Abstract: An apparatus for removing ice, frost or bugs from a glass surface includes a bottle having an outer surface and an end. The apparatus also includes a base attached to the end of the bottle and a washer interposed between the bottle and the base. The apparatus further includes a guard extending from the washer so as to define a space interposed between the bottle and the guard. In addition, the apparatus includes a plurality of gripping members extending outwardly from the outer surface of the bottle. The gripping members increase the ergonomic efficiency of the apparatus. The base of the apparatus has flutes extending therefrom for the removal of ice or frost from a glass surface. Alternatively, the base can have a fabric attached thereto for the removal of bugs from a glass surface.

Abstract: The present invention is a container insert for volume reduction and tablet stability. It includes a flexible cup member and a rigid stem member. The flexible cup member is comprised of a plurality of correlate petal-like appendages and a hollow stem member. When the container insert is inserted into the mouth of a container, the flexible cup member appendages are flexed inwardly thereby permitting the insert to be fully inserted. When the insert is in place, it may either reside in the base of a container or, alternatively, in the neck of the same. When flexed, the petal-like appendages conform to the shape and dimension of the inside of the container. To accomplish such conformation, the appendages are capable of successive offset overlapping so as to form a bowl-like shape once inserted, much like the petals of a tulip. Preferably, the cup member includes a centrally located mound, and the stem member includes a desiccant retaining element and at least one venting cut-out.

Abstract: A cover for a container in which the container has a top, an outer lip, and a tab opener. The cover is a generally planar disc removably placed within a recessed area on the top within the lip. The disc has a screen covering the opening in the top for preventing objects from entering the can while allowing fluid to flow for drinking by a user. The cover further has a slot in which the tab extends partially through the slot such that the slot engages the tab preventing the cover from rotating upon the cover being subjected to external forces. Also, the cover has a notch at the edge of the disc for permitting easy removal of the cover from the container.

Abstract: An adjustable handle of feeding bottle for infants and children comprises two grips each having at least one first collar integrally formed thereon, said grips being slidingly disposed between an attachment, e.g. a cover or a securing ring, and a body of the feeding bottle, wherein said grips each further comprise a second collar formed thereon and a kink sized and spaced to receive a peripheral wall of an opposite second collar. In another embodiment, an adjustable handle of feeding bottle for infants and children comprises a first handle having an inner-collar integrally formed thereon, said collar having a circumferential track defined in an outside wall thereof, and a second handle having an outer-collar integrally formed thereon, said outer-collar slidingly received in said circumferential track of said inner-collar, whereby, said first and second handles are disposed between an attachment and a body of the feeding bottle.

Abstract: An air expelling apparatus includes a cylindrical member that has a shell body with a closed top end, an opened bottom end and a peripheral wall with an interior area. A disk-like stand, is integral with the bottom end of the shell body, with the interior area of the shell having its opening at a bottom portion of the stand. The stand has a top portion integral with the peripheral wall of the shell body, and has a lower peripheral wall. Lastly, the stand is capable of functioning like a handle when the cylindrical member is positioned within the shell body of any disposable baby bottle. The stand allows the cylindrical member to operate in a piston-like manner when positioned through the lower opening of any disposable baby bottle and be in contact with the liner of a disposable baby bottle to expel air.

Abstract: The invention features a feed conduit tube for a bird feeder and also features a bird feeder including at least one of these feed conduit tubes, at least one feed container and a feed tray. The feed container stores or holds the bird feed and has a neck. One end of the feed tube, the first end includes a tapered portion and a projection or detente for securing the first end to the storage container. The other end includes at least one notch that cooperates with surfaces of a through hole opening in the tray to secure the tray to a second end of the feed tube. The feed trays are detachable from the feed tube and come in different size and configurations. The bird feeder is configurable with a single feed container or multiple containers feeding a single tray. Also featured is a bird feeding device where the feed conduit tube is in two sections that are threadably secured to each other. One of these tubes is secured to or formed along with the feed tray to form an integral structure.

Abstract: A liquid container 1 comprises a larger glass bottle 2 and a smaller glass bottle 3 which are separately formed and adhesively bonded together. A base 11 of the smaller bottle 3 is spaced slightly above the base 10 of the larger bottle 2 so that in use, the base 10 of the larger bottle 2 forms a standing surface for the container 1 to prevent rocking.

