U.S. patent application number 13/585532 was filed with the patent office on 2013-04-11 for support ring of bottle capable of carrying the bottle and connecting bottles.
The applicant listed for this patent is Po-Liang Chao, Po-Hsiang Liu, Hsueh-Lee Tai, Hsueh-Yi Tai. Invention is credited to Po-Liang Chao, Po-Hsiang Liu, Hsueh-Lee Tai, Hsueh-Yi Tai.
Application Number | 20130087525 13/585532 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 46460350 |
Filed Date | 2013-04-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130087525 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Tai; Hsueh-Lee ; et
al. |
April 11, 2013 |
SUPPORT RING OF BOTTLE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE BOTTLE AND
CONNECTING BOTTLES
Abstract
An apparatus for fastening and carrying bottles includes a
support ring and a connecting device. The support ring is
inherently formed on the bottle and has at least an opening. The
connecting device engages the opening of the support ring to allow
people to carry the bottle by holding the connecting device or by
engaging the connecting device with an object. The apparatus has
many advantages, including never loss, low cost for manufacture,
and recycle.
Inventors: |
Tai; Hsueh-Lee; (Keelung
City, TW) ; Tai; Hsueh-Yi; (Taipei City, TW) ;
Chao; Po-Liang; (Taipei City, TW) ; Liu;
Po-Hsiang; (New Taipei City, TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Tai; Hsueh-Lee
Tai; Hsueh-Yi
Chao; Po-Liang
Liu; Po-Hsiang |
Keelung City
Taipei City
Taipei City
New Taipei City |
|
TW
TW
TW
TW |
|
|
Family ID: |
46460350 |
Appl. No.: |
13/585532 |
Filed: |
August 14, 2012 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
215/396 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 71/02 20130101;
B65D 1/023 20130101; B65D 71/50 20130101; B65D 67/02 20130101; B65D
23/003 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
215/396 |
International
Class: |
B65D 23/10 20060101
B65D023/10 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Oct 7, 2011 |
TW |
100218879 |
Claims
1. An apparatus for carrying a bottle, wherein the bottle has a
cavity and a cap to seal a top opening of the bottle, the apparatus
comprising: a support ring, which is inherently formed on the
bottle, having at least an opening; and a connecting device
engaging the opening of the support ring for connecting bottles or
for user to carry the bottle.
2. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the connecting
device has a post and a bore at opposite ends, and the post has a
head which is slightly bigger than the bore whereby the connecting
device passes through the opening of the support ring and then the
post engages the bore.
3. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the connecting
device has a plug at an end, a socket at an opposite end, a
protrusion on the plug, and a slot communicated with the socket
whereby the connecting device passes through the opening of the
support ring, and then the plug is inserted into the socket to
engage the protrusion with the slot.
4. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the connecting
device has a ring member and two hooks on opposite ends of the ring
member, and the hooks are perpendicular to the ring member whereby
the hook detachably engages the opening of the support ring.
5. The apparatus as defined in claim 2, wherein the connecting
device has a ring member and two hooks on opposite ends of the ring
member, and the hooks are parallel to the ring member whereby the
hook detachably engages the opening of the support ring.
6. The apparatus as defined in claim 1, wherein the support ring is
provided with at least a rib on an outer side to form the opening.
Description
[0001] The current application claims a foreign priority to the
patent application of Taiwan No. 100218879 filed on Oct. 7,
2011.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates generally to a support ring of
a bottle, with which a user may carry the bottle or connect
bottles. The support ring has many functions, including never loss,
low cost, and recyclable.
[0004] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0005] Plastic bottles are widely used in the market to contain
liquid. These plastic bottles, especially for PET bottles, are
simply a bottle with a cap to seal a top opening of the bottle. It
is very inconvenient for user to carry it. The conventional plastic
bottle has the following drawbacks:
[0006] 1. People usually carry the bottle by hand, and people will
feel tired after holding the bottle for a long time. Sometime,
people may drop the bottle as well.
[0007] 2. People might have trouble to firmly hold the bottle when
it is a big bottle or he/she has a small palm.
[0008] 3. It is hard for one to hold several bottles at the same
time.
[0009] 4. The bottle will have water on it when the bottle is just
taken out from refrigerator. People are unwilling to put the wet
bottle in bag. The cold bottle is hard for people to hold it
directly as well.
[0010] A carrying device is provided for user to carry single
bottle. Such carrying device is taught in Taiwan patents M334101
and 368980. The carrying device is designed for one bottle, and it
can't carry two or more bottles. Besides, the device surrounds the
cap so that it might unfasten the cap when a user carries the
bottle by the device.
[0011] Taiwan patents 284152, 360208, and 530807 taught a carrying
device for multiple bottles. However, user has to buy the device.
The device is unrecyclable and user might lose it. Another drawback
of such device is that the price of the device is too high because
of its complex structure.
[0012] Taiwan patent 284152 taught a bottle fastener, however, it
can't allow people to carry the bottles. Furthermore, the price of
the fastener is too high because of the complex structure.
[0013] Therefore, it still has some portions to be improved in the
conventional devices.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0014] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide
a support ring of a bottle, which may help a user to carry the
bottle or connect bottles.
