Patent Application
20210106179
The present invention relates generally to a beverage bottle system, and more specifically, to a beverage bottle system with a strainer and a whisk enclosed in the bottle.
In the art of water bottle design there are many different types that have been developed. They may be in plastic, glass or stainless steel and include a multitude of different attachments and components. These other bottles may have inefficient mixing capabilities that may damage or breakdown the internal components of the bottle. The bottle may not have a way to hold ice, or other contents from falling out of the mouth hole while consuming the liquid in the bottle. Some water bottles found today may have ability to infuse the liquid with tea, or fruit but the infuser is positioned to high in the bottle which causes inefficient infusing. A variety of approaches have been taken to provide for manual mixing of liquids or solids and liquids in a self-contained vessel. The most basic design utilizes a container with a removable lid that is shaken by and to effectuate the mixing of two more liquids or a dry substance and a liquid, such as depicted in the U.S. Pat. No. D510,235.
A drawback In U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0047231, a mixing structure, such as a wire ball, or conical object with through-holes is placed inside a bottle that is manually shaken to mix a powder with a liquid, such as infant formula with water. Drawbacks of this design include inadequate mixing because the mixing structure moves with the liquid, repeated impact of the mixing structure with the container walls, scratching and otherwise damaging the container and possibly causing material to break off the mixing structure or the container or both, as well as the noise generated by the contact.
An improvement is found in U.S. provisional patent application EFS #: 33981074 and application No. 62/744,259, wherein an enclosed mixing whisk is mounted near the top of the bottle, attached to the strainer. Thus, allowing for contents to be mixed manually with the shaking of the bottle. The enclosed feature of the mixing component allows for other uses such as but not limited to infusing tea, fruit, ice or other contents. The structure is also easy to clean and not mechanically complex. While also demonstrating the benefits of less noise created by no contact with the walls of the mixing structure and thus, avoiding the possibility of breakdown, scratching or other damage internally from contact.
The novel features believed characteristic of the embodiments of the present application are set forth in the appended claims. However, the embodiments themselves, as well as a preferred mode of use, and further objectives and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following detailed description when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. And so therefore, what is clearly needed is a water bottle and apparatus that solves the problems mentioned above; an embodiment that may allow infusing, an enclosed capsule where contents can be closed in and also but not limited to mixing contents with liquid effectively and efficiently.
In accordance with the present disclosure, a container is provided that is designed to be shaken manually to cause the missing of elements within the container. The container is a hand held device for mixing that includes a mouth, a removable lid that may be attached to the housing, an opening at the top and enclosed at the bottom.
In an alternative embodiment, a device for mixing is provided that includes a housing having a closed end and an open end that may attach to a straining component within the structure. An embodiment wherein a hand shaken motion will allow the whisk to mix and combine contents inside the structure.
In accordance with one aspect of the present disclosure, a device for mixing is provided, the housing having a closed end and an open end. A straining component that may attach near the top of the bottle or lid; mounted horizontally. A straining embodiment with the ability to attach, detach and reattach a whisk or mixing element.
In accordance with another aspect of the disclosure, the whisk element is unique constructed of but not limited to a metal, plastic or other material to form a utensil that may be used for whipping, blending or mixing with a light rapid movement.
In accordance with a further aspect of the present disclosure, the whisk has a bulbous shape mounting vertically inside the vessel. The whisk will work in unison with the strainer and as mention can be detached and reattached. The open end will allow contents to be placed inside the whisk and then reattached to the strainer, using methods, but not limited to clipping, sliding, clasping, threading together.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the present disclosure will be more readily appreciated as the same become better understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
The inventor provides a unique system allowing a water bottle to complete three or more uses in one compendium, straining, infusing and mixing at a more robust level. The present invention is described in enabling detail in the following examples, which may represent more than one embodiment of the present invention.
It may be appreciated that in this example the strainer 103 is attached to the bottom of the lid 102. Although in another embodiment the strainer 103 may be detached. It may also be appreciated that strainer 103 will have an ability to have a whisk and strainer enclosed system 104 attached to it. This may happen through threading, sliding, clicking, but not limited to these methods of attachment.
In this example the infuser and whisk enclosed system 104 the top will attached to the strainer 103 connected to the bottom of the lid 102. This will allow the bottle to be shaken manually and as contents inside the bottle are moving around. The whisk structure 104 will be fixed in place to allow more robust mixing of the contents without noise and breakdown of the inside of the bottle.
