Utility fluid bottle cover
A removable utility fluid bottle cover is provided for covering a refillable fluid reservoir bottle that has a dual function, releasable element subassembly with an inwardly facing surface fastened to the bottle cover and an opposing outwardly facing surface being adapted for receiving at least one exterior detachable accessory fixture subassembly for improving a fluid reservoir bottle aesthetics, for adding additional shelf storage space, and for bottle transfer portability. The removable utility fluid bottle cover is designed to flexibly cover a standard five-gallon, refillable fluid reservoir bottle while the bottle is in use as a personal potable water supply or as a flammable gas utility supply that is supplemental to the common municipality-provided utility sink tap water source or building flammable gas source. The removable utility fluid bottle cover enhances the plain standard plastic bottle aesthetics by facially enclosing the exterior unremarkable plastic surface of the fluid reservoir bottle, affords visual fluid level observation, and provides supplemental handy storage space.
This invention pertains to the field of utility covers for reservoir bottles, and more particularly to removable utility covers for domestic residential and office fluid-containing reservoir bottles.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe general public has increased bottled water consumption because of its concern for a healthy life style requiring an increased consumption of good, clean water to purge the body of waste products, oxidants, and contaminants. A readily available commercial supply of good tasting bottled water is available in various size bottles, including five (5) gallon bottles and three (3) gallon bottles. Elevated bottled water dispensing stands are provided to the public for setting the large, bulky 5-gallon and the 3-gallon bottles at a reasonable elevation for ease and accommodation in dispensing relatively small amounts of water into drinking glasses or other small portable receptacles for drinking purposes.
Many people are hesitant to drink the common sink tap water because they believe there are health-endangering contaminants in the water. The quality of the municipal water supply serving the general public has become a current major health issue. Often the consumer complains and is concerned about the smell of chlorine, bad taste, and various water impurities when the common tap water is boiled for coffee, tea, or other water supplemented drinks.
Public questioning about their common tap water supply includes the original source of the water, possible contaminants, chlorination, bacteria, plumbing connections, and lead contamination from lead joints and chrome sink fixtures, to name just a few of the many public concerns and issues, and further, includes possible deleterious public water utility additives and possible cancer causing agents.
Thus, the general public has increasingly turned to the purchase of high quality, purified bottled water to supplement, and in some cases, fully replace the local public utility district drinking water, instead of drinking the tap water and serving sink tap water to their children and to themselves. This purchased, supplemental drinking water is usually bought in one of several modes, such as pre-bottled water delivered in containers having been refilled from one of many commercially available, bottled water distribution sources. The owner of a personal reservoir water bottle can refill his/her personal reservoir bottle as many times as desired.
This fact is visually evident by the development of water-dedicated stores, the presence of water dispensing machines located in supermarkets, and the substantial space dedicated by many food markets to the profitable sale of the numerous commercial brands of premium bottled water as seen on food market store shelves and the booming business generated by the home and business delivery of pre-bottled water. Presently, pre-filled and refillable water dispensers are commonly found in both the public and the private sectors, i.e. in businesses, offices, private homes, private and public cafeterias.
Increasingly, as the public has turned to the purchase of pre-filled and refillable 5-gallon and 3-gallon water containers for its drinking water supply, the public has determined that the 5-gallon and the 3-gallon water bottle sizes are the physical volumes that satisfy most family's personal convenience requirements and provide a sufficient supply volume of water to last for an acceptable, new bottle replacement or refill time span period, at the end of which time, the bottle is either refilled or replaced with another full bottle. The 5-gallon water bottle size is commonly used in industry, business, and private office areas. The 5-gallon or 3-gallon container is usually placed in a kitchen or business area for handy, convenient access usage, but where and when conveniently located, the water container may appear unsightly, and also may be subject to the hazards of light degeneration, bacterial growth, accidental turnover, and potential accidental spillage or the knock-over probability caused by the larger 5-gallon water bottle's weight and elevated height.
