Bottle apparatus
OwnerJoseph C. Giancaspro, Robert F. Sassmaninventors
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Abstract
A sport bottle includes a container for a liquid and a cover which seals to the container and which includes an aperture through which a straw extends. The straw extends outwardly from the cover to allow the user to drink from the container. A flexible handle element is secured to the cover and is disposed over the straw to allow the user to hold both the container and the straw. The handle element includes a cap for the straw so that the straw may be covered or closed when the sports bottle is not being used for drinking purposes. The cap prevents the liquid from sloshing out of the bottle and also prevents dirt, or the like, from entering through the straw and keeps the end of the straw or the portion of the straw which contacts the users lips, from accumulating dust, dirt, and the like.
Claims7
Sports bottle apparatus, comprising in combination:
- a cup for holding a liquid;
- lid means secured to the cup, including
- a top portion, and
- an aperture extending through the top portion;
- a straw extending into the cup through the aperture in the lid means and terminating in an end remote from the cup;
- and
- handle and cap means for providing a handle for holding the cup and for covering the end of the straw, including
- a first portion secured to the lid means;
- a straw retainer portion secured to the straw between the end of the straw and the lid,
- a handle portion extending between the first portion and the straw retainer portion,
- a cap portion covering the end of the straw;
- and
- a retainer strap portion extending between the straw retainer portion and the cap portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.