No-Spill Water Bottle

This application claims under 35 U.S.C. § 120, the benefit of the Application 63/663,405, filed Jun. 24, 2024, titled “Water Bottle Invention” which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.

A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever.

The field of this invention relates generally to the field of drink containers, and more particularly toward a novel cup device that has a spill proof closure element.

While this invention is susceptible of embodiment in many different forms, there is shown in the drawings and will herein be described in detail specific embodiments, with the understanding that the present disclosure of such embodiments is to be considered as an example of the principles and not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments shown and described. In the description below, like reference numerals are used to describe the same, similar or corresponding parts in the several views of the drawings.

The terms “a” or “an”, as used herein, are defined as one or more than one. The term “plurality”, as used herein, is defined as two or more than two. The term “another”, as used herein, is defined as at least a second or more. The terms “including” and/or “having”, as used herein, are defined as comprising (i.e., open language). The term “coupled”, as used herein, is defined as connected, although not necessarily directly, and not necessarily mechanically.

Reference throughout this document to “one embodiment”, “certain embodiments”, “an embodiment” or similar terms means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, the appearances of such phrases or in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments without limitation.

The preferred embodiment of the instant invention provides for a no-spill drinking apparatus in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure. Alternate embodiments are also disclosed. Reference is made in detail to the exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, which are illustrated in the accompanying figures.

In an embodiment, the no-spill water bottle provides a handle having a circular cross-section that is formed as a ring-shaped portion of the upper lid of the water bottle. The circular-shaped ring portion is connected to the upper lid such that pulling on the circular-shaped ring portion causes the upper lid to rotate and move to a position at the back portion of the upper lid. The handle may be used to carry the water bottle or when pulled toward the back of the upper lid of the water bottle permits the top of the water bottle to rotate on a hinge and reveal a drinking spout. The rotation of the upper lid caused by the pulling of the ring portion causes the drinking spout to extend vertically out of the lid recess to provide user access to the spout. Once open, pressing a lock button releases the lock and permits a user to rotate the top of the water bottle forward on the hinge to hide the drinking spout and seal the top to prevent liquid leaking out of the body of the water bottle.

Additionally, the circular handle has a spinning ring formed within the interior of the circular handle to function as a spinning toy device. The toy spinning device may be accessed by a user inserting a digit into the circular handle to place the digit in contact with the toy spinning device and permitting a rotation action of the spinning device within the circular handle.

The top of the water bottle may also have features on the exterior of the water bottle lid that are modeled after human eyes having lid coverings that may be moved to open and close positions mechanically through the action of opening the top of the water bottle to expose or hide the drinking spout. The exterior of the water bottle lid having semi-circular coverings that may be moved to open and close positions mechanically through the action of opening the top of the water bottle to indicate that the water bottle spout is available or not available to use. The lid semi-circular coverings are mechanically connected to a portion of the top of the water bottle such that when the top of the water bottle is moved to a position to expose the drinking spout, the eye lid coverings move to a position that uncovers the eye features. When the tope of the water bottle is moved to a position to hide the drinking spout, the eye lid coverings move to a position the covers the eye features. The positioning of the eye lids may give a user the impression that the water bottle is awake when the eye lids have been moved to a position uncovering the eye features, and provide the impression that the water bottle is asleep when the eye lids have been moved to a position covering the eye features.

Turning now to, this figures presents a perspective view of the no-spill water bottle in a closed, no-spill configuration consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The water bottle has a bodyattached to a bottle lid. The bottle lidhas a circular-shaped handlehaving a spinning ringformed within the inner perimeter of the circular-shaped handle. The spoutis recessed into the top of the bottle lidwhen the water bottle is not in use or the circular-shaped handleis in the closed position. The exterior of the bodyhas two semi-circular elementsthat are positioned such that they may be fancifully thought of as “eyes” where the semi-circular eyes (not shown) provide an indication of when the water bottle is in use. When the spoutis pulled into an upright position when a user pulls the circular-shaped handleis pulled up and away from the bodyby a user, the semi-circular lidspresent an open indication, and when the spoutis restored to the recessed position in the lid, the semi-circular eyespresent a closed indication.

Turning to, this figure presents a side view of the no-spill water bottle in an open, drink ready configuration consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. In this view, the lidof the water bottle has been placed in the open position through the action of pulling the circular-shaped handleup and away from the water bottle. The spout, which presents the user with an ability to access the liquid retained in the body of the water bottleis pulled up from its recessed position in the lidand presented in a user accessible manner to permit a user to drink from the water bottle.

Turning to, this figure presents a back view of the no-spill water bottle in an open, drink ready configuration consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The back portion of the lidof the water bottle has been placed in the open position through the action of pulling the circular-shaped handleup and away from the water bottle.

Turning to, this figure presents cutaway side view of the no-spill water bottle apparatus closure mechanism in accordance with the principles of the present disclosure. The lid portionis connected to the body portionof the no-spill water bottle through a screw-on interface. The circular-shaped handleis pulled toward the back portion of the water bottle bodyto pull the spoutup and out of a recessed portionof the lid portion.

Turning to, this figure presents an internal view of the circular handle with the interior spin element shown consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The circular shaped handlehas an internal spinning portionthat permits a user to spin the spinning portionas a method of relieving anxiety or as a game.

Turning to, this figure presents a side cutaway view of the no spill water bottle in a closed position consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The lid portionof the no-spill water bottle has two operational semi-circular elementsthat may be placed in a closed position or an open position through action of the operation of the circular-shaped handle. A movement linkageis placed within the lid portionand is connected at a distal end to the bottom portion of the circular-shaped handleand connected at the proximal end to the semi-circular elements. When the circular-shaped handleis moved to the closed position the movement linkagemoves to a compressed position that closes the semi-circular elementssuch that the semi-circular elementsare covered and indicates that the no spill water bottle is closed, the spout is retained in a recessed portion of the lid, and that there is no access to the liquid retained within the body of the water bottle.

Turning to, this figure presents a front view of the no spill water bottle in a closed position with the eye indicators closed consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The semi-circular elementsare in a down position that indicates that the water bottle is in a non-spill state and the spout (not shown) is in a recessed position and the liquid within the no-spill water bottle is not accessible.

Turning now to, this figure presents a side cutaway view of the no spill water bottle in an open, ready-to-use position consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The lid portionof the no-spill water bottle has two operational semi-circular elementsthat may be placed in a closed position or an open position through action of the operation of the circular-shaped handle. A movement linkageis placed within the lid portionand is connected at a distal end to the bottom portion of the circular-shaped handleand connected at the proximal end to the semi-circular elements. When the circular-shaped handleis moved to the open position the movement linkagemoves to a compressed position that moves the semi-circular elementsupward into an open position such that the eye elementsare uncovered and indicates that the no spill water bottle is open, the spout is moved up out of a recessed portion of the lid, and that the liquid retained within the body of the water bottle is freely accessible.

Turning now to, this figure presents a front view of the no spill water bottle in an open, ready-to-use position with the eye indicators open consistent with the principles of the present disclosure. The semi-circular elementsare in an up position with the eye elementsfully visible that indicates that the water bottle is in an open state and the spoutis in an extended position and the liquid within the no-spill water bottle is freely accessible.

While certain illustrative embodiments have been described, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, permutations and variations will become apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing description.