The public has, furthermore, become aware and concerned about possible public emergencies, such as nuclear bombs, terrorist activities, and national calamities, and thus there is a public desire to have an emergency portable water supply convenient for such emergencies and readily available, on hand, in the kitchen or business for immediate emergency supplemental use.
The inventor has determined that the placing of his specialized replaceable, slip-over utility bottle cover for the handy reservoir water bottle is aesthetically pleasing, decorative, and identifies the bottle for immediate visibility recognition, thus protecting the water in the water reservoir bottle from accidental spillage and tipping over, and also reduces quality degradation from light-induced bacterial growth.
Furthermore, at any given time, it is desirous to be able to determine visibly the specific volume level in the reservoir water for replacement purposes. Therefore, the inventor's utility fluid reservoir bottle cover is made with a volume visibility level slit opening, fluid level indicator in the sidewall section of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly to allow visual gauging of the presently available, liquid level in the refillable fluid reservoir bottle. The visibility slit opening may be opened to provide visibility of the fluid content level in the fluid reservoir bottle, but the slit opening can be stretched shut when not in use by having the vertical side edges constructed of an elastic or closable nature. Some refillable 3 and 5-gallon water bottles have a handle for ease when transporting the water reservoir bottle. The sight cover water level slit opening is of sufficient length to also allow the bottle handle to be accessed and hand grasped, and the bottle carried without the need to remove the bottle cover for transporting or refilling.
While the need for a removable, utility cover for water reservoir bottles has been recognized for many years, removable covers which have been available for that purpose have not been entirely satisfactory. Typically, available covers are constructed simply as a bottle jacket slipover. This, however, leaves portions of the bottle unsightly exposed and doesn't provide an aesthetical complete enclosure to more completely envelop the bottle, and also to supplementally provide handy accesible storage shelving accessory fixture space affixed directly on the bottle.
Conventionally fluid reservoir bottles are unable to receive, contain, and conveniently provide additional storage for utility items commonly and frequently used in the kitchen or business. A tray accessory fixture when removably attached to the top of the utility bottle cover, increases a room's usable, flat, table surface area for accommodating small utility items commonly used on a daily basis, and in the need of a hand home resting location.
To facilitate operational use, the cover is generally of a box-like enclosure construction with an elastic spring-type or flexible expandable top and bottom. Additionally, the utility bottle covers may be pleated for expandability to increase their capacity or storage, and to hide the fluid level visibility slit that provides for periodic viewing of the fluid content level of the fluid reservoir bottle.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to a removable utility bottle cover assembly for externally covering a refillable fluid reservoir bottle with the bottle cover assembly being provided with a dual action, releasable element subassembly having one side fastened on the bottle cover surface for attaching a detachable accessory fixture subassembly. Specifically, the invention provides a flexible utility fluid bottle cover with an aesthetically pleasing covering that has additional practical features for utility use in the office and home, and that enables easy reservoir bottle access for dispensing fluid from the fluid reservoir bottle without first removing the reservoir bottle from the utility fluid bottle cover assembly. At the same time, when the utility fluid bottle cover is in place over the fluid bottle, the bottle is readily transportable and may at times be leg-supported in an elevated position by supplemental legged handles attached to the fluid reservoir bottle and connected to the bottle cover for enabling the dispensing of fluid directly by gravity from the fluid reservoir bottle discharge outlet end.
When the utility bottle cover is assembled over the fluid reservoir bottle, a detachable carrying handle, in combination with a utility tray member, provides supplemental additional features for the bottle cover that are in addition to the standard feature commonly associated with a water bottle of simply dispensing fluid from a convenient fluid reservoir bottle that operates only as a supplemental pure water source or a flammable gas source.
