Patent ID: 8152011
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A45F,B65D

Abstract:
1. A bottle and a belt, comprising; the bottle having a base, a mouth, and sidewalls extending from the base to the mouth; the sidewalls further comprising a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall, and a third sidewall and an opposing fourth sidewall, the third and fourth sidewalls joining the first and second sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls each being wider than each of the third and fourth sidewalls; a first shoulder formed in the third sidewall; a second shoulder formed in the fourth sidewall; a retaining clip removably secured to the bottle, the retaining clip comprising a base removably attached to the belt, the clip having: the first arm and the third arm further forming a first interior open area and the second arm and the fourth arm further forming a second interior open area, wherein a belt is receivable within and retained by the first and second interior open areas; the first interior open area further having a first width adjacent the base, the first width being defined between an interior edge of the first arm and an interior edge of the third arm, and a first height generally from the base to the first lip, wherein the first width is substantially greater than the first height; the second interior open area further having a second width adjacent the base, the second width being defined between an interior edge of the second arm and an interior edge of the fourth arm and a second height generally from the base to the second lip, wherein the second width is substantially greater than the second height; the belt further having a belt length and a belt width, the first width and second width each being sized to receive the belt width and; the bottle further being configured and formed from a material that is sufficiently flexible such that the bottle is readily compressible to release the bottle from the retaining clip wherein the base of the clip has a front side and a back side wherein the front side is adjacent the bottle when the bottle is secured to the clip, further, when the belt is received in the first and second interior open areas, the belt width is in contact with and substantially spans the front side of the base of the clip.