Patent ID: 8177097

Claim:
A personal hydration system, comprising: a reservoir assembly, wherein the reservoir assembly comprises: a flexible bladder that defines an internal compartment for holding a volume of drink fluid, wherein the flexible bladder includes opposing side portions, and wherein the flexible bladder has an outer surface and a central axis; a fill port assembly coupled to the flexible bladder and defining an opening to the internal compartment, wherein the fill port assembly is configured to selectively seal the opening; an exit port that defines a passage for delivering drink fluid from the internal compartment; and a dryer mechanism operatively coupled to the flexible bladder and configured to be selectively positioned to engage the outer surface of the flexible bladder to deform and retain the flexible bladder when the internal compartment is nearly empty of drink fluid and when the opening is not sealed from a non-drying configuration into a drying configuration in which the opposing side portions are spaced further apart from each other and further away from the central axis than when the flexible bladder is in the non-drying configuration to enable circulation of air in the internal compartment.