 6,394,517 May 2002 Borg 294/31.2 6,533,148 B1 March 2003
Dahl 224/148.6 6,626,333 B2 September 2003 Levesque et al 224/148.6
6,695,371 B1 February 2004 Simkins 294/33
STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT
[0002] Not applicable.
REFERENCE TO SEQUENCE LISTING
[0003] Not applicable.
BACKGROUND
[0004] 1. Field of Invention
[0005] This invention relates to an attachment of a beverage bottle
carrier within a tightly confined space of a small coin change
pocket, or watch pocket, and such as a pocket located on a user's
right and front side which may be partially located within another
and larger pocket.
[0006] 2. Description of Prior Art
[0007] Coin change pockets within an adult's size of blue jean
denim pants are small in size with an opening as small as 11/2
inches to 2 inches wide. The depth of a small coin change pocket
may also be as small as 21/2 to 31/2 inches deep. Exact sizes of
any pocket may vary from one brand name to another.
[0008] A small child or young adult may find any small pocket to be
useful for placing a house key or other special item into, and
still be able to retrieve the item from the small pocket's tightly
confined space.
[0009] Adults with larger fingers, or adults with arthritis
impaired fingers, or adults with an added waistline will find a
small pocket to be almost useless, as retrieving an item back out
of the pocket is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
[0010] No prior art was found which described the tightly defined
space within a small coin change pocket as a tight retaining sleeve
for enclosing a flexible beverage bottle carrier, and for retaining
the flexible substrate's structural integrity while the defined
retaining sleeve and the flexible substrate and a means for
fastening the substrate within the pocket cooperate together to
support a bottle's liquid weight.
[0011] No prior art was found which utilized this semi-useless coin
pocket as a defined tight retaining sleeve and as a concealed
holding area for a beverage bottle carrier, other than one specific
application for patent, and which is application Ser. No.
11/232,700 by Terry Lee Wagenknecht et al, with a file date; Sep.
22, 2005.
[0012] One embodiment of Wagenknecht's application shows a bottle
carrier within the small coin pocket, but also requires in its art
and claim 1 for a carrier to be permanently attached and to be
invertedly bent upwards for a user to access it.
SUMMARY
[0013] A removable bottle carrier attachment for a human user's
pants or trousers, which retains a beverage bottle adjacent an
exterior surface of a small pocket's opening. A small coin change
pocket may be located partially within another and larger pocket.
The tightly confined space of a small pocket defines a retaining
sleeve which retains the flexible substrate in a planar position as
the carrier limitedly slides vertically upward and out of the
pocket until the substrate's bottle gripping aperture is
sufficiently exposed to surroundly grip a bottle's cap stop
rim.
[0014] The attachment's elongate planar and flexible polymer
plastic substrate comprises at least one or more apertures. A first
said aperture is a bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture;
while a second aperture if any, retains a means for fastening the
carrier to an interior surface of the pocket. A preferred means for
fastening is a dungaree button which extends through the pocket's
exterior fabric, and through a second aperture which in a preferred
embodiment is an elongate slot which parallels the elongate
substrate. When not in use, the substrate slides downward and back
into the pocket where it may be hidden from view. A carrier stays
attached within the pocket, yet may be removed from the shaft and
head of the dungaree button by laterally squeezing the pocket and
the substrate's edges to distort the slot into a more rounded
shaped and larger aperture for removal past the fastening means,
and its complete removal from the pocket. Re-application of the
same bottle carrier or a new carrier is done in a like manner.
[0015] In summary;
[0016] a carrier substrate's first aperture retains a bottle
exteriorly to the pocket;
[0017] a defined tightly confined space of a previously
inaccessible pocket retains the planar structural integrity of a
carrier's elongate flexible substrate;
[0018] a carrier substrate's second aperture, if any, retains a
means for limitedly and slideably fastening the carrier's substrate
to an interior surface of the pocket;
[0019] a carrier's substrate is disengageable from the means for
fastening and so removable from the pocket;
[0020] and wherein, the improvement is a removable bottle carrying
attachment which is both slide-ably accessible and slide-ably
concealable.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGES
[0021] It is both an object and an advantage of this new concept of
a removable and slideably accessible and slideably concealable
bottle carrier attachment to be; [0022] 1. cost effective in its
production, and therefore in price, and therefore commercially
applicable to even the cheapest of jeans on the market; [0023] 2.
concealable from another human's view when not in use, and
therefore commercially applicable to even the most expensive jeans
on the market; [0024] 3. alterable and variable in its form and its
first and second aperture's shape(s), and therefore commercially
adaptable to manufacturing's wide varieties of methods and
equipment available for use in the bottle carrier's production;
[0025] 4. to provide a user a beverage bottle carrying attachment
which will always be there with the user whenever a need for
carrying a beverage hands free arises; [0026] 5. and to take
advantage of and make use of a previously inaccessible pocket;
REFERENCE NUMERALS IN DRAWINGS
[0026] [0027] 30 a bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture
[0028] 32 an elongate slot shape means retaining aperture, for
retaining a means for fastening [0029] 33 a flexible substrate
body's laterally projecting appendage snub [0030] 34 a four part
cloth piercing disengageable snap fastener button [0031] 35 a
disengageable thread sewn area within a pocket [0032] 36 a two part
cloth piercing dungaree button [0033] 37 a disengageable sewn
button [0034] 38 a small coin pocket's tightly confined space
defining a substrate retaining sleeve [0035] 40 a larger pants
pocket with no tightly confined space [0036] 42 a beverage bottle
[0037] 44 a beverage bottle's cap stop rim [0038] 46 a
disengageable cloth band [0039] 48 a disengageable decorative chain
[0040] 50 a disengageable cord [0041] 52 a two-part aperture
producing cloth piercing grommet [0042] 54 a circular shape means
retaining aperture, for retaining a means for fastening [0043] 55 a
plurality of sewing needle produced means retaining apertures, for
retaining a means for fastening [0044] 56 an invertedly duplicated
bottle neck gripping aperture's shape for retaining a means for
fastening [0045] 58 a pocket's cloth surface [0046] 60 a cloth
piercing two part threaded fastener [0047] 62 a cloth gripping
inverted u-shape metal plate [0048] 64 an adhesive
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0049] In the drawings, closely related figures may have the same
number, but different alphabetic suffixes.
