Collapsible travel bottle
AssigneeStojo Products Inc.
InventorsJurrien Swarts, Richard Smiedt
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Abstract
A collapsible travel bottle comprising a flexible main body comprising an inner space for receiving a liquid therein, the main body including an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, an opening in the upper portion in communication with the inner space to allow receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body, a rigid collar coupled to the upper portion proximate the opening, a rigid cap coupled to the rigid collar to restrict receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body through the opening, the middle portion configured to enable both the top portion and the middle portion to collapse fully into the bottom portion.
Claims18
A collapsible travel bottle comprising:
- a flexible main body comprising an inner space for receiving a liquid therein, the flexible main body including an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion;
- an opening in the upper portion in communication with the inner space to allow receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body;
- a flat bottom portion in the lower portion to allow retaining of the liquid within the flexible main body;
- a rigid collar that couples to the upper portion proximate the opening;
- a rigid cap that couples to the rigid collar to restrict receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body through the opening;
- an upper articulating wall connecting the middle portion to the upper portion;
- a lower articulating wall connecting the middle portion to the lower portion;
- the middle portion configured to enable both the upper portion and the middle portion to collapse fully into the lower portion;
- the lower portion configured to have an outer diameter that increases to a maximum outer diameter as the lower portion extends from the lower articulation wall down towards the flat bottom portion of the lower portion and that then decreases as the lower portion continues to extend down to the flat bottom portion of the lower portion;
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- a reinforcing element circumferentially embedded within the lower portion as to extend from the lower articulation wall down to the flat bottom portion of the lower portion.
A method of manufacturing a collapsible travel bottle including the steps of:
- providing a flexible main body comprising an inner space for receiving a liquid therein, the flexible main body including an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion;
- providing an opening in the upper portion in communication with the inner space to allow receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body;
- providing a flat bottom portion in the lower portion to allow retaining of the liquid within the flexible main body;
- providing a rigid collar that couples to the upper portion proximate the opening;
- providing a rigid cap that couples to the rigid collar to restrict receiving and discharging of the liquid within the flexible main body through the opening;
- providing an upper articulating wall connecting the middle portion to the upper portion;
- providing a lower articulating wall connecting the middle portion to the lower portion;
- providing that the middle portion is configured to enable both the upper portion and the middle portion to collapse fully into the lower portion;
- providing that the lower portion has an outer diameter that increases to a maximum outer diameter as the lower portion extends from the lower articulating wall down towards the flat bottom portion of the lower portion and that then decreases as the lower portion continues to extend down to the flat bottom portion of the lower portion;
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- providing a reinforcing element embedded circumferentially within the lower portion as to extend from the lower articulating wall down to the flat bottom portion of the lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.