U.S. patent application number 11/724636 was filed with the patent office on 2008-09-18 for liquid container harness.
Invention is credited to Julie Mills.
Application Number | 20080223887 11/724636 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39761625 |
Filed Date | 2008-09-18 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080223887 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Mills; Julie |
September 18, 2008 |
Liquid container harness
Abstract
Applicant provides a liquid container carrying harness including
a cylindrical sleeve, where in said cylindrical sleeve is open at
the top and bottom, with the top portion being tapered inwards such
that a bottle fits through the bottom with the bottle top extending
through the top portion, a carrying strap affixed to said sleeve,
wherein said carrying strap is affixed to the sides of the sleeve
forming a handle, and a retention strap affixed to said sleeve,
wherein the retention strap is affixed to the sides of the sleeve
forming a strap extending down from the bottom portion of the
sleeve.
Inventors: |
Mills; Julie; (Vancouver,
WA) |
Correspondence
Address: |
KURT M. RYLANDER;RYLANDER & ASSOCIATES
406 West 12th Street
Vancouver
WA
98660
US
|
Family ID: |
39761625 |
Appl. No.: |
11/724636 |
Filed: |
March 14, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
224/148.6 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45F 2005/006 20130101;
A45F 5/00 20130101; A45F 2200/0583 20130101; A45F 3/16
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
224/148.6 |
International
Class: |
A45F 3/16 20060101
A45F003/16 |
Claims
1. A portable liquid container carrying harness, comprising: a
cylindrical sleeve, where in said cylindrical sleeve is open at the
top and bottom, with the top portion being tapered inwards such
that a drinking bottle fits through the bottom with the bottle top
extending through the top portion; a carrying strap affixed to said
sleeve, wherein said carrying strap is affixed to the sides of the
sleeve forming a handle; and a retention strap affixed to said
sleeve, wherein the retention strap is affixed to the sides of the
sleeve forming a strap extending down from the bottom portion of
the sleeve.
2. A portable liquid container, comprising: a water bottle assembly
having a removable water bowl for providing a receptacle for
watering a pet while outdoors includes a drinking bottle and a bowl
removably couplable to the water bottle for carrying the water
bottle and bowl as a single unit; a cylindrical sleeve, where in
said cylindrical sleeve is open at the top and bottom, with the top
portion being tapered inwards such that a bottle fits through the
bottom with the bottle top extending through the top portion; a
carrying strap affixed to said sleeve, wherein said carrying strap
is affixed to the sides of the sleeve forming a handle; and a
retention strap affixed to said sleeve, wherein the retention strap
is affixed to the sides of the sleeve forming a strap extending
down from the bottom portion of the sleeve.
3. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said sleeve is
adjustable in diameter.
4. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said sleeve is
insulating.
5. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said carrying strap is
removably affixed to said sleeve.
6. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said carrying strap is
adjustable in length.
7. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said carrying strap is
padded.
8. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said carrying strap is
separably connected along its length.
9. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said retention strap is
removably affixed to said sleeve.
10. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said retention strap is
adjustable in length.
11. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said retention strap is
separably connected along its length.
12. The apparatus of claims 1 or 2, wherein said retention strap is
made from elastic material.
13. A method for using the portable liquid container case,
comprising the steps of: providing a portable liquid container
carrying harness having a cylindrical sleeve, a carry strap, and a
retention strap, wherein the cylindrical sleeve has a tapered top
opening and an open bottom; placing said sleeve over a portable
liquid container having a container top and a container bottom such
that the container top extends out of the sleeve tapered top
opening; securing said liquid container into said sleeve by placing
the retention strap along the bottom of said liquid container; and
thereby allowing the liquid container -to be carried by means of
the carrying strap; and thereby allowing removal of a stored cup or
other device from the bottom of the bottle without removing the
bottle from the container.
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Applicant's liquid container harness relates to portable
apparatuses and devices for carrying liquid such as water and more
specifically to devices for carrying portable water bottles which
have decoupalable drinking bowls attached to the bottom of the
bottle.
BACKGROUND
[0002] Liquid container harnesses or cases are used to carry
portable liquid containers such as disposable water bottles with a
spout top. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 6,405,675, disclosed a water
bottle assembly having a removable water bowl for providing a
receptacle for watering a pet while outdoors includes a bottle, a
lid, and a bowl removably couplable to the water bottle for
carrying the water bottle and bowl as a single unit. In an
embodiment, the lid includes a spout assembly. See FIGS. 2 & 3
at B and C.
[0003] Many types of liquid container cases are currently available
but require either specially designed proprietary liquid containers
used in conjunction with the carrier to function, or they do not
provide the ability to remove the stored cup disclosed in U.S. Pat.
No. 6,405,675 without removing the entire container from the case.
Thus, there is a need for a portable liquid container case that is
usable with many off the shelf portable liquid containers such as
water bottles with a spout top and allows for easily removing
either the entire bottle or removing an attached cup as stated
above.
SUMMARY AND ADVANTAGES
[0004] Applicant's liquid container harness for portable liquid
containers includes a cylindrical sleeve, where in said cylindrical
sleeve is open at the top and bottom, with the top portion being
tapered inwards such that a drinking bottle can be inserted through
the bottom with the bottle top extending through the top portion, a
carrying strap affixed to said sleeve, wherein said carrying strap
is affixed to the sides of the sleeve forming a handle, and a
retention strap affixed to said sleeve, wherein the retention strap
is affixed to the sides of the sleeve forming a strap extending
down from the bottom portion of the sleeve.
