Abstract: A personal hydration system with an improved mouthpiece for use in providing fluid for delivery to a user. The mouthpiece includes a neck that is adapted to be mounted on a supply tube to a hydration system and which is joined to a resilient head. The head includes a dispensing face with a pair of lips that define a normally closed slit, through which fluid is dispensed from the mouthpiece, a perimeter and a minimum dimension between opposed points on the perimeter. The bite region extends from the perimeter to a shoulder, which joins the bite region and the neck. From a closed position, in which the lips extend against each other to close the slit and prevent fluid from being dispensed through the slit, the mouthpiece is deformable to a dispensing position in which the lips are spread at least partially away from each other to allow fluid to be dispensed through the lips.

Abstract: A personal hydration system with an improved mouthpiece for use in providing fluid for delivery to a user. The mouthpiece includes a neck that is adapted to be mounted on a supply tube to a hydration system and which is joined to a resilient head. The head includes a dispensing face with a pair of lips that define a normally closed slit, through which fluid is dispensed from the mouthpiece, a perimeter and a minimum dimension between opposed points on the perimeter. The bite region extends from the perimeter to a lip-receiving shoulder, which extends from the bite region to the neck, and the bite region has a length measured from the perimeter to the lip-receiving shoulder which is less than the minimum dimension.

Abstract: A personal hydration system with an improved mouthpiece for use in providing fluid for delivery to a user. The mouthpiece includes a neck that is adapted to be mounted on a supply tube to a hydration system and which is joined to a resilient head. The head includes a dispensing face with a pair of lips that define a normally closed slit, through which fluid is dispensed from the mouthpiece, a perimeter and a minimum dimension between opposed points on the perimeter. The bite region extends from the perimeter to a shoulder, which joins the bite region and the neck. From a closed position, in which the lips extend against each other to close the slit and prevent fluid from being dispensed through the slit, the mouthpiece is deformable to a dispensing position in which the lips are spread at least partially away from each other to allow fluid to be dispensed through the lips.

Abstract: A foldable stick bag for drumsticks, the stick bag being configured to be removably mounted to a drummer's stool and support a plurality of drumsticks in a readily accessible configuration at the sides of the drummer's stool. The stick bag is fabricated from a fabric-like material and with a seat portion that generally corresponds to the profile of the seat of the drummer's stool. A skirt depends downwardly from the periphery of the seat portion and supports a plurality of open-top pockets into which the drumsticks are inserted. Partial platforms in the pockets allow the drummer to selectively elevate preselected drumsticks above the rest of the drumsticks in the pockets. A cover encloses the exposed portions of the drumsticks and can be folded behind the drumsticks when the stick bag is mounted on the drummer's stool. A handle is secured to the skirt along with a bundling strap. The bundling strap secures the stick bag as a bundle with the handle exposed to accommodate hand carrying of the stick bag.