Patent ID: 8220664
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
1. A portable hydration system, comprising: an outer bag; a fluid reservoir for containing a volume of a potable fluid removably received within said outer bag, said fluid reservoir having a fluid outlet; a pump received within said outer bag, said pump having an inlet and an outlet, said pump inlet being in fluid communication with said reservoir outlet, said pump outlet including a nozzle extending through an opening in said outer bag; one or more sealing members for sealing said opening in said outer bag relative to said pump outlet; a dispensing tube coupled to said pump outlet and defining a fluid passageway for supplying fluid to a user; a switch mounted on said dispensing tube in electrical communication with said pump, said switch for selectively actuating and deactuating said pump; and a wire passing within said fluid passageway and electrically coupling said pump with said switch.