Patent ID: 6105831
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: B65D,Y02W

Abstract:
A pitcher-style reusable bottle holder for holding a bottle having an externally-threaded neck and an internally-threaded cap threadedly received on the neck, with the cap engaging an annular shoulder on the bottle neck when the cap is in its closed position, the threads of said neck and cap being interrupted to define gaps allowing a slow release of pressure within the bottle upon an initial rotation of the cap from its closed position when removing the cap from the bottle; said reusable bottle holder comprising:a body member formed with a bottle attaching section at one end for attaching to the neck of a bottle;a pouring spout at the opposite end of the body member and connected by an internal passageway to said attaching section;and a handle manually graspable by a user for holding and manipulating the bottle holder and a bottle when attached thereto;said attaching section of the body member being formed on its inner surface with internal threads mating with the external threads of a bottle neck for attaching the bottle holder to a bottle neck;said internal threads of the attaching section being interrupted to define gaps permitting air from the atmosphere to be sucked therethrough into the interior of the bottle when the attaching section is not tightened against the annular shoulder of the bottle neck and liquid is poured out from the bottle via said pouring spout;said pouring spout being formed on its outer surface with interrupted external threads and with an annular shoulder engageable by the cap to permit the cap, when removed from the bottle, to close the pouring spout.