The utility fluid bottle cover enclosure may be constructed cylindrically, spherically, rectangularly, or in a football shape to thus provide a flexible-sided, bag-like external bottle cover having a walled internal cavity for substantially full enclosure of the fluid reservoir bottle, and that is sized to internally receive and cover a utility fluid reservoir bottle filled with potable water or, in the alternative, be adapted as a bottle covering for a portable propane bottle gas reservoir. The circumferentially enclosing bottle cover extends substantially around at least one end of the water reservoir or propane reservoir bottle, and the utility fluid bottle cover can be easily opened or removed for fluid reservoir bottle access, thus enabling a new refilled fluid reservoir bottle to be periodically inserted or removed for refilling and maintenance purposes. The exterior facing surface of the removable utility fluid bottle cover is usually constructed of a flexible fabric composition that may be stitched at selected seam locations while the interior surface may include a second fabric composition, if desired, with an impervious liner for containment of the fluid reservoir bottle.
Fastened to the exterior surface of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly is a dual surfaced, releasable element subassembly that, when not in use, is ornamental and decorative, but when in use has an outward facing surface that releasably attaches to a supplemental accessory fixture subassembly for secondary attachment use with the utility fluid bottle cover assembly.
A handle subassembly may include supplemental plastic handles that extend from an area below the cover top section and that are secured about the exterior of the bottle cover to extend across and under the bottom end so as to enable the utility fluid bottle cover, with the reservoir bottle in place, to be hand-carried with convenience.
The fluid reservoir bottle cover can be designed with a fabric material that protects the fluid reservoir water bottle contents from light, discourages staleness, mold and mildew, and provides ease in monitoring the fluid content level, and further, insulates the reservoir fluid contained therein. These construction fabric materials usually include, but are not restricted to cotton, nylon, wool, plastic, and other commonly available commercial materials. External artwork or designs, with surface releasable features, when fastened onto the utility fluid bottle cover assembly external surface may vary and can be applied to any portion of visibly exposed bottle cover surface area.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly features a distinctive slotted slit visibility feature. This slotted slit visibility feature has multiple purposes; one is to enable an observer to view the fluid level in the reservoir bottle, while the other is to permit the user to have manual access to be able to grasp the reservoir bottle's exterior molded handle for the purpose of transporting the reservoir bottle for refilling or maintenance purposes, without having the chore of first removing the reservoir bottle cover.
The bottle cover may be reversible and include different patterns or materials on the reverse side, when turned inside out.
The utility water bottle cover assembly may also include a snug-loop feature at the top end wall section to initially facilitate securing the cover and for later, facilitating future removal of the bottle cover. The bottle cover may be reinforced with an elastic collar at the bottom end wall section and also at the top end wall section of the bottle cover to allow the bottle cover to be tightened snugly around the fluid reservoir bottle, by the user, during installation of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly.
One model of the bottle cover is specifically intended for use on the present popular and common five-gallon standard capacity bottles and may be fabricated of varying shapes, designs and dimensions; including, but not restricted to five (5) gallon and three (3) gallon size bottles. Patterns, dimensions, and designs are not restricted, and may match existing and future bottle crock or bottle reservoir stand shapes, patterns, dimensions and designs.
Some removable bottle covers are produced in the shape of spheres, while others are fabricated in the shape of a football or other sport balls. Each spherical or and football-shaped removable utility fluid bottle cover assembly bears, respectively and separately, the resemblance and traditional markings of a variety of balls used in the playground and in professional sports.
The removable utility fluid bottle cover assembly is designed with the dual purpose to accommodate decorative shaped strips of velcro for covering various external surface portions of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly, and are shaped to match and correspond with the respective decorative velcro strips fastened on the bottle cover sidewalls to provide for subsequent mating attachment with and to the bottom base surface of convenience utility trays.
A circular flat tray fixture accessory, proportionate to the top wall surface area of the fluid reservoir bottle is provided with mating velcro strips fastened on the fixture accessory bottom surface, corresponding respectively to match the velcro strips on the utility fluid bottle cover assembly top wall section. The match fastening velcro strips, when mated together, provide a detachable feature for the adhering and the securing of the convenience tray fixture accessory to the utility bottle cover for various user utility purposes. These supplemental fixture tray accessories are designed for the convenience of holding or the storing of convenient, handy home and business variety items that are needed frequently, and that are in continual daily use by the home resident or business manager.