[0050] FIG. 1,a is a front view of a preferred embodiment shown
within a small pocket.
[0051] FIG. 1,b is a front and exploded view of a preferred
embodiment and shown without a small pocket.
[0052] FIG. 2,a is a front view of a preferred embodiment shown
within a small pocket.
[0053] FIG. 2,b is a front view of a preferred embodiment shown
within a small pocket.
[0054] FIG. 3 is a front view of a preferred embodiment shown
within a small pocket.
[0055] FIG. 4 is a front view of a preferred embodiment shown
within a small pocket.
[0056] FIG. 5,a, 5,b, and 5,c are front views of alternative bottle
gripping embodiments.
[0057] FIG. 6,a, is a front view of a preferred embodiment
concealed within a pocket.
[0058] FIG. 6,b, is a front view of a preferred embodiment
concealed within a pocket.
[0059] FIGS. 6,c, 6,d, 6,e, 6,f, 6,g, and 6,h are front views of a
preferred embodiment shown partially exposed within a pocket.
[0060] FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred
embodiment and an alternative means for fastening.
[0061] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative
embodiment and an alternative means for fastening.
[0062] FIG. 9 is a front view of an alternative embodiment and an
alternative means for fastening.
[0063] FIG. 10 is a front view of an alternative embodiment and an
alternative means for fastening.
[0064] FIG. 11 is a front exploded view of a preferred embodiment
and an alternative means for fastening.
[0065] FIG. 12 is a perspective and partially exploded view of an
alternative embodiment and an alternative means for fastening.
[0066] FIG. 13,a is a front view of an alternative embodiment shown
without a pocket.
[0067] FIGS. 13,b and 13,c are front views of an alternative
embodiment and alternative means for fastening shown within a
pocket.
[0068] FIG. 13, d is a side view of an alternative embodiment and
an alternative means for fastening shown within a pocket.
[0069] FIG. 13, e is a front view of an alternative embodiment and
an alternative means for fastening shown within a pocket.
[0070] FIG. 14,a is a front view of an alternative embodiment shown
without a pocket.
[0071] FIG. 14,b is a front view of an alternative embodiment shown
within a pocket, and also a plurality of alternative means for
fastening.
[0072] FIG. 15,a is a front view of an alternative embodiment and
an alternative means for fastening and shown without a pocket.
[0073] FIGS. 15,b, 15,c, and 15,d are front views of alternative
embodiments and alternative means for fastening shown within a
pocket.
[0074] FIG. 15,e is an overhead view of an alternative means for
fastening and shown without a pocket.
[0075] FIG. 16,a and 16,b are front views of an alternative
embodiment and an alternative means for fastening shown within a
pocket.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0076] A preferred embodiment is shown concealed within a small
coin pocket (38) in FIG. 1,a. The small pocket's (38) tightly
confined space is shown partially located within a larger pocket
(40) of a pair of trousers. Dotted lines represent the flexible
plastic substrate's perimeter edges, the substrate's bottle neck
cap stop rim gripping aperture (30), and an elongate slot (32).
Also shown is a means for fastening the flexible substrate to an
interior surface of the small pocket (38), and in this preferred
embodiment, the means for fastening is a cloth-piercing two part
dungaree button (36). One part of the two part button cloth
piercing dungaree button (36) is shown near or just behind a seam
of the opening of the larger pocket (40). Also shown in FIG. 1,b is
the carrier substrate of FIG. 1,a, but shown before its
installation within a small pocket. Also shown is an exploded view
of its means for fastening, which is a two part cloth piercing
dungaree button (36). Also shown are the substrate's outer edges, a
through cut slot (32), a pocket's exterior cloth surface (58), and
a bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture (30).
[0077] In the preferred embodiment, the substrate comprises a
planar and flexible polymer plastic material which can be
repeatedly bent without fracturing. The flexible substrate may be
of a polyethyleneterephthalate PET material, or may consist of any
other material which can be repeatedly bent without fracturing,
such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyurethane, polystyrene,
vinyl, nylon, rubber impregnated or laminated fibrous materials,
and various plasticized materials, etc.
[0078] The outer four corners of the carrier are typically beveled
or rounded to prevent snagging on a user's body or clothing.
Through cut aperture corners are also rounded to help prevent any
unnecessary tearing of the substrate.
[0079] All dimensional sizes of the substrate may vary and are
interdependent on a beverage bottle's diameter located just
vertically beneath its cap stop rim, and a size of a tightly
confined pocket's interior area, and the substrate's elastic
strength.
[0080] A substrate's thickness may vary from a few thousandths to a
quarter inch thick.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0081] In the drawings, closely related figures may have the same
number, but different alphabetic suffixes.
