Patent Application
20180327154
This invention relates generally to the field of portable illuminating devices and more specifically to a bottle light.
This section provides background information related to the present disclosure which is not necessarily prior art.
Bicycle riders often become thirsty while riding. To help alleviate thirst, many bicycle manufacturers include a bottle holding frame and a bottle that is designed to be retained by the frame. These frames and bottles have become standardized over the years. Another common need is to have access to a lantern when walking or otherwise engaging in activity during darkened conditions. To this end, many manufacturers currently make and sell battery powered lanterns that can be easily carried by a user.
Additionally, the advent of multi colored LED lights allows manufacturers to be able to make and sell light emitting devices that can be set to produce a sequence of colored light, or a single colored light.
However, no one to date has combined all these features into a single device that forms a threaded cap that can be screwed onto a standard bottle, and that allows the resulting device to be either a lantern sending light rays out in a horizontal orientation, or to act as an illuminated bottle, which when attached to a bicycle can provide a notice to others of the on-coming bike. A multi colored lighting effect built into the device can create an even more visual effect when viewed by on-lookers.
This section provides a general summary of the disclosure, and is not a comprehensive disclosure of its full scope or all of its features.
The primary object of the invention is to provide an illuminating source that is stored within the cap of a standard bicycle bottle.
Another object of the invention is to provide a bottle light that can be used as a lantern.
Another object of the invention is to provide a bottle light that can illuminate the contents of the bottle.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descriptions, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein, by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.
In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a bottle light comprising a primary housing cap and a secondary housing cap, wherein said primary housing cap further comprises a horizontally disposed aperture that accepts a lens cover, wherein said primary housing cap further comprises a reflector member having apertures housed behind said lens cover a horizontally disposed aperture comprising a lens cover, a reflector member, and at least an LED light illuminating in a horizontal direction. In yet other embodiments, there is further disclosed a downwardly disposed translucent hollow portion that allows a downwardly facing LED light to illuminate the contents of a water bottle. In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed an aperture in the primary housing cap and an aperture in the secondary housing cap for allowing a drinking tube to protrude through the primary housing cap and the secondary housing cap. In yet other embodiments, there is a handle fashioned on the bottle light that may preferably be rotatably pinned to a side of the primary housing cap. In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed a microprocessor, a PCB board, and an on-off switch for controlling at least an LED light. In yet other embodiments of the invention, the secondary housing cap is circular in top plan view and has internal threads that match the threads of a commercially available water bottle.
In accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a bottle light comprising a primary housing cap and a secondary housing cap, wherein the secondary housing cap further comprises a downwardly disposed hollow portion that accepts at least a battery, wherein the secondary housing cap further comprises a downwardly disposed translucent hollow portion that allows a downwardly facing LED light to illuminate the contents of a water bottle. In yet other embodiments, there is further disclosed a horizontally disposed aperture that accepts a lens cover, wherein said primary housing cap further comprises a reflector member having apertures housed behind said lens cover a horizontally disposed aperture comprising a lens cover, a reflector member, and at least an LED light illuminating in a horizontal direction. In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed an aperture in the primary housing cap and an aperture in the secondary housing cap for allowing a drinking tube to protrude through the primary housing cap and the secondary housing cap. In yet other embodiments, there is a handle fashioned on the bottle light that may preferably be rotatably pinned to a side of the primary housing cap.
In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed a microprocessor, a PCB board, and an on-off switch for controlling at least an LED light. In yet other embodiments of the invention, the secondary housing cap is circular in top plan view and has internal threads that match the threads of a commercially available water bottle.
In accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a bottle light comprising a primary housing cap, a secondary housing cap, and an adaptor ring, wherein one of the primary housing cap and the secondary housing cap comprise at least an LED light, and wherein the adaptor ring is threaded to accommodate the body of a commercially available water bottle. In yet other embodiments, there is further disclosed a horizontally disposed aperture that accepts a lens cover, wherein said primary housing cap further comprises a reflector member having apertures housed behind said lens cover a horizontally disposed aperture comprising a lens cover, a reflector member, and at least an LED light illuminating in a horizontal direction. In yet other embodiments, there is further disclosed a downwardly disposed translucent hollow portion that allows a downwardly facing LED light to illuminate the contents of a water bottle. In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed an aperture in the primary housing cap and an aperture in the secondary housing cap for allowing a drinking tube to protrude through the primary housing cap and the secondary housing cap. In yet other embodiments, there is a handle fashioned on the bottle light that may preferably be rotatably pinned to a side of the primary housing cap. In yet other embodiments of the invention, there is disclosed a microprocessor, a PCB board, and an on-off switch for controlling at least an LED light. In yet other embodiments of the invention, the secondary housing cap is circular in top plan view and has internal threads that match the threads of a commercially available water bottle.
Further areas of applicability will become apparent from the description provided herein. The description and specific examples in this summary are intended for purposes of illustration only and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
The drawings described herein are for illustrative purposes only of selected embodiments and not all possible implementations, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
Corresponding reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.
Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The following description is merely illustrative in nature and is in no way intended to limit the disclosure, its application, or uses. As used herein, the phrase at least one of A, B, and C should be construed to mean a logical (A or B or C), using a non-exclusive logical “or.” It should be understood that steps within a method may be executed in different order without altering the principles of the present disclosure. Disclosure of ranges includes disclosure of all ranges and subdivided ranges within the entire range.
The headings (such as “Background” and “Summary”) and sub-headings used herein are intended only for general organization of topics within the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the disclosure of the technology or any aspect thereof. The recitation of multiple embodiments having stated features is not intended to exclude other embodiments having additional features, or other embodiments incorporating different combinations of the stated features.
As used herein, the word “include,” and its variants, is intended to be non-limiting, such that recitation of items in a list is not to the exclusion of other like items that may also be useful in the materials, compositions, devices, and methods of this technology. Similarly, the terms “can” and “may” and their variants are intended to be non-limiting, such that recitation that an embodiment can or may comprise certain elements or features does not exclude other embodiments of the present technology that do not contain those elements or features.
When an element or layer is referred to as being “on,” “engaged to,” “connected to,” or “coupled to” another element or layer, it may be directly on, engaged, connected or coupled to the other element or layer, or intervening elements or layers may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on,” “directly engaged to,” “directly connected to,” or “directly coupled to” another element or layer, there may be no intervening elements or layers present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.). As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms may be only used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another region, layer or section. Terms such as “first,” “second,” and other numerical terms when used herein do not imply a sequence or order unless clearly indicated by the context. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section discussed below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section without departing from the teachings of the example embodiments.
Spatially relative terms, such as “inner,” “outer,” “beneath,” “below,” “lower,” “above,” “upper,” “on,” and their variants, may be used herein for ease of description to describe one element or feature's relationship to another element(s) or feature(s). Spatially relative terms may encompass different orientations of the device in use or operation. As used herein, when a coating, layer, or material is “applied onto,” “applied over,” “formed on,” “deposited on,” etc. another substrate or item, the added coating, layer, or material may be applied, formed, deposited on an entirety of the substrate or item, or on at least a portion of the substrate or item.
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Additional items can be stored within the space formed by the hollow space between the upper surface of secondary cap 4 and the under surface of primary cap 2. For example, an MP3 player, or a GPS locator
While the invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the particular form set forth, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