A sidewall slit visibility opening, that can be quickly and conveniently hidden from view, is constructed in the bottle cover sidewall of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly for enabling easy, periodic visual checking of the fluid level of the reservoir content, and also for handy bottle handle access and support when the bottle is placed in a tilt dispensing position.
An object of the invention is to provide an aesthetically pleasing and practical utility fluid bottle cover assembly that decorates the home or office and is visually pleasing to the observer.
Another object of the invention is to provide a partially or completely hidden visibility means to view the fluid level in the fluid reservoir bottle.
Another object of the invention is to provide a utility fluid bottle cover assembly with a clearly visible utility cover for protecting a household or business reservoir water bottle from damage or knockover from negligence or inadvertence.
An additional object of the invention is to provide the basic common bare fluid reservoir bottle with easy accessible, supplemental storage capability.
The above noted features and advantages of the invention, as well as other superior aspects will be further appreciated by those skilled in the art upon reading the detailed description in conjunction with the drawings.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings, in
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 has an annular enclosing body comprising a: (a) distal base bottom end wall section 80 for affixing thereto at least one releasable element subassembly 110 adapted on an outwardly facing releasable surface 114 with a first releasable means for the connecting thereto a detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120; (b) a flexible sidewall section 60 also having affixed thereto a second releasable element subassembly 110 with an outwardly facing releasable surface 114 adapted to connect to a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120, and (c) a proximal neck top end wall section 40.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 thus provides to the home owner or business entity the added practical and immediately available convenience of additional utility room storage surface area that is decorative, circumferentially enclosing, and also removable, whereby the outwardly plain and bare appearing refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 is fully covered and dressed with a substantially enclosed covering shroud that has the dual features of being visually aesthetically pleasing in outward appearance, while also providing added shelving storage space for various utility items, in the manner shown. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 has end wall sections comprising a cover sidewall section 60, interconnected between the distal base bottom end wall section 80 and the cover proximal neck top end wall section 40, with both the utility cover end and sidewall sections having provision for releasably attaching to these wall sections at least one cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120, that is releasably attached by a releasable element subassembly 110 to an exterior facial surface on the removable, utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
Radially extending vertically and central axially outward, and positioned as a portion of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, is the cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 having a variable adjustable, and closable utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, top opening 42, which may be partially, operationally opened in its central radial area to accommodate a reservoir bottle drain or dispensing tap from which the fluid contents of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 can, on demand, be dispensed, by the user.
Affixed by fastening means to the cover sidewall section 60 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, is the releasable element subassembly 110, formed as an interlocking disengagable pad, which is in the form of selectively chosen, artistic decorative items, such as animals or the like, and that extend partially on or around the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 exterior to provide on their outwardly facing releasable surface 114 the means for securing a desired cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120, that may be used as a utility accessory storage fixture 130 for supplemental storage convenience.
To make the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 provide more utilitarian use, other than merely a standard refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. The releasable element subassembly 110, inwardly facing fastened surface 112, is permanently fastened to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, while the outwardly facing releasable surface 114 has the releasable attaching pad feature.
In the preferred embodiment, the releasable means is a decorative releasable element subassembly 110 provided in the form of a decorative animal shaped strip, fabricated from a velcro-type fabric.
A supplemental detachable handle grip may be provided and attaching to the velcro pad for vertically lifting or elevating the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. At convenient times, it is frequently desirable for a person to be able to lift the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 for reasons of portability, refilling, or for relocation of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 to a second site.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover distal base bottom end wall section 80 and the cover sidewall section 60 are fabricated of a flexible composition of synthetic or natural material which may be molded or stitch-seamed to form the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 form shown in
Standard refillable, fluid reservoir bottles 10 are generally provided with two handle options; namely, with and without a handle molded directly with and to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. When the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 is supplied with lifting handles, slots are usually provided in the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 for a person to reach through and grab the molded handle of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 to thus facilitate lifting and transporting the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10.
