Patent Application
20080100469
The present invention relates to a bottle for alcoholic or non alcoholic beverages.
The term “bottle” in this application is used to identify generally a container which can accommodate an alcoholic beverage or a non alcoholic beverage. Bottles of the above mentioned general type are well known in the art and used everywhere. It is believed that the existing bottles can be further improved.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a bottle for alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages which constitutes a further improvement of the existing bottles.
In keeping with these objects and with others which will become apparent hereinafter, one feature of the present invention resides, briefly stated, in a bottle for alcoholic or non alcoholic beverages, comprising a hollow body part defining an inner space for filling an alcoholic or non alcoholic beverage; and at least one device selected from the group consisting of an electrical device and an electronic device and integrated in said hollow body part without interfering with the content of the bottle.
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, the electrical or electronic device can be a power source, it can be a device operating on electrical or electronic principle, or it can include both a power source and a device operating on electrical or electronic principle.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the electrical or electronic device can be located in one of the walls of the hollow body of the bottle, for example in a peripheral wall or in a bottom wall.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, the hollow body can be provided with a recess or a receptacle, and the electrical or electronic device can be arranged in the recess. The recess can be formed in one of the walls of the hollow body, for example in the peripheral wall or in the bottom wall.
On the other hand, the electrical device can be located in an area surrounding a portion of the hollow body, for example surrounding a neck of the bottle, etc.
The electrical device can be operative for producing visual messages, audio messages, light, and combinations thereof.
The novel features of which are considered as characteristic for the present invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
A bottle in accordance with the present invention has a hollow body which is identified with reference numeral 1 and defines an inner space for accommodating an alcoholic beverage or a non alcoholic beverage. In accordance with the present invention a device selected from the group consisting of an electrical device and an electronic device identified with reference numeral 2 is integrated with the bottle of the invention.
The electrical device or electronic device in the bottle in accordance with the present invention can provide visual messages which can be prerecorded messages or life messages. For example, the device can be a TV display, a PDA display, a PC display, a clock, a decorative display, a running line display, an advertising display, etc. Once activated it produces corresponding visual messages.
The device in accordance with the present invention can be formed so that it produces prerecorded or live audio messages. The device for generating audio messages can be a device for broadcasting radio messages, satellite radio messages, I-pod messages, etc.
The device in accordance with the present invention can be also configured as a device which produces prerecorded or live decorative messages, for example running light, blinking lights, shimmering lights, interference and optical diffraction light effects, light effects based on interaction of light with photonic materials and structures on micro and nano scale, etc.
It is to be understood that it is within the spirit of the invention to provide such a device which combines the visual messages, the audio messages, the light messages, etc., and even other messages not specifically mentioned.
The electrical or electronic device in accordance with the present invention can be provided with wireless connections. The light messages can be produced for example by providing luminescent paints on the bottle with a light emitting device which excites the luminescent paint and makes it glow.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention the electrical or electronic device can be formed as a power source 2′ as shown in
In accordance with the present invention the electrical or electronic device can be formed as a power source 2′ configured for supplying power to an exterior device for any purpose, which is not associated with the bottle, for example to charge a cell phone located outside of the bottle, to power a light source located outside of the bottle, etc.
In accordance with still another embodiment of the present invention, the device can include an electrical or an electronic device 2″ and also a power source 2′″ provided for supplying power to it for example a TV display powered by solar cells, etc, both integrated in the bottle as shown in
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention shown in
In accordance with a further embodiment shown in
In accordance with a still further embodiment shown in
In a still further embodiment of the present invention shown in
In accordance with a still further feature of the present invention, the electrical or electronic device 2 is located outside the body of the bottle, such as for example in the area 8 around the neck of the bottle 1 as shown in
Means for covering the electrical or electronic device of the present invention are further provided. They are used so as not to disrupt an outside appearance of the bottle. The means for covering can be formed as a plastic cover 9. The plastic cover can be formed for example as a sleeve which is fittable over the body of the bottle in such a way as to cover the electrical or electronic device integrated in the bottle. The covering means can be also formed as a plastic enclosure which is connected with the body of the bottle, for example by adhesive and the like.
Generally, the electronic or electrical device 2 is integrated in the bottle so that it does not interfere with the content of the bottle and substantially does not extend outwardly beyond its shape.
When the bottle is designed in accordance with the present invention, then in addition to its primary function to accommodate an alcoholic beverage or a non alcoholic beverage, it obtains completely new functionality, namely by acting as a system including a container for a beverage and an electronic or electrical device which provides corresponding additional functions, in addition to dispensing of an alcoholic beverage or a non alcoholic beverage.
The electrical or electronic device integrated in the bottle in accordance with the present invention can operate in the bottle, it can be removed from the bottle and operate separately, it can operate in wireless or in wired fashion, it can cooperate with an exterior device, etc.
The cover which covers the electrical or electronic device in or on the bottle can be formed as a transparent cover or a non-transparent cover. The hollow body can be also composed of a transparent material or a non-transparent material.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the type described above.
While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a bottle for alcoholic or non alcoholic beverages, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, be applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.