[0082] FIG. 1,a is a front view of a preferred embodiment concealed
within a small coin pocket (38) with the pocket (38) being located
partially within a larger pocket (40). Shown also is a bottle neck
cap stop rim gripping aperture (30), a means for fastening, and in
this preferred embodiment is a dungaree button (36), and an
elongate slot (32).
[0083] FIG. 1,b is an exploded front view of a preferred
embodiments planar flexible substrate body, and disclosing a
gripping aperture (30), an elongate through cut slot (32), and a
two-part dungaree button (36). The button (36) is shown before its
cloth piercing nail part is pushed through the exterior cloth of
the small pocket (36), and with complete pocket not shown, and also
before its piercing nail part extends through the slot, and before
entering its locking and mated receiving half (36').
[0084] FIG. 2,a is a front view of a preferred embodiment within a
small coin pocket (38) and also showing an exposed bottle gripping
aperture (30. The bottle gripping aperture (30) of the carrier's
flexible planar plastic substrate is ready to be bent downwards for
attachment over a beverage bottles (42) cap, and cap stop rim.
(44). Note the elongate slot (32) and the dungaree button (36)
fastening means which prevent any further exiting of the carrier
from the small pocket (38).
[0085] FIG. 2,b is a front view as in FIG. 2,a, but showing a
lateral squeezing of the carrier's substrate edges to distort the
elongate slot (32) into a more circular shape aperture for removal
past the head of the dungaree button (36) inside the pocket for
removal of the carrier. A user's squeezing fingers are not
shown.
[0086] FIG. 3 is a front view of a preferred embodiment within a
small coin pocket and in a slightly different position than the
view in FIG. 2. The bottle gripping aperture (30) of the carrier's
flexible planar plastic substrate is bent vertically downward and
ready for attachment over a bottles' cap, and cap stop rim
(44).
[0087] FIG. 4 is a front view of a preferred embodiment within a
small coin pocket (38) while retaining a beverage bottle (42). The
bottle's (42) cap and cap stop rim (44) have been forced through
the carrier's gripping aperture (30), and with the bottle (42)
being shown as it is tightly held next to the small pocket's (38)
opening seam.
[0088] Note in this drawing how there is minimal stretching of the
small pocket (38) or it's seam, as the tightly confined space of
the small pocket (38) defines a retaining sleeve for the carrier's
substrate body, and with not enough fabric to stretch vertically
downward, or possibly inside out, as there would be if the carrier
were installed in a larger and less tightly confined space of the
larger pocket (40).
[0089] FIG. 5,a, FIG. 5,b and FIG. 5,c are front views of
alternative embodiments with differently shaped bottle neck cap
stop rim gripping apertures (30). These differently shaped
apertures are shown for the reader to better understand that the
shape of the gripping aperture (30) is not the matter which is
being disclosed.
[0090] Any one of the basic shapes shown will function as a bottle
gripping aperture (30) if properly sized to a bottle's neck
diameter just vertically beneath its cap stop rim, and
correspondingly to a density and/or elasticity of a carrier's
substrate body.
[0091] FIG. 6,a through 6,h are all line art drawings superimposed
over actual photos to show as much detail as possible of a fabric's
stretching or not stretching in areas at, near, and surrounding the
tightly confined space of a small coin pocket.
[0092] All are front views of a preferred embodiment installed
within the small coin pocket (38), and also of progressive stages
of applying a carrier to a bottle (42).
[0093] In FIG. 6,a the carrier is installed within the tightly
confined space of a small coin pocket (38) which is located
partially within a less confined space of a larger pocket (40).
Note that the entire carrier and the dungaree button means for
fastening within the small pocket (38) are both concealed from the
viewer.
[0094] In FIG. 6,b the opening seam of the larger pocket (40) is
pulled back to expose to the viewer, the preferred means for
attachment; a dungaree button (36).
[0095] In FIG. 6,c, a user is extracting the carrier from the
smaller pocket (38) with only one fingernail. Note the dungaree
button (36) is now partially exposed, but will re-position behind
the opening seam of the larger pocket when the fabric is later
relaxed.
[0096] In FIG. 6,d, a user is extracting the carrier further than
needed for its application to a bottle, and with vertically upward
stresses of approximately five pounds being placed on the carrier.
Distortions are shown within the small pocket (38), and also
distortions upon the pocket's fabric and opening seam.
[0097] Note that even here there is nominal distortion of the small
pocket's (38) fabric, as there is just not enough material present
to be greatly distorted. A larger and less tightly confined space
pocket (40) has a better chance of turning inside out with a same
amount of stress as shown. Note the position of the dungaree button
(36), and how the small pocket (38) is still intact without turning
inside out. Also note the distortion-free substrate material
surrounding the elongate slot (32), as the tightly confined space
of the small pocket (38) defines a retaining sleeve for the
substrate.
[0098] In FIG. 6,e, the user is shown exerting a lateral stress
upon the carrier and the small pocket's (38) seam. Note the nominal
amount of fabric distortion.
[0099] In FIG. 6,f, the user is just about to apply the carrier's
aperture over the bottle's cap and cap stop rim. Note the exposed
dungaree button (36) which will move back into position behind the
larger pockets opening seam after the bottle is applied, and after
the small pocket's (38) fabric is more relaxed.
[0100] In FIG. 6,g the user has applied the carrier over the
bottle's cap, but not yet fully vertically downward past the
bottle's cap stop rim which is hidden from the viewer by the
carrier's substrate in this drawing.
