Patent Application
20230363586
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The disclosure relates to water bottle assemblies and more particularly pertains to a new water bottle assembly for provision of cold, substantially sterile water. The present invention discloses a water bottle assembly comprising a double-walled container having an inner wall, which comprises copper, and an outer wall, which comprises stainless steel. An insulator is positioned between the inner and outer walls.
The prior art relates to water bottle assemblies. Prior art water bottle assemblies may comprise beverage containers having copper rims and beverage containers that are double-walled. Related prior art comprises cookware having copper as a core, a plating, or as the sole material. What is lacking in the prior art is a water bottle assembly comprising a double-walled container having an inner wall, which comprises copper, and an outer wall, which comprises stainless steel. An insulator is positioned between the inner and outer walls to limit heat transfer from water in the container to the ambient environment.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shell, which defines an interior space. The shell is formed to define a container, which comprises an inner wall, an outer wall, and an open top. The inner wall comprises copper and the outer wall comprises stainless steel. The container is configured for positioning of water. A user thus is positioned to dispense the water from the open top. The inner wall, by comprising copper, is configured to inhibit growth of microbes and to contribute copper ions to the water positioned in the container. An insulator is positioned in the interior space and is configured to limit heat transfer from the water in the container to the ambient environment, thereby keeping the water cold.
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
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The inner wall 18 comprises copper and the outer wall 20 comprises stainless steel. The container 16 is configured for positioning of water 26 so that a user is positioned to dispense the water 26 from the open top 22. The inner wall 18 is configured to inhibit growth of microbes and to contribute copper ions to the water 26 positioned in the container 16. The inner wall 18 may comprise copper plated stainless steel so that copper is positioned on an inner surface 28 of the inner wall 18 and in contact with the water 26 in the container 16. The antimicrobial effects of copper are well established in the prior art.
An insulator 30 is positioned in the interior space 14 and is configured to limit heat transfer from the water 26 in the container 16 to the ambient environment, thereby keeping the water 26 cold. The insulator 30 comprises a gas, such as air, nitrogen, or a noble gas, or foamed elastomer.
The insulated water bottle assembly 10 also may comprise a lid 32, which is selectively engageable to the shell 12 to reversibly close the open top 22. The lid 32 may comprise a cap 34 having external threads 36 that are complementary to internal threads 38 positioned in the shell 12 adjacent to the open top 22. The cap 34 is selectively threadedly engageable to the shell 12 to reversibly close the open top 22. The lid 32 also may comprise other closing means, such as, but not limited to, internally threaded caps, corks, stoppers, and the like.
In use, water 26 for drinking is positioned in the container 16 and the cap 34 is threadedly engaged to the shell 12 to reversibly close the open top 22. The inner wall 18, by comprising copper, inhibits growth of microbes and contributes copper ions to the water 26 positioned in the container 16. Copper ions are believed to have health benefits, such as, but not limited to, production of energy, connective tissues, and neurotransmission. The insulator 30 positioned in the interior space 14 limits heat transfer from the water 26 in the container 16 to the ambient environment, thereby keeping the water 26 cold.
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.
