US4852781A
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Runner's portable fluid supply container
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1987-11-17
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Granted: 1989-08-01
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Expires: 2007-11-17
Abstract
Abstract A runner's portable water supply is presented. The supply comprises a water bottle with a special cap and sipping tube. The sipping tube is curved and only slightly flexible so that it can be bent, but retains its shape if the wearer does not bend it. The cap fits into the bottle neck in a liquid tight coupling and has a first interior surface slideably mating with the tube in a substantially liquid tight coupling and has a second interior tunnel permitting gas to enter the bottle but deflecting liquid so that liquid cannot splash out of the bottle. The bottle is coupled to a selected part of the wearer's body with the upper end of the tube near the wearer's mouth and the lower end of the tube near the bottom interior surface of the bottle. Air flows into the bottle as liquid is sipped out. The bottle need not be held.
Inventors
- 👤 Carl W. Shurnick
- 👤 Sabrina M. Bradley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 17:28
CPC Classifications
A; A45; A45F; A45F5/00; A45F3/00; A45F3/16; A45F3/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
300 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both cap top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including coupling means coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
300 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both cap top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including coupling means coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
299 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including coupling means coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
299 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including coupling means coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
299 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including a clip coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
299 words
A runner's portable fluid supply container, comprising: a water bottle having a neck having an interior surface capable of removeable coupling to a cap; a hollow cap having an exterior surface capable of removeably coupling to the interior surface of the neck of the bottle, a first generally cylindrical interior surface capable of coupling around the exterior surface of a sipping hose disposed through the cap and a second interior surface defining an air passage only tunnel coupling the exterior atmosphere to the interior of the bottle in a substantially liquid leak proof coupling which permits substantially free flow of gases between the exterior atmosphere and the interior of the bottle adjacent the cap; coupling means coupling the bottle to a selected part of the wearer's body; a curved hollow only slightly flexible sipping tube open at both ends, having a lower interior end adjacent the interior bottom surface of the bottle, and an upper exterior end near the mouth of the wearer of the bottle, the hose curving near the shoulder of the wearer; the air passage only tunnel interior surface is generally upside down L-shaped, the top surface of the L exiting into the exterior atmosphere and the bottom surface of the L exiting from the bottom surface of the cap near the top of the bottle with the opening at the bottom of the tunnel substantially parallel to the opening at the top of the tunnel, the top surface of the L defines a liquid deflecting notch in location substantially parallel to the lower surface edge closest to the tunnel exit into the exterior atmosphere and at approximately a 45 degree angle to both top and bottom surfaces of the L; and further including a clip coupling the tube to the upper arm of the runner.
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