[0101] In FIG. 6,h, the user has completely applied the carrier
over and past the bottle's (42) cap stop rim (44). The user is now
carrying the beverage bottle hands-free.
[0102] FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a preferred
embodiment and an alternative means for fastening using a four-part
cloth piercing disengageable snap fastener button (34), and an
elongate slot shape (32) as a retaining aperture for the specific
means for fastening snap fastener button (34).
[0103] FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of an alternative
embodiment and an alternative means for fastening using a two-part
cloth piercing threaded fastener (60) in combination with an
invertedly positioned bottle neck gripping aperture's shape for
retaining a means for fastening (56).
[0104] FIG. 9 is a front view of an alternative embodiment and an
alternative means for fastening using two circular shape apertures
(54) for retaining a cord (50) means for fastening. Note a large
restricting knot or bow-tie in the cord (50). The cord threads
through one grommet (52) affixed within a pockets (38) exterior
cloth surface. The cord is shown as it then threads into the
pocket, and away from the viewer through one of the circular shape
apertures (54), and back through another circular shape aperture
(54) and toward the viewer, and then back through the same grommet,
and toward the viewer, where both distal ends form a large
restricting knot or bow-tie. An restricting washer, which is not
shown, may also be positioned behind the knotted bow-tie.
[0105] FIG. 10 is a front view of an alternative embodiment and an
alternative means for fastening using two circular shape apertures
(54) for retaining a disengageable decorative chain (48) means for
fastening. This combination of circular shape apertures (54) and
chain (48) is shown used with two grommets (52) affixed in a
pockets cloth surface. The chain threads through one grommet (52),
and into the pocket (38), and through one circular aperture (54),
and back through another circular aperture (54), and back out of
the pocket through the second grommet, where both distal ends of
the chain (48) are linked together or clasped exteriorly to the
pocket. The chain clasp is not shown.
[0106] FIG. 11 is a front exploded view of a preferred embodiment
and an alternative means for fastening using a button (37) before
threads connect a sewn area (35) within a pocket's cloth surface
(58), and extend through a substrate's elongate slot (32) and
before the threads extend through the button's (37) apertures. The
button is positioned in the pocket's interior, and allows removal
of the flexible substrate by laterally distorting two edges as was
shown in FIG. 2,b.
[0107] FIG. 12 is a perspective and partially exploded view of an
alternative embodiment and an alternative means for fastening using
a cloth band (46) which is shown sewn to a thread sewn area (35) of
a pocket's cloth surface (58), and also shown sewn to a carrier's
substrate where a sewing needle has produced a plurality of
apertures (55) for retaining the cloth band (46) means for
fastening. The cloth band's predetermined length restricts the
flexible substrate's gripping aperture (30) from exiting the pocket
too far.
[0108] FIG. 13,a is a front view of an alternative embodiment with
a carrier's substrate having two laterally projecting appendage
snubs (33) located at the substrate's most vertically lowest
portion. A bottle cap stop rim gripping aperture (30) is also
shown.
[0109] FIG. 13,b is a front view of the alternative embodiment
shown in FIG. 13,a, but shown positioned partly within a pocket
(38), and where a bottle cap stop rim gripping aperture (30) is
exposed for placement over a bottle's cap stop rim. Also shown are
two sewn areas (35), and which are sewn completely through two of
the pocket's cloth surfaces at a location at and near each
vertically uppermost corner.
[0110] The sewn areas are shown sewn adjacent two lateral edges of
the substrate, and with just enough clearance for the substrate to
remain vertically slideable.
[0111] FIG. 13,c is a front view of the same alternative embodiment
as that in FIG. 13,b, but with the substrate located completely
within the pocket and fully concealed.
[0112] The drawing shows the bottle cap stop rim gripping aperture
(30), two laterally projecting appendage snubs (33) the two sewn
areas (35), and the pocket (38).
[0113] FIG. 13,d is a side view of the alternative embodiment of
FIG. 13,b, and shows the bottle cap stop rim gripping aperture
(30), and the sewn areas (35) within the pocket (38).
[0114] FIG. 13,e is a front view of the same alternative embodiment
as the vertically uppermost area of the pocket (38) and the
vertically lowermost area of the substrate are simultaneously being
laterally squeezed to distort the substrate just enough to pass
between the two sewn areas (35) for removal of the substrate.
[0115] FIG. 14,a is a front view of an alternative embodiment with
the substrate having the same laterally projecting appendage snubs
(33) as in FIG. 13. Also shown is the bottle cap stop rim gripping
aperture (30), and an elongate slot (32) which parallels the
elongate length of the substrate as in the preferred embodiments
drawing in FIG. 1.
[0116] FIG. 14,b is a front view of the art in FIG. 14,a, but shown
located partially within the pocket (38), and with the bottle cap
stop rim gripping aperture (30) exposed exteriorly to the pocket
(38), and also the two laterally projecting appendage snubs (33),
and the elongate slot (32). Shown also are three different means
for fastening, and including a button (37) which is ready to be
sewn to the pocket's interior, a two part cloth piercing dungaree
button (37), and the two sewn areas (35). Note how the sewn areas
(35) will cooperate with the laterally projecting appendage snubs
(33) without obstructing either a button (37) means for fastening,
or the two part cloth piercing dungaree button (36) means for
fastening.
