Patent Publication Number: US-2017360183-A1

Title: Water bottle 2.0

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present application is related to and claims priority from prior provisional application Ser. No. 62/351,186, filed Jun. 16, 2016 which application is incorporated herein by reference. 
    
    
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art. 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates generally to the field of water bottle devices and more specifically relates to an improved container for storing liquids comprising finger holes and LED lighting that may be turned on or off via a depressible button. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     A water bottle is a container that may be used to hold water, liquids and other beverages for drinking. A water bottle provides an easy transport of a beverage from one place to another. Many different designs for water bottles are currently available for purchase with different lids, shapes, and functional components. Water bottles can be either disposable or reusable. Reusable water bottles can also be used for liquids such as juice, iced tea, alcoholic beverages, or soft drinks. As such, an improved design for a water bottle is desirable. 
     Various attempts have been made to solve problems found in water bottle devices art. Among these are found in: U.S. Pat. No. 6,913,159 to Robert H. Goldberg; U.S. Publication No. 2012/0152955 to Thomas Middleton; and U.S. Publication No. 2008/0047924 to William E. Coats. This prior art is representative of gripping water bottle devices. 
     Ideally, an improved container for storing liquids (also referred to herein as Water Bottle 2.0) should be user-friendly and safe in-use and, yet should operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for an improved container for storing liquids comprising finger holes and LED lighting that may be turned on or off via a depressible button and to avoid the above-mentioned problems 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known water bottle device art, the present invention provides an improved container for storing liquids (also referred to herein as Water Bottle 2.0). The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a water bottle devices and more specifically relates to an improved container for storing liquids comprising finger holes and LED lighting that may be turned on or off via a depressible button. 
     An improved container for storing liquids is disclosed herein in a preferred embodiment comprises a main body. The main body includes a front surface, a rear surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, a top surface, a base surface, and plurality of cylindrical surfaces. The top surface includes an aperture adapted to allow liquids to pass therethrough. The front surface, the rear surface, the left side surface, the right side surface, the top surface, and the base surface form an interior volume adapted to retain liquids therein. The plurality of cylindrical surfaces extend between the left side surface and the right side surface. 
     The present invention holds significant improvements and serves as a Water Bottle 2.0. For purposes of summarizing the invention, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and detailed description. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present invention, Improved Container for Storing Liquids (also referred to herein as Water Bottle 2.0) constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present invention. 
         FIG. 1  shows a perspective view illustrating an Improved Container for Storing Liquids in an in-use condition according to an embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a left side perspective view illustrating the Improved Container for Storing Liquids having a plurality of perforations according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a front side perspective view illustrating the Improved Container for Storing Liquids having a light source, power source, and button member in an uncovered position according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a right-side perspective view illustrating Improved Container for Storing Liquids according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view illustrating Improved Container for Storing Liquids in a closed position according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
     
    
    
     The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     As discussed above, embodiments of the present invention relate to a water bottle device and more specifically relates to an improved container for storing liquids (also referred to herein as Water Bottle 2.0). The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a water bottle devices and more specifically relates to an improved container for storing liquids comprising finger holes and LED lighting that may be turned on or off via a depressible button. 
     Generally speaking, the improved container for storing liquids of the present invention may comprise a lid, a body, and LED lighting. The body comprising a semi ellipse front surface, an obtuse angled rear surface, a left side surface, a right side surface, four small cylindrical surfaces, a base surface, and a top surface. Four perforations may be disposed on the left side surface and a right side surface penetrating there through. The four perforations may reside within the interior of the four small cylindrical surfaces, creating four finger holes. 
     The four perforations may be large enough to allow a user to insert their four fingers there through, enabling a user to grasp or engage the container. The four perforations may not penetrate into the interior of the container, such that the container may not leak water out of the perforations when filled with liquid. 
     The lid of the container of the present invention may comprise a snap fit fastener, such that the lid may snap closed and provide a water tight seal. The lid of the container may comprise a substantially rectangular profile and a flexible attachment member. A rectangular male portion may be disposed on the top surface of the body of the container, and may allow the lid of the container to snap fasten around the outer periphery thereof. The flexible attachment member may bend to allow the lid to rotate to an open or closed position. 
     With the lid is in a closed position, the ellipse front surface, obtuse angled rear surface, left side surface, right side surface, four cylindrical surfaces, base surface, and top surface of the body in combination with the lid may provide a water tight container. 
     The LED lighting of the container may comprise LED lights disposed on an exterior portion of the body of the present invention. The LED lighting may turn on or off via a push activated button disposed on an exterior portion of the body of the present invention. When the LED lighting is turned on, the contents of the present invention may light up; as such the present invention may be useful for drinking a beverage in the dark. 
     Referring now to  FIGS. 1-5 , showing perspective views improved container  100  for storing liquids according to an embodiment of the present invention of  FIG. 1 . 
     Improved container  100  for storing liquids is disclosed herein in a preferred embodiment comprises main body  110 . Main body  110  includes front surface  120 , rear surface  130 , left side surface  140 , right side surface  150 , top surface  160 , base surface  170 , and plurality of cylindrical surfaces  180 . Main body  110  has a substantially rectangular shape. Main body  110  is adapted to be water tight. Main body  110  is formed from a material chosen from a list of materials consisting on plastic and acrylic. 
     Front surface  120 , rear surface  130 , left side surface  140 , right side surface  150 , top surface  160 , and base surface  170  form interior volume  172  adapted to retain liquids  108  therein. Front surface  120  is formed having a semi-elliptical shape. Rear surface  130  extends at an obtuse angle with respect to base surface  170 . Top surface  160  includes aperture  162  adapted to allow liquids to pass therethrough. 
     Left side surface  140  and right side surface  150  include plurality of perforations  144  therethrough. There are preferably four of perforations  144 . Plurality of cylindrical surfaces  180  extend between respective left side surface  140  and right side perforations  144  and are adapted to allow fingers  104  of user  102  to pass therethrough as shown in in-use condition  106  of  FIG. 1 . Plurality of cylindrical surfaces  180  extend between left side surface  140  and right side surface  150 . There are four of cylindrical surfaces  180 . 
     Improved container  100  further comprising lid member  190  releasably attached to top surface  160  and adapted to releasably cover aperture  162 . Lid member  190  is adapted to snap fit upon aperture  162 . Aperture  162  includes male member  164  extending outwardly therefrom; and lid member  190  includes female member  192  adapted to releasably engage with male member  164  as shown in  FIG. 5 . Improved container  100  comprising flexible attachment member  168  connected between lid member  190  and top surface  160  and is adapted to bias lid member  190  between covered position  500  and uncovered position  300  of  FIG. 3 . 
     Improved container  100  further comprising light source  310  adapted to illuminate interior volume  172  and any liquid retained therein. Improved container  100  further comprising light source  310  is formed as a light emitting diode. Light source  310  is located on one of front surface  120 , rear surface  130 , left side surface  140 , and right side surface  150 . Improved container  100  further comprising power source  320  adapted to provide power to light source  310 ; and button member  330  adapted to turn on and off power source  320 . 
     The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.