Patent ID: 7549548

Claim:
A fluid container comprising a base, an elongated side wall extending upwardly from said base, a mounting of the container for facilitating handling of the container, and a rim at the top of the side wall for receiving a mouthpiece locating closure for securing a mouthpiece for a user, said mounting including a lid for the container, the lid having a centrally located aperture with an upstanding lip surrounding the aperture, the lid being engageable with said rim at the top of the container with the lip extending through a mating hole in a mounting structure having an outer surface and an inner surface forming part of the mounting of the container, and wherein the mouthpiece locating closure is engageable with said lip of the lid within the mating hole of the mounting structure, said lid abutting against the inner surface of said mounting structure with the lip of said lid extending through said mating hole with said mouthpiece locating closure abutting against the outer surface of said mounting structure, said mounting structure having a flat portion for receiving the base of the container, said mounting structure including a pair of spaced handles, one of said handles extending from said mating hole to said flat portion on one side of said mounting structure and the other of said handles extending from said mating hole to said flat portion opposite said one of said handles, wherein the container is retained between the handles of the mounting structure and the base of the container is adjacent to the flat portion.