[0117] Also shown are two grommets (52) which may alternatively
replace the two sewn areas (35) by a user or a manufacturer's
installation. An additional thread sewn area (35) means for
fastening is shown sewn through the elongate slot, where the
threads sew both cloth surfaces of the pocket together. Various
means for fastening which are shown in FIG. 14,b may function
individually or in unison with others.
[0118] This drawing of FIG. 14,b is purposed to show a viewer how
an alternative embodiment with a flexible substrate having a slot
(32) and appendage snubs (33) allows a user to make their own
choice of several types of means for fastening.
[0119] FIG. 15,a is a front view and partially exploded view of a
flexible substrate's alternative embodiment as shown in FIG. 14,a,
but with a means of fastening which consists of a cloth gripping
inverted u-shape metal plate (62). The plate is shown in its planar
state before its bending into a u-shape. Dotted lines within the
plate represent weakened hinge lines. Also shown within the plate
is an elongate slot for the flexible substrate to thread through.
Also shown within the plate are several through cut v-shape
apertures and bent v-shape projections which will slightly pierce a
pockets stitched opening seam. A zoomed in view also shows one of
these through cut v-shape apertures.
[0120] FIG. 15,b is a front view of an alternative embodiment and
alternative means for fastening as that shown in FIG. 15,a, but
showing the flexible substrate extending partially through the
metal plate's (62) elongate slot.
[0121] FIG. 15,c is a front view of an alternative embodiment and
alternative means for fastening as that shown in FIG. 15,b, and
after a metal plate's (62) bending.
[0122] The plate extends vertically downward into a pocket for
additional support of the plate's grip to and within the
pocket.
[0123] FIG. 15,d is a front view of the alternative embodiment and
alternative means for fastening shown in FIG. 15,c, but is shown
within a pocket (38).
[0124] FIG. 15,e is an overhead view of an alternative means for
fastening using a metal plate (62), and in a planar state before
bending, and without the portion which extends completely into a
pocket's interior area. Shown also are the weakened hinge lines and
through cut elongate slot as was shown in FIG. 15,a. All metal
plates shown in FIGS. 15,a through 15,c cooperate with the flexible
substrate's laterally projecting appendage snubs (33) to restrict
the substrate's exiting too far from a pocket.
[0125] FIG. 16,a and 16,b are front views of an alternative
embodiment and alternative means for fastening as in FIG. 14, b,
but using an adhesive (64) instead of sewn thread.
DESCRIPTION OF OPERATION--MANUFACTURE AND USE
[0126] A forming of this pocket conceal-able and slide-ably
accessible bottle carrier is dimensionally interdependent on two
sizes; a diameter size of a bottle's neck just vertically below its
bottle cap stop rim, and a dimensional size of a pocket's interior
area which a carrier is to be fastened within. A resulting, but not
necessarily required size of the carrier's substrate is
approximately 13/4 inches by 31/2 inches.
[0127] This size works well on most adult size denim pants which
contain a coin pocket (38), or watch pocket which is partially
located within another and larger pocket (40).
[0128] The substrate comprises a planar and flexible polymer
plastic material which can be repeatedly bent without fracturing.
The flexible substrate may be of a polyethyleneterephthalate or PET
material, or may consist of any other material which can be
repeatedly bent without fracturing, such as polyethylene,
polypropylene, polyurethane, or a plasticized or plastic
impregnated or rubber impregnated cloth, paperboard, etc. The exact
size of a bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture (30) must also
correspond with the strength and elasticity of the flexible
substrate's material type chosen by a manufacturer, and a held
bottle's approximate liquid weight, and the bottle's cap stop rim
diameter size.
[0129] A thickness of a carrier's substrate may vary from a blow
molded bottle's wall thickness, or up to 1/4 inch or more, and
depending on the material chosen. The carrier's substrate is
elongate and planar with the bottle cap stop rim gripping aperture
(30) located centeredly and near one elongate end, and an elongate
slot located centeredly and near an opposite end from the gripping
aperture's location. The elongate slot (32) also parallels the
elongate flexible substrate's elongate direction. The width of the
elongate slot (32) should be equal to or slightly more in size than
any shaft of, or any cloth penetrating pin's shaft of the chosen
means for fastening a carrier to an interior surface of the small
pocket (38).
[0130] A carrier's substrate perimeter edge, and gripping aperture
and slot may be hand cut with an exacto type knife or machine die
cut, or plastic injection molded.
[0131] A preferred means for fastening is a two part cloth piercing
dungaree button (36). The carrier substrate is placed within a
small pocket with the substrate's elongate slot (32) being located
vertically downwards from the substrate's gripping aperture (30).
The cloth piercing half of the dungaree button set extends through
the exterior cloth of the small pocket, and then through the
elongate slot (32). A second and mated receiving half of the
dungaree button set is inserted into the pocket, where it then
fastens to the first and cloth piercing button half.
[0132] FIGS. 5,a, 5,b and 5,c show several different shapes of
bottle gripping apertures that may be used, and are intended to
make it clear to the reader that the gripping aperture shape is not
what is being disclosed here. Most any aperture shape will retain a
bottle just under its cap stop rim if matched accordingly with the
diameter size of the bottle located just under its cap stop rim,
and also matched with the substrate's material strength and
elasticity. Any corner areas within a triangular shaped or square
shaped bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture as shown in FIGS.
5,b and 5,c should be slightly rounded to prevent tearing of the
surrounding substrate material. Whichever aperture shape that is
chosen by a manufacturer should correspond with a flexible
substrate material's strength, and especially a substrate
material's limited elasticity. A more brittle plastic polymer
material will require more precision in its bottle gripping
aperture's size.