Elements 105-107 in this example illustrate a plurality of whisk appendages running horizontally in the bottle. These whisk appendages 105-107 work to mix contents, such as a powder and a liquid placed inside the bottle. Appendages 105-107 may also be but no limited to, be running in a spiral or coil motion. As the bottle is shaken the contents in the bottle will move and as the contents move back into the strainer and whisk system 104, the force applied will cause all of the contents to be mixed and fused.
The whisk structure 101 in this example will have a spring element to it and molded from but not limited to a stainless steel, plastic or nylon filament, with some flexibility and pliability but characterized by the ability to bounce back to its original form.
It may also be appreciated in the embodiment of the present invention that items, such as but not limited to, ice, tea, fruit, etc. may be placed inside the infuser and whisk enclosed system 104. Then the system 104 may be attached to the strainer 103 allowing the contents placed inside to be enclosed in the structure 104.
In this example the whisk system 101 with the elements 112-113 whisk appendages running vertically but may be constructed in other forms too, such as but not limited to spirals, coils or horizontal as mentioned previously. This example is also characterized by at least one strainer 109 and where in the improvement comprises whisk system 101 allowing infusing and mixing of contents.
The whisk system 111 is characterized by a larger opening at the top and tapered toward the middle then slightly larger toward the bottom. This is an ideal bulbous shape allowing the improvement room to add contents into opening on the top. Wherein, the bottom of 111 is enclosed holding those contents inside without allowing them to separate or move around in the bottle outside of the whisk 111; while its attached to the strainer 109.
In this example the whisk system 116 has been connected to the strainer 115. This creates the enclosed environment that may house any contents placed into the system 116 prior to being attached. Whether the contents were tea, ice, fruit, or any other matter that one would like to have infused into the liquid without escaping the enclosure, which may be done so.
In addition in this example you are able to visualize when the liquid is consumed from the bottle. The strainer 115 will hold contents in place without letting them escape through the mouth hole 114.
It may also be appreciated in this example whisk system 116 has clearance around the inside of the bottle 120, which is ideal to prevent any destruction to the inside of the bottle.
In addition in this example appendages are fixed upon the side of the strainer 129 to hold the whisk in place when the two pieces are connected.
After being 132 and 136 are attached they may be placed inside the bottle. When the lid is screwed on the system is held in place and the bottle may be manually shaken to mix any contents inside the bottle.
While the system and method of use of the present application is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof have been shown by way of example in the drawings and are herein described in detail. It should be understood, however, that the description herein of specific embodiments is not intended to limit the invention to the particular embodiment disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the present application as defined by the appended claims.
Illustrative embodiments of the system and method of use of the present application are provided below. It will of course be appreciated that in the development of any actual embodiment, numerous implementation-specific decisions will be made to achieve the developer's specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which will vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it will be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking for those of ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of this disclosure.
The system and method of use will be understood, both as to its structure and operation, from the accompanying drawings, taken in conjunction with the accompanying description. Several embodiments of the system are presented herein. It should be understood that various components, parts, and features of the different embodiments may be combined together and/or interchanged with one another, all of which are within the scope of the present application, even though not all variations and particular embodiments are shown in the drawings. It should also be understood that the mixing and matching of features, elements, and/or functions between various embodiments is expressly contemplated herein so that one of ordinary skill in the art would appreciate from this disclosure that the features, elements, and/or functions of one embodiment may be incorporated into another embodiment as appropriate, unless described otherwise.
The preferred embodiment herein described is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. It is chosen and described to explain the principles of the invention and its application and practical use to enable others skilled in the art to follow its teachings.
It will be apparent to one with skill in the art that the strainer, infuser and whisk-enclosed beverage system of the invention may be provided using some or all of the mentioned features and components without departing form the spirit and scope of the present invention. It will also be apparent to the skilled artisan that the embodiments described above are specific examples of a single broader invention which may have greater scope than any of the singular descriptions taught. There may be many alterations made in the descriptions without departing from the spirit and scope of the present inventions.
The present application claims priority to U.S. provisional patent application EFS #: 33981074 and application No. 62/744,259. The entire disclosure is included herein in its entirety at least by reference.