[0005] Applicant's liquid container harness presents numerous
advantages, including: [0006] (1) allows ease of carry and of use
of a water bottle with a coupled drinking bowl; and [0007] (2)
allows ease of decoupling of coupled drinking bowl without needing
to remove the harness. Additional advantages will be set forth in
part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious
from the description, or may be learned by practice of the
invention. The advantages of the invention may be realized and
attained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations
particularly pointed out in the appended claims. Further benefits
and advantages of the embodiments of the invention will become
apparent from consideration of the following detailed description
given with reference to the accompanying drawings, which specify
and show preferred embodiments of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated into and
constitute a part of this specification, illustrate one or more
embodiments of Applicant's liquid container carrying harness and,
together with the detailed description, serve to explain the
principles and implementations of the invention.
[0009] FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a liquid container carrying
harness.
[0010] FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a liquid container carrying
harness in use.
[0011] FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of a liquid container carrying
harness showing use.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0012] Before beginning a detailed description of the subject
invention, mention of the following is in order. When appropriate,
like reference materials and characters are used to designate
identical, corresponding, or similar components in differing figure
drawings. The figure drawings associated with this disclosure
typically are not drawn with dimensional accuracy to scale, i.e.,
such drawings have been drafted with a focus on clarity of viewing
and understanding rather than dimensional accuracy.
[0013] In the interest of clarity, not all of the routine features
of the implementations described herein are shown and described. It
will, of course, be appreciated that in the development of any such
actual implementation, numerous implementation-specific decisions
must be made in order to achieve the developer's specific goals,
such as compliance with application- and business-related
constraints, and that these specific goals will vary from one
implementation to another and from one developer to another.
Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort
might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a
routine undertaking of engineering for those of ordinary skill in
the art having the benefit of this disclosure.
[0014] Applicant's liquid container carrying harness 10, as showing
in FIGS. 1-3, includes a cylindrical sleeve 12, where in said
cylindrical sleeve has an open top portion 14 and an open bottom
portion 16, with the top portion 14 being tapered inwards such that
a bottle B fits through the bottom with the bottle top extending
through the top portion, a carrying strap 18 affixed to said sleeve
12, wherein said carrying strap 18 is affixed to the sides of the
sleeve 12 forming a handle, and a retention strap 20 affixed to
said sleeve 12, wherein the retention strap 20 is affixed to the
sides of the sleeve 12 forming a loop extending down from the
bottom portion 16 of the sleeve 12.
[0015] As shown in FIGS. 1-3, cylindrical sleeve 12 has an open top
portion 14 and an open bottom portion 16, with the top portion 14
being tapered inwards such that a bottle B fits through the bottom
with the bottle top extending through the top portion. Sleeve 12
can be adjustable in diameter. Sleeve 12 can be provided with
insulation. Sleeve 12 is preferably made of canvas cloth.
[0016] As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the carrying strap 18 is affixed to
the sides of the sleeve 12 forming a handle. The carrying strap 18
can be removably affixed to the sleeve 12. The carrying strap 18
can be adjustable in length. The carrying strap 18 can be padded.
The carrying strap 18 can be separably connected along its length.
The carrying strap 18 is preferably made of nylon but can also be
made of other suitable materials, such as canvas, leather, known to
those of ordinary skill in the art
[0017] As shown in FIGS. 1-3, the retention strap 20 is affixed to
the sides of the sleeve 12 forming a strap extending down from the
bottom portion 16 of the sleeve 12. The retention strap 20 can be
removably affixed to said sleeve 12. The retention strap 20 can be
adjustable in length. The retention strap 20 can be separably
connected along its length. Retention strap 20 can be made from
elastic material, such as cotton, spandex, stretch nylon, or other
suitable elastic material known to those of ordinary skill in the
art. The retention strap 20 can also be made of no elastic
material, or material with slight elastic qualities such as nylon,
canvas, leather, known to those of ordinary skill in the art. The
strap 20 length is set so that the strap 20 is stretched under a
tension when the bottle B and bowl C are in place, and yet still
under slight tension when the bowl C is removed.
[0018] As shown in FIGS. 2-3, in use, user provides a portable
liquid container carrying harness 10 having a cylindrical sleeve
12, a carrying strap 18, and a retention strap 20. User places said
sleeve 12 over a portable liquid container B such that the
container top extends out of the sleeve 12 tapered top opening 14.
User secures said liquid container B into said sleeve 12 by placing
the retention strap 20 beneath said liquid container. This allows
the liquid container to be easily transported or carried by means
of the carrying strap 18. This further allows removal of a stored
cup C or other device from the bottom of the bottle without
removing the harness 10 from the bottle B.
[0019] Those skilled in the art will recognize that numerous
modifications and changes may be made to the preferred embodiment
without departing from the scope of the claimed invention. It will,
of course, be understood that modifications of the invention, in
its various aspects, will be apparent to those skilled in the art,
some being apparent only after study, others being matters of
routine mechanical, chemical and electronic design. No single
feature, function or property of the preferred embodiment is
essential. Other embodiments are possible, their specific designs
depending upon the particular application. As such, the scope of
the invention should not be limited by the particular embodiments
herein described but should be defined only by the appended claims
and equivalents thereof.
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