Patent ID: 7845506

Claim:
A bottle comprising; a base, a mouth, and sidewalls extending from the base to the mouth; the sidewalls further comprising a first sidewall and an opposing second sidewall, and a third sidewall and an opposing fourth sidewall, the third and fourth sidewalls joining the first and second sidewalls, the first and second sidewalls each being wider than each of the third and fourth sidewalls; a first shoulder formed in the third sidewall; a second shoulder formed in the fourth sidewall; a retaining clip comprising a base configured for removeable attachment to a belt, the clip having: (1) a first arm extending from the base and an opposing second arm extending from the base; (2) a third arm extending from the base and an opposing fourth arm extending from the base; (3) the first and the third arm joining to form a first lip for engaging the first shoulder formed in the third sidewall of the bottle; and, (4) the second and the fourth arm joining to form a second lip for engaging second shoulder formed in the fourth sidewall of the bottle; wherein the base of the clip comprises a first slot between the first and the second arm and a second slot between the third and the fourth arm, the bottle further having a central axis extending generally from the base of the bottle to the mouth, the belt for retaining the clip having two distal ends and a length measured between the two distal ends to define a belt axis between the two distal ends, the belt being fed through both the first and the second slots to retain the clip to the belt whereby the central axis of the bottle is substantially parallel to the belt axis; whereby the bottle is configured for mating engagement with the clip and further wherein the bottle is configured and formed from a material that is sufficiently flexible such that the bottle is readily compressible to release the bottle from the retaining clip.