[0015] The secondary objective of the present invention is to
provide a support ring of a bottle, which has low cost and is
recyclable.
[0016] To achieve the objective of the present invention, an
apparatus for fastening and carrying bottles includes a support
ring and a connecting device. The support ring is inherently formed
on the bottle and has at least an opening. The connecting device
engages the opening of the support ring to allow people to carry
the bottle by holding the connecting device or by engaging the
connecting device with an object.
[0017] The preset invention has many advantages, including never
loss, low cost for manufacture, and recycle.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a first preferred embodiment
of the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the first preferred
embodiment of the present invention;
[0020] FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment
of the present invention;
[0021] FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the first preferred embodiment
of the present invention, showing the connecting device connecting
two bottles;
[0022] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the first preferred
embodiment of the present invention, showing user holding the
connecting device;
[0023] FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the first preferred
embodiment of the present invention, showing four bottles being
connected;
[0024] FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the connecting device of a
second preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0025] FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the connecting device of a
third preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0026] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of the third preferred
embodiment of the present invention, showing user holding the
connecting device;
[0027] FIG. 10 is a perspective view of the connecting device of a
fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention;
[0028] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the support ring of a fifth
preferred embodiment of the present invention; and
[0029] FIG. 12 is a perspective view of the support ring of a sixth
preferred embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0030] As shown in FIG. 2, an apparatus for fastening and carrying
bottles of the first preferred embodiment includes a support ring
10 on a bottle 90 and a connecting device 20 detachably connected
to the support ring 10. The connecting devices 20 may connect the
support rings 10 on the bottles 90 in series (as shown in FIG. 5
and FIG. 6) or connect the bottle 90 to a predetermined object (not
shown).
[0031] As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the bottle 90 is a
conventional PET bottle having a neck portion 91 and a cap 92.
[0032] The support ring 10 is on the neck portion 91 of the bottle
90 under threads for engaging the cap 92. The support ring 10 is
inherently molded on the bottle 90 in the process of molding the
bottle 90. As shown in FIGS., the support ring 10 has four openings
11 to engage the connecting device 20.
[0033] The connecting device 20 is a strip-like member made of
plastic, rubber or metal, and the connecting device 20 is flexible.
The connecting device 20 has teeth at an inner side. The connecting
device 20 is provided with a post 21 and a bore 22 at opposite ends
so that the connecting device 20 may be changed into a ring by the
engagement of the post 21 and the bore 22. The strip-like
connecting device 20 may pass through the opening 13 of the support
ring 10, and then its opposite ends is engaged to form the
ring-like connecting device 20. The post 21 has a head which is
slightly bigger than the bore 22 so that the head may be forced to
pass through the bore 21 to hold the engagement.
[0034] As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the connecting device 20 is
coupled to the support ring 10 so that a user may hold the
ring-like connecting device 20, or engage the connecting device 20
with an object, such as a backpack, to carry the bottle 90. It is
noted that the support ring 10 is initially molded on the bottle 90
in the factory so that it will not lose, and it is recyclable. The
user only needs to get the connecting device 20 or anything like
that to achieve the function of the present invention.
[0035] As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, to couple two bottles 90, one
may pass the strip-like connecting device 20 through the opening 13
of the support ring 10 of a bottle 90 and the opening 13 of the
support ring 10 of another bottle 90, and then engage the post 21
with the bore 22 to form the ring-like connecting device 20.
Therefore, the user may hold the connecting device 20 to carry two
bottles 90 by one hand.
[0036] As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, with the same steps as
described above, we can serially connect the bottles 90 by the
connecting devices 20. FIG. 6 shows that four bottles 90 are
connected in a loop.
[0037] FIG. 7 shows a connecting device 20 of the second preferred
embodiment, which has a plug at an end and a socket 24 at the other
end. The connecting device 20 of the second preferred embodiment
further has a protrusion 23 on the plug and a slot 25 communicated
with the socket 24. The plug is inserted into the socket 24 and the
protrusion 23 engages the slot 25 to secure the connecting device
20 in a ring shape. The way of operating the connecting device 20
and the function thereof are the same as above.
[0038] As shown in FIG. 8, a connecting device 20 of the third
preferred embodiment has a ring member 26 and two hooks 27 at
opposite sides of the ring member 26. The hooks 27 are
perpendicular to the ring member 26 to engage the opening 13 of the
support ring 10. FIG. 9 shows the connecting device 20 of the third
preferred embodiment connecting two bottles 90.
[0039] FIG. 10 shows a connecting device 20 of the fourth preferred
embodiment which has a ring member 28 and two hooks 29 at opposite
sides of the ring member 28. The different part is that the hooks
29 are parallel to the ring member 28. The operation and the
function of the fourth preferred embodiment are the same as above,
so we don't describe it again.
[0040] FIG. 11 shows an alternate design of the support ring 10
which has four semicircle ribs to form the opening 11, and FIG. 12
shows a support ring 10 which has U-shaped ribs. The support ring
10 has indentations 12 between the ribs to save material.
[0041] The support ring 10 may have various shapes to form the
openings 11, and the openings 11 may be closed openings or open
openings.
[0042] The description above is a few preferred embodiments of the
present invention and the equivalence of the present invention is
still in the scope of claim construction of the present
invention.
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