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The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover sidewall section 60 may have a sidewall exterior surface 61 constructed with a convenient, content visibility concealable sight (slit) area means 62 for the user to view, monitor, and measure the present bottle fluid content level, and further, also includes two releasable element subassembly 110 formed in a circumferential exterior band around the cover sidewall section 60; namely, an upper accessory releasable element band 64, and a lower accessory releasable element band 66.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 has a cover distal base bottom end wall section 80 comprising a distal base bottom end surface 82, an internal bottom end diameter 84, and self-adjusting securing bottom end means 86 for securely enclosing the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, such as with a spring-like, variable elastic aperture or draw string closure, or may be fabricated with a solid flat surface without an aperture, and with releasable element subassembly 110 having exterior decorative velcro shapes adapted for securing a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120. The tightening of the securing bottom end means 86 closes the content visibility concealable sight slit area 62 used for viewing the reservoir fluid contents, thereby hiding content visibility of the concealable slit area 62 and presently a seemingly uninterrupted surface when not in use.
For variety, utility, aesthetically matching surrounding decor, versatility, or appearance, the cover may be two-sided and reversible. When the decorative design on one face cover side becomes boring, tiresome, stained, or soiled, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may be reversed to the new, reversable, and clean decorative pattern on the opposite side of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 side for viewing by the household or by business office personnel.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may additionally contain external releasable element subassembly 110 adapted to connect with a detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 equipped with small exterior pockets for the placement of notes or other desired items to be conveniently stored in or on the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, thus providing a convenient place for holding supplemental utility articles for future use or reuse, and for the removal and later return of the articles to their adoptive place in or on the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 having a releasable element subassembly 110 is adapted to secure a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 in a form similar to a designer clothing jacket, where the owner can selectively insert or place his or her own personal decals, ornamental items, or business cards in a place chosen by the owner in a location designated in or on the exterior surface of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
When in use, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 provides the user with an enveloping shroud for enclosing the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 for containment within the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, wherein the cover sidewall section 60 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is defined by and located between the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 and the cover distal base bottom end wall section 80. The cover sidewall section 60 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 presents to the user a content visibility concealable sight slit area 62, sidewall exterior surface 61, that is made sealable by causing the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover sidewall section 60, upon assembly, to stretch longitudinally along the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 vertical axis by the user tightening the closure of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 end wall section cover proximal neck top 40 that securely holds the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 in place to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, as the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is stretched over the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 to present to the viewer a smooth, present appearing, unwrinkled exterior surface.
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The above described construction of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 permits easy, simple installation of the claimed utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 over the commonly available, refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, without special mounting equipment or tools. If the removable utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 becomes soiled, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is removed by first releasing the variable closure end and slipping the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 back over and off of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10.
The cover sidewall section 60 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may further be provided with a releasable element subassembly 110 connected to a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 with clip retention means mounted on the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 exterior surface for clipping various clipable articles to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
The removable utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is thus fabricated as a flexible enveloping shroud for externally enclosing a refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 and is constructed with the structural body elements comprising a cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 with an integral cover sidewall section 60 attached to a cover distal base bottom end wall section 80 to, in combination, form the walled central internal cavity 100 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20. The removable utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is thus in condition and adapted to be received internally and coaxially and thus externally cover the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 within the cover proximal neck top end wall section 40, the cover sidewall section 60, and the cover distal base bottom end wall section 80, so that upon assembly over the refillable fluid reservoir bottle 10, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is stretched snuggly to firmly enclose the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10.
Upon assembly, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is spaced outwardly and contains a releasable element 110 with an outwardly facing releasable surface 114 from a refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, the bottle being retained therein within the walled central internal cavity 100 of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 that is hollow and substantially cylindrical. The cover sidewall section 60 is positioned axially between and integral with the cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 and the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 cover distal base bottom end wad section 80. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is thereby operatively disposed around the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 exterior surface, and is adapted to cover and provide the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 with at least one releasable element subassembly 110 for providing an aesthetically pleasing design when not in use, and further adapted to accept at least one external supplemental,.cover accessory detachable fixture subassembly 120. If so desired, an ongoing multitude series of external decorative supplemental objects may interlock and some or all of them may be constructed with the dual functional features of being both decorative and having practical releasable retention means features to convert the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 into a versatile storage repository that can conveniently store frequently used utility items, plants or decorative figurines.