Abstract: A bottle (10, 110) is made of flexible material which can be folded or rolled up into a deformed configuration of limited dimensions. The bottle comprises, between the pouring neck (14, 114) and side walls (15, 115), elements which engage with a fastening element (17, 117) which can be fitted onto the bottle to keep it in the deformed configuration.

Abstract: An adjustable orientation device for a baby bottle to change the angular relationship between an exit area of the bottle and an exit from an exit orifice coupled with the exit area of the bottle, including a bellows-type structure having an entrance and an exit axially aligned in one condition thereof, the bellows-type structure including at least one bellow member, an interlocking mechanism for locking the bellows-type structure in different angular relationships between the exit orifice and the exit area, the interlocking mechanism being connected to the at least one bellow member and being sufficiently resilient to remain in any one of a plurality of pre-selected positions and being compressible to a minimum length condition and extendable to a maximum length condition by compressing the at least one bellow member and locking it to the interlocking mechanism, and the bellows-type structure being bendable so that the exit and the entrance are no longer axially aligned.

Abstract: The present closure is a measuring cup closure for a bottle which has bristles on the lower peripheral edge of the measuring cup portion. The closure can have a skirt disposed outwardly from the measuring cup portion, with this skirt having threads to attach the closure to the exterior threads on a bottle. In the alternative, the measuring cup portion can have threads to mate with threads on the inner surface of the bottle. There is at least a portion of the lower peripheral edge of the measuring cup that is free of bristles.

Abstract: A jar, preferably for a domestic blender, is provided with an external thread at a lower end for engaging with an internally threaded base member. The threads have a varying radial position along the axial length of the threaded area to assist in the assembly of the two parts and to prevent cross threading. In the disclosed embodiment, the jar has a frusto-conically shaped lower portion on which a constant height thread is formed. The base member has a cylindrical wall with a thread having a varying radial height to complement the position of the jar thread.

Abstract: A plunger with a base, upwardly extending shank, and tip receives an open bottom of a nursing bottle having a liquid filled sack in order to expel air from within the sack. Preferably, a trough is formed in the base about the shank for collecting liquid run over which escapes the sack during pressurization with the tip. Preferably, the base includes a plurality of vertically extending faces which allow the plunger to rest on a horizontal surface without rolling when storing the plunger subsequent to use.

Abstract: A safety cap for a dispenser shaped to prevent choking thereof, particularly in small children. Specifically, the cap includes a lid portion including an attachment portion for securing the cap to the dispenser, and a flange portion extending radially from a lower portion of the lid portion to prevent the cap from becoming a choking hazard when removed from the dispenser. The flange portion is also shaped to complement a corresponding portion of the dispenser. Preferably, the flange portion is shaped to extend from the lid portion of the cap at an obtuse angle therefrom wherein the dispenser includes an upper surface which is also at the same angle. The safety cap of the present invention may also include a rotational assistance member which is attachable to the lid portion of the cap for frictionally engaging the flange portion.

Abstract: A bottle is recycled into a new article of manufacture. A container for articles is thus formed. Two simple cuts are made into a bottle, the neck recycled and the base formed into a holding cavity. A fold-over flap secures the articles in the cavity. Preferably, a loop is provided on the fold-over flap to be used with a button on the base of the bottle. The device provides a secondary use for a soda bottle and is an alternative to merely crushing the same for recycling into other products.

Abstract: A base stand for use with a plastic bottle having a hemispherical bottom includes a thin-wall cylindrical sheath portion and a thin toroidal-shaped base portion having a lowermost rim defining a seating ring. The sheath portion engages the side wall of the bottle and the toroidal-shaped base wall contacts and supports the bottle hemispherical bottom. The base stand is formed by bringing organic plastic material to orientation temperature and drawing the heated plastic material over a conical mandril to form a thin-wall tube. The resulting thin-wall tube is pressed against a forming plate to roll one end of the thin-wall tube in on itself to form a toroid.

Abstract: A dispensing display container of coffee or other spoonable particulate foodstuff comprises an upper, externally threaded cylinder and an internally threaded sleeve that the user discards when empty.

Abstract: A non-spill medicine bottle comprising a bottle having a body coupled to a neck terminating in an opening adapted to allow material to pour therethrough, the bottle having a plurality of plates defining a flow inhibitor disposed therein and coupled thereto, each plate offset from the other plates to define a plurality of channels, the channels adapted to inhibit the flow of material from the body at one position but allow the flow of material from the body at a plurality of positions.