[0133] The carrier is concealed within the small pocket, yet is
accessible for a user to grip its bottle gripping aperture (30)
with one fingernail to slide the carrier vertically upward until
the aperture (30) is sufficiently exposed to surround a bottle's
cap and then to a location just vertically below a bottle's cap
stop rim (44). FIG. 4 shows a bottle being held with nominal
stretching of the small pocket's (38) opening seam. If a carrier
were in a larger, looser fitting pocket (40), a pocket might turn
inside out.
[0134] In addition to the small pocket (38) not turning inside out,
the bottle carrying attachment's flexible substrate body is held in
a planar position within the pocket (38) due to the lack of space
within the small pocket's interior. The flexible substrate's
material surrounding the elongate slot (32) has no space to buckle
or distort. The elongate slot's (32) surrounding material keeps its
structural integrity for remaining attached to the means for
fastening, and for retaining a bottle's liquid weight.
[0135] When a user decides to completely remove or replace a
carrier from within the small pocket, they may pull the flexible
substrate vertically upwards as far as possible, and laterally
squeeze the substrate's edges until the slot (32) distorts into a
more rounded aperture to pass over the head portion of the dungaree
button half which is located within the pocket. This lateral
squeezing is shown in FIG. 2,b, and may be done while the pants are
being worn by a user if the entire small pocket and the flexible
substrate are laterally squeezed at the same time. This may be more
easily accomplished when the pants are not being worn by a
user.
[0136] Any other additional alternative means for fastening may
require different procedures for removal and replacement of a
flexible substrate body, and with some being able to be removed in
a faster time, and with some taking slightly longer to remove and
replace.
[0137] A carrier will remain in a pocket through countless machine
washings, as there are no extreme stresses placed on a pocket held
carrier during regular handling, washing or drying of the
pants.
Descriptions of Alternative Embodiments and Alternative Means for
Fastening
[0138] All alternative embodiments disclosed will comprise at least
one or more apertures, and where a first aperture is for gripping a
bottle just vertically beneath its cap stop rim (44). Any
additional aperture(s), if any, such as in the preferred embodiment
are for retaining a means for fastening a bottle carrier's
substrate body within a tightly confined space of a small pocket
which defines a retaining sleeve for the bottle carrying
attachment's flexible substrate body.
[0139] The flexible substrate body itself, and the defined
retaining sleeve, and a means for fastening the substrate body to
an interior surface of the pocket, and any, if any additional
aperture(s), will cooperate with each other to retain and/or
release the flexible substrate body from the means for fastening
and/or the pocket.
[0140] As disclosed in FIGS. 5,a,b, and c, the first aperture for
gripping a bottle does not require any special shape, but to only
bear the liquid weight of a bottle being held. Any additional
aperture(s), if any, need(s) to cooperate with and retain the
chosen means for fastening to permit the carrier's flexible
substrate to slide vertically upwards until the first bottle
gripping aperture (30) is sufficiently and exteriorly exposed from
the pocket (38) to access a bottle's cap stop rim (44).
[0141] Any additional aperture(s), if any, may be in a shape and
size which best cooperates with the chosen means for fastening to
facilitate the flexible substrate's slide-ability within the
pocket, and also the flexible substrate's complete removeability
from the means for fastening, and from the pocket for replacement
purposes.
[0142] Any additional aperture(s) for retaining a chosen means for
fastening may be in a shape of an elongate slot as in the preferred
embodiment, or one or more circular shapes for threading a cord or
a chain or a cloth band through.
[0143] An additional aperture may also be in an inverted duplicate
shape of the first and bottle neck cap stop rim gripping aperture
(30).
[0144] In the following descriptions of alternative means for
fastening, a reader will understand that various means for
fastening may be almost limitless in number, and any which may not
be listed do not detract from the scope of this invention.
[0145] It also understood that any penetration through the flexible
substrate body, or pierced hole or aperture made by a machine's
sewing needle is an aperture.
[0146] References within these disclosures to a carrier being
concealed within a pocket do not infer that a carrier must be
totally concealed, but that the carrier may be conceal-able.
[0147] The primary goal of this invention is to take advantage of a
previously inaccessible and tightly confined space of a coin or
watch pocket as previously described; and wherein the defined tight
space defines a retaining sleeve for securing the structural
integrity of a bottle carrying attachment's thin and flexible
polymer plastic substrate.
[0148] The bottle carrier should be removable and replaceable to
accommodate the long life of a blue jean type of pants material, as
most any moving part, and including a carrier's flexible polymer
substrate may wear out eventually.
[0149] Some methods of remove-ability, such as a snap fastener
button, may be quick and easy for a user to replace a carrier. Some
alternative means for fastening may take more time to install or
disengage or replace a carrier; such as an initial sewing of a
button, or re-threading of a cord or chain, or unscrewing a
two-part threaded fastener, or removing and re-sewing a band of
cloth or sewn threads.
[0150] An alternative embodiment is shown in FIG. 7 using a four
part cloth piercing disengageable snap fastener button (34), and an
elongate slot shape (32) for retaining a means for fastening. This
means for fastening should be applied by a pants manufacturer, as
special equipment is normally required. The width of the elongate
slot (32) needs to be equal to or greater than the width of any
shaft or connecting parts of the disengageable snap fastening means
(34).
[0151] Note where the snap fastening means (34) makes use of both
cloth surfaces (58) of the small pocket (38).