When in use, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 thereby provides for the user at least one supplemental external, releasable element subassembly 110 to releasably attach, hold and support a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120, such as a convenient utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122, or the like. The horizontal accessory fixture member 122, functions as a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 and may have a circumferential, vertical high retaining rim extending upwardly to serve as a concave shaped article receiving shelf.
The owner of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may add to the cover a carrying means structure detachably secured to the external surface of the outer cover member features for facilitating the lifting, elevating, and the carrying of said refillable fluid reservoir bottle 10. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may thus electively be provided with carrying handle means that are connected to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 upper accessory releasable element band 64 has outer end portions extending upwardly along radially opposite portions of said utility fluid bottle cover assembly cover sidewall section 60 of said utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, that are adapted to be grasped for bottle support by a person carrying the refillable fluid reservoir bottle 10.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 provides the user with content visibility that is in the form of a concealable sight (slit) area 62 for the frequent visual observation of the fluid content level of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, or by other visibility means that may preferably be of an easily closable slit-type opening formed in the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 cover sidewall section 60 for viewing the fluid level in the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. This slit-type sight opening may be closable, sealable, or of a flap-type construction.
During the fabrication process, a utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is preferably equipped with a releasable velcro-type fastening system that is fastened, sealed, or side-stitched to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 for exposing the opposite surface that is adapted for releasably securing a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20. When the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is operatively disposed around the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle exterior surface, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, being flexible, adapts by stretching to externally enclose and provide the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 with at least one external, supplemental cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120.
In the preferred embodiment, the user of the utility fluid reservoir bottle cover assembly 20 is provided with a supplemental, general utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122 for detachably connecting thereto and coaxially positioned to be removably detached when first mounted securely upon at least one sidewall surface 61 exterior cover sidewall section 60 of the releasable element subassembly 10.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 when provided with a view slot in the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover sidewall section 60, also to allow access to the carrying means, such as handles that are detachably secured to the external surface of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 for facilitating the lifting, elevating and carrying of said refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 disposed therein. When the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is in place, it may cover unsightly handles. The content visibility concealable sight slit 62 area may be side edge tightened to close, and thereby display a solid, uninterrupted cover surface to an observer, and thus always, in use, present an aesthetically pleasing decorative surface for the discriminating home or business.
When in use, the user takes the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, and affixes thereto at least one external supplemental cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 to support a utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122. When designed in the form of various, personally desirable decorative figures, the releasable connecting means provides for the attaching of the decorative releasable means that doubles both as a decorative figure, and also as a releasable element subassembly 110 with which to attach the cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20. The user uses the inwardly facing fastened surface 112 of the releasable element subassembly 110 to act as the fastening surface to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, while the outwardly facing releasable surface 114 is used to provide a releasable connection for the cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120.
In operation, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 user uses at least one cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 connected to a utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122, a vertical utility shelf accessory fixture member 124 with a circumferential vertical retaining rim extending upwardly to receive and hold small, frequently used items. The user is thus provided with an additional surface utility shelf area for his or her residence or business that adds and stores an additional supplemental releasable element subassembly 110 that may include other cover detachable accessory fixture subassemblies 120 attached in series or connected in parallel with each other. Numerous cover detachable accessory fixture subassemblies 120 may thus be first connected and then secondarily interconnected in a leg-o like series to create an imaginative, decorative utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 with various, varied creative, additional pleasing designed subassemblies.
