Patent Application
20220395122
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The disclosure relates to bottle sleeve devices and more particularly pertains to a new bottle sleeve device for applying a disposable sleeve to a condiment bottle. The present device includes a body holding a plurality of sleeves. The condiment bottle may be pushed through one end of the body, catching one of the sleeves, and pulled out through the other end.
The prior art relates to bottle sleeve devices. Most existing devices are applied directly to the bottle. These devices lack a holder body with a plurality of sleeves and are rather applied individually. Known devices with many layers of sleeves are applied all at once and an outer sleeve is peeled off between uses.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a dispenser body having a body sidewall, a body top rim, and a body bottom rim. The body sidewall has a sidewall inner face and a sidewall outer face. A plurality of bottle sleeves is coupled to the dispenser body. The plurality of bottle sleeves is coupled adjacent the sidewall inner face. Each bottle sleeve has a sleeve bottom aperture and a sleeve top aperture. An innermost bottle sleeve of the plurality of bottle sleeves is configured to receive a condiment bottle through the sleeve bottom aperture. A nozzle of the condiment bottle is engageable through the sleeve top aperture. The condiment bottle passes through the body bottom rim and out the body top rim to exit the dispenser body with the innermost bottle sleeve covering a bottle body of the condiment bottle with the nozzle remaining exposed through the sleeve top aperture.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A clamp 24 may be coupled to the dispenser body 12. The clamp 24 is coupled to the body sidewall 14 and is selectively engageable with a table or countertop 26. The clamp 24 may include a pair of clips 28. Each clip 28 has a ring 30 adjustably coupled to the body sidewall 14 and a foot 32 extending perpendicularly from the ring 30. The ring 30 may be press fit on to the sidewall outer face 22 with sufficient friction to prevent movement unless forced in order to securely fasten the dispenser body 24 to the table or countertop 26. The foot 32 of each clip is positioned to squeeze the table or countertop 26 between an inner foot face 34 of each foot 32.
A plurality of bottle sleeves 36 is coupled to the dispenser body 12. The plurality of bottle sleeves 36 is coupled adjacent the sidewall inner face 20 and arranged in concentric layers as seen in
An innermost bottle sleeve 46 of the plurality of bottle sleeves is configured to receive a condiment bottle 48 through the sleeve bottom aperture 38. A nozzle 50 of the condiment bottle is engageable through the sleeve top aperture 40. The raised portion 44 and its shape are designed to more easily guide the nozzle 50 to the sleeve top aperture 40. The condiment bottle 48 passes through the body bottom rim 18 and out the body top rim 16 and exits the dispenser body 12 with the innermost bottle sleeve 46 covering a bottle body 52 of the condiment bottle with the nozzle 50 remaining exposed through the sleeve top aperture 40.
A retaining clip 54 is coupled to the dispenser body 12. The retaining clip 54 is coupled to the body sidewall 14 to secure the plurality of bottle sleeves 36 within the dispenser body 12. The retaining clip 54 may have a fixed half 56 coupled to the sidewall inner face 20 adjacent the body bottom rim 18 and a hinged half 58 coupled to the fixed half 56. The hinged half 58 moves between a stored position against the fixed half 56 and an engaged position against a sleeve edge 60 of the plurality of bottle sleeves as shown in
In use, the condiment bottle sleeve dispenser apparatus 10 allows for a method of use 70 comprising a step 72 comprising having the condiment bottle 48. A step 74 comprises having the condiment bottle sleeve dispenser apparatus 10. A step 76 comprises inserting the condiment bottle 48 through the body bottom rim 18 and the sleeve bottom aperture 38 of the innermost bottle sleeve. A step 78 comprises pushing the condiment bottle 48 up through the dispenser body 12 until the nozzle 50 of the condiment bottle extends through the sleeve top aperture 40. A step 80 comprises pulling the condiment bottle 48 up out of the dispenser body 12 until the innermost bottle sleeve 46 separates from the plurality of bottle sleeves 36.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded.
A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