[0152] An alternative embodiment is also shown in FIG. 8 using a
two-part cloth piercing threaded fastener (60) in combination with
an invertedly positioned bottle neck gripping aperture's shape for
retaining a means for fastening (56).
[0153] The purpose of inverting and duplicating the first and
bottle gripping aperture is to make it easier for a user who
installs the carrier. Using the thin and cloth piercing shaft of
the threaded fastener (60) in combination with a larger aperture
requires less precision in positioning and installing the fastening
means. A user may also easily unscrew and reposition if necessary.
When a user notices a first aperture getting a little worn from
being constantly forced over a bottle's cap and cap stop rim, they
may remove and vertically invert the carrier, and reinsert into the
pocket to almost double the life of a carrier.
[0154] Also note in FIG. 8, where the threaded fastening means (60)
makes use of both cloth surfaces (58) of the small pocket (38).
This same cloth piercing fastener (60) may also be used with an
elongate slot (32) aperture within the flexible substrate body, and
either using two cloth surfaces (58), or one cloth surface. Art
drawings showing use of one cloth surface (58) is not shown, as it
is so similar to FIG. 1,b.
[0155] An alternative embodiment is shown in FIG. 9, and with an
alternative means for fastening using two circular shape apertures
(54) for retaining a cord (50) means for fastening. A cord (50) is
shown as it threads through one grommet (52) affixed within a
pockets (38) exterior cloth surface, where it then threads into the
pocket, and away from the viewer through one of the circular shape
apertures (54), and back through another circular shape aperture
(54) and toward the viewer, and then back through the same grommet,
and toward the viewer, where both distal ends of the cord form a
large restricting knot or bow-tie. The cord may also be threaded
through any small closed loop object, and exteriorly to the
grommet, such as a house key, a ring of keys etc. for further
prevention of the cord's knot to pass completely through the
grommet and into the pockets interior. The key is not shown in the
drawing. The cord must also have enough slack inside the pocket for
the carrier substrate to slide vertically upward just enough for
the bottle gripping aperture to be sufficiently exposed to surround
a bottle's cap stop rim (44).
[0156] FIG. 10 shows an alternative embodiment similar to that in
FIG. 9, but with two grommets (52) or eyelets affixed within the
pocket's exterior cloth surface. A disengageable decorative chain
(48) means for fastening threads through one grommet (52), and into
the pocket (38), and through one of the carrier substrate's
circular apertures (54), and back through a second circular
aperture (54) within the carrier's substrate, and back out of the
pocket as the cord threads through the second grommet (52). Both
distal ends of the chain are then linked together or clasped
together exteriorly to the pocket. The drawing does not show a
clasp.
[0157] In FIG. 11, a front exploded view of a preferred flexible
substrate using an elongate slot (32) and an alternative means for
fastening is shown using a button (37) before threads connect a
sewn area (35) within a pocket's cloth surface (58), and before the
threads extend through a substrate's elongate slot (32) and before
the threads extend through the button's (37) apertures. A young
adult user may be directed by a parent to use this means for
fastening to avoid any sharp points of the dungaree button's cloth
piercing tack button part, FIG. 1,b (36). Application and removal
of the carrier is accomplished in the same method of the preferred
embodiment, and by laterally squeezing two edges of the carrier's
substrate to distort the elongate slot (32) into a more rounded
shape to pass over the sewn button (37), and as shown in FIG. 2,b
(32).
[0158] In FIG. 12, an alternative embodiment with an alternative
means for fastening is shown using a cloth band (46) which is shown
sewn to a thread sewn area (35) of a pocket's cloth surface (58).
The cloth band is also shown sewn to a carrier's substrate where a
sewing needle has produced a plurality of apertures (55) for
retaining the cloth band (46) means for fastening. The band's
length must allow the bottle gripping aperture (30) area to slide
vertically upward and exteriorly to the pocket for sufficient
exposure to surround a bottle's cap stop rim.
[0159] In FIG. 13,a, an alternative embodiment of the flexible
substrate is shown having two laterally projecting appendage snubs
(33) located at the very lowermost portion of the flexible
substrate. Also shown is a bottle gripping aperture (30) and
located centeredly at the very uppermost and distal end of the
substrate. The appendage snubs may cooperate with several types of
means for fastening to slidingly retain the flexible substrate
within a pocket. A single appendage snub will also retain the
flexible substrate, and may include various shapes such as a hooked
shape to enable increased retension of the flexible substrate as
the snub cooperates with a fastening means. Artwork could be
infinite, and so is not shown.
[0160] FIG. 13,b shows the same art of FIG. 13,a, but is shown
within a small pocket (38), and also with two thread sewn areas
(35) which restrict the flexible substrate from exiting the pocket
any further than it already has. The small pocket's tightly
confined space defines a tight retaining sleeve to prevent buckling
and distortion of the flexible substrate, and any further exiting
from the pocket (38). The flexible substrate, the pocket, and the
sewn means for fastening (35) are all cooperating together to
retain the substrate. When a user needs to remove or replace this
one apertured embodiment, the pocket and the substrate are
simultaneously and laterally squeezed for distortion of the
flexible substrate to pass between the two thread sewn areas. This
action is shown in FIG. 13,e. FIG. 13,c shows the flexible
substrate of this embodiment completely concealed within the
pocket. FIG. 13,d is a side view of the same embodiment, and
showing a thread sewn area, and with the bottle gripping aperture
fully exposed.
[0161] In FIG. 14,a, an alternative embodiment is shown comprising
the laterally projecting appendage snubs (33), the bottle gripping
aperture (30), and an elongate slot (32) which parallels the
elongate direction of the flexible substrate. The purpose of this
combination of slot and snubs is to give a user more choices in
using different fastening means, and is shown in FIG. 14,b. If a
parent does not want their child using a sharp pointed tack
fastener of the dungaree button (36), they may choose to sew two
thread sewn areas (35), or to sew a button (37) within the pocket
(38). An additional thread sewn (35) means for fastening is shown
in FIG. 14,b with the threads sewn through the elongate slot, where
the threads sew both cloth surfaces of the pocket together. This
alternative means for fastening may take longer to replace a worn
out flexible substrate, but may be preferred by mothers of young
children.
[0162] Another means shown is two grommets (52) or eyelets, and
which may be installed where the thread sewn areas would normally
be. The grommets (52) would be inserted through both cloth surfaces
of the pocket to engage the appendage snubs (33) as a flexible
substrate is pulled vertically upward.
[0163] Also shown in FIG. 15,a is an alternative embodiment as
shown in FIG. 14,a, and with a same shape of flexible substrate,
but with a means of fastening which consists of a cloth gripping
inverted u-shape metal plate (62). The plate is shown in its planar
state before its bending into a u-shape. Dotted lines within the
plate represent weakened hinge or bend lines. An elongate slot is
also shown within the metal plate for the flexible substrate to
thread through. Also shown within the plate are several through cut
v-shape apertures and bent v-shape projections which will slightly
pierce a pockets stitched opening seam. A zoomed in view also shows
one of these through cut v-shape apertures. With this embodiment, a
user does have to squeeze the lower area of the pocket, and
laterally wiggle the flexible substrate vertically upwards until it
emerges through the slot within the metal plate. The plate is shown
in FIG. 15,b with the flexible substrate partially extending
through the metal plate's (62) elongate slot, and with the plate
still in a flat state before its manufactured bending process. FIG.
15,c shows the same configurement of FIG. 15,b, but after the
plate's bending. FIG. 15,d shows the same configurement of 15,c,
but after the metal plate and the flexible substrate have been
inserted into a small pocket, where the plate extends completely
downward into the pocket for additional support of the plate's grip
to and within the pocket.
[0164] FIG. 15,e is an overhead view of an alternative means for
fastening using a smaller sized metal plate (62), without the
larger reinforcing portion which extends downward into the pocket.
It is also shown in a planar state before bending. Note the area
where there are no through cut cloth piercing projections, so as
not to impede a flexible substrate's vertical slide-ability. Also
shown, are the weakened hinge bending lines and through cut
elongate slot as was shown in FIG. 15,a. All metal plates shown in
FIGS. 15,a through 15,e cooperate with the flexible substrate's
laterally projecting appendage snubs (33) and the pocket's defined
retaining sleeve to restrict the substrate's exiting too far from a
pocket.
[0165] FIG. 16 shows a same alternative embodiment as in FIG. 14,a
and 14,b, but is shown using an adhesive (64) instead of a sewn
cloth area means for fastening. An adhesive can be a double back
tape, a spot of hot melt glue, or two sided glue impregnated fabric
adhesive.
[0166] It will be understood by the reader that multiple means for
fastening may be used either individually or cooperatively in
unison, and any means for fastening which may not have been
disclosed shall not detract from the scope of this invention, and
that the primary disclosure is a retention of the structural
integrity of the flexible substrate body, and which is due to a
cooperation between the defined tight retaining sleeve of a pocket,
and the flexible substrate body itself, and the means for
fastening.
[0167] The multiplicity of alternative means for fastening which
have been disclosed shall give an end user choices in their method
of installation according to a user's age, and the value of the
user's pants, and therefore added value to the invention.
CONCLUSION, RAMIFICATIONS, AND SCOPE
[0168] Accordingly, the reader will see that the scope of this new
concept of a removable coin pocket bottle carrier provides many
advantages over previous bottle carriers which required rigid
parts, straps, buckles or carabiners. This totally concealed bottle
carrier is always there when a user needs it, yet is easily removed
or replaced when a user chooses to.
[0169] In addition, users who weigh more than most will tend to
need more hydration, and will tend to carry a larger and heavier
beverage or bottle of water. When tighter fitting pants are worn,
the interior space within the small pocket further restricts a
buckling or distortion of the substrate's material surrounding the
elongate slot, and so accordingly increases the structural
integrity of most of the entire flexible substrate body.
[0170] A small pocket which is rarely used by adults, and
especially those with larger fingers, becomes a practical and
functional retaining sleeve for a bottle carrier which is always
there when a user needs it.
[0171] An only disadvantage may be the total concealment and
flexibility of the carrier; and where a user may forget about the
carrier being there; or as when installed in a new pair of pants by
a manufacturer, a user may never know the carrier was there.
[0172] The purposed disclosure of the previous alternatives of
means for fastening is to also provide several means for an end
user to attach their bottle carrying device. As some jeans cost
several hundred dollars for one pair, a user would most likely
choose a dungaree button instead of a hot melt glue. Yet, a user
can remove the carrier attachment from one pair of jeans, and use
another type of supplied fastening means for installing the same
carrier attachment into another less costly pair of jeans.
[0173] The previously disclosed multiple ways for means of
fastening is a valued part of this new concept of a bottle carrying
attachment, and especially when sold as a kit with multiple carrier
attachments and numerous supplied fastening means.
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