When the need arises, the user may attach to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 a desired form of carrying means that is detachably secured to the external surface of said utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 member to facilitate the lifting, elevating and carrying of said refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 can thus easily include supplemental handle carrying means having outer end portions extending upwardly along radially opposing portions of the sidewall portion of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 that are adapted to be grasped and supported by a person for carrying the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 carrying means may thus include means that are detachably connected to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20,, sidewall exterior surface means 61, while providing the observer with the ability to view the fluid level and contents of the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, by slipping over and then stretching the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 onto the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, causes the full closing of the closable slit-type opening feature, thus making the slit type opening invisible to an observer and completely enclosing the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 with the decorative utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 shroud, while continuing to allow the periodic viewing of the fluid volume content level in the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10.
The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 may utilize several various other fastening means other than the velcro-type fastening fabric, for releasably securing a shelf or the like subassembly to the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20. These many other common fastening means include various interconnection items common in the trade, such as dual slideable, co-mating, interconnecting, male-female components readily available, commercial connectors.
In another embodiment the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, cover distal base bottom end wall section 80 may include an accessory fixture attaching surface 128 or a utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122 for increasing the utility use size of the small flat storage area surface that is usually available for use on the top cover surface of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 cover distal base bottom end wall section 80 may be constructed with a variable aperture opening similar to the cover proximal neck top end wall section 40. This variable aperture opening may also have a drawstring or a circumferential elastic band for ringing the aperture of the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 to tightly hold the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 in place while tightening the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 to both secure the cover to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 and to conceal the content visibility concealable sight (slit) area 62.
When the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 includes a cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120, fixed in place to contain or hold general or specialty utility items for convenient use, the utility horizontal accessory fixture member 122 may be constructed to be of a portable nature, that is easily removed from the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, such as when the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 is removed for refilling purposes or when a utility tray is needed elsewhere for other tray or storage purposes.
When employed in operation, the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is installed with a cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 cover proximal neck end aperture 42 for enclosing the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 in a manner that provides for the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 dispensing means to protrude from the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 cover proximal neck end wall section 40 for dispensing fluid. The utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 cover proximal neck end aperture 42 is then drawn tight by the drawstring or elastic circumferential compressible area surrounding the aperture circumference, to restrain the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 to the bottle neck top end 12 and thus securely holds the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10.
Usually the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, when placed in a dispensing unit 19, is in a standard vertical position with the bottle flattened base bottom end 16 in an upward position, the bottle sidewalls 14 are vertically parallel to the legs of the dispensing unit 19, and perpendicular to the bottle flattened base bottom end 16. The refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 bottle flattened base bottom end 16 and bottle neck top ends 12 are normally positioned vertically perpendicular to the bottle sidewall 14 and the dispensing unit 19.
When the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 is placed on and then over the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, the respective bottle flattened base bottom end 16 and dispensing neck end means 18, are tightened by the user to secure the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 snuggly to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10 and thereby presents a tight, pleasant appearing, unwrinkled surface to the casual observer or visitor.
Cover installation by the user provides the refillable fluid reservoir bottle 10, bottle flattened base bottom end 16, with the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 to thereby display the decorative releasable element subassembly 110 in a position configured to expose the decorative figures constructed of stylish decorative velcro strips, so that the velcro strip is facing in an acceptance position and location to receive detachable storage shelves or other cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 that are concave shaped and detachable, which, when placed in contact with the releasable means of the cover detachable accessory fixture subassembly 120 firmly secures them to the refillable, fluid reservoir bottle 10, cover proximal neck top end wall section 40 to increase the readily available room storage area and function as a holding receptacle for the depositing of various utility items. If so desired, the tray-like accessory is detached from the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20 and relocated to another area where the utility items are accessed or the tray is utilized for storage in the new area.
Convenient storage areas are at a premium in small residences or business offices, and often the most readily available space area is fully preoccupied with many other everyday items common to the household or office. Therefore, the added supplemental storage features provided by the utility fluid bottle cover assembly 20, offer to the user extra storage space area, that is readily accessible, and that is most helpful and practical to the resident or business person.
Many other modes of applying the principles of the herein stated invention may be employed by others, but those modifications being made in regard to the details herein described, and the features stated in any of the following claims or the equivalent of such that are employed in the fabrication and use of similar utility fluid bottle cