Patent ID: 7798346
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: A45F,A61J,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A combination sports beverage bottle and concentrate cup comprising: an elongated, upright, cylindrical, molded plastic bottle formed with peripheral wall and a closed bottom wall, the peripheral wall configured with an upper extremity forming an outlet and a lower extremity defining a radially outwardly opening annular latch groove spaced longitudinally from the bottom wall, the peripheral wall further configured in its lower extremity with longitudinal, laterally outwardly facing registration slots; an upright cylindrical, plastic cup adjacent the closed bottom wall of the bottle, molded with a cup bottom wall, open top end and a peripheral cup wall reduced in diameter adjacent the top end to form a radially outwardly opening locking groove, and projecting upwardly there from to be formed on its opposite sides with enlarged in diameter circumferential rib segments having respective bottom annular walls defining cam surfaces and spaced circumferentially apart to terminate in respective adjacent radial ends cooperating to form therebetween respective axial access openings spaced about the peripheral wall, the respective cam surfaces angling downwardly in one circumferential direction from respective one ends of the rib segments, the peripheral cup wall turning radially inwardly from the upper sides of the respective rib segments to form an annular stop flange; a circular lid device on the cup and formed with a radially outwardly flared closure flange overlying the stop flange; a cylindrical connector ring device formed with a peripheral band encircling the bottom extremity of the bottle and the top of the cup, formed on it inner wall with an annular ring flange sandwiched between the cup bottom wall and the closure flange, the band including interior, longitudinal registration strips slidably received in the respective registration slots, the band further being formed at its upper extremity with a radially in-turned lip configured to engage the latch groove to latch the ring device on the bottle, the ring device further formed in it its lower extremity with laterally in-turned teeth to be received axially in the respective access openings and so configured as to, when the cup is engaged with the ring device and rotated in the direction opposite the one direction relative to the ring, ride downwardly on the respective cam surfaces to draw the cup toward the bottle to press the closure flange axially against the ring flange and cup bottom wall.