Convenience flask
AssigneesRosalie S. Levine, Mildred S. Bisacca, GRRN Co.
InventorFrank H. Witt, Jr.
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Abstract
A flask or like device is provided which can be hung around the user's neck in a convenient manner. A bottom portion of the flask encloses a volume for containing liquid and has a neck with a screw-on cap extending upwardly from it. A top portion of the flask covers the neck and cap, and can snap into place with the bottom. A cord is dimensioned, and attached to the flask bottom, so that it can hang around a user's neck while supporting the bottom portion resting on the user's chest area, the cord being attached at the free ends thereof to the flask bottom adjacent the neck, and extending through one or more openings formed in the top.
Claims11
A flask comprising:
- a bottom portion defining and enclosing a volume for containing liquid;
- a neck extending outwardly from said bottom portion and defining an open tubular passageway in liquid communication with the liquid-containing volume of said bottom portion;
- removable cap means for covering said neck to prevent passage of liquid through said tubular passageway;
- a top portion;
- surface means formed on said top and bottom portions for releasably holding said top portion to said bottom portion so that said neck and cap means are covered by said top portion and not visible from the exterior of the flask with said top portion in a position held by said bottom portion, and are visible from the exterior of the flask when said top portion is in a detached position, not held by said bottom portion;
- a cord;
- means for attaching said cord to said bottom portion adjacent said neck so that the areas of attachment of said cord to said bottom portion are not visible from the exterior of the flask when said top portion is in the position held by said bottom portion;
- means defining at least one opening in said top portion providing passage of said cord from said bottom portion through said top portion so that said top portion is movable with respect to said bottom portion and slides with respect to said cord, with said cord maintained in association with said at least one opening receiving said cord;
- and said cord being dimensioned and said cord attaching means being constructed so that said cord can hang around a human being's neck and support said bottom portion resting on the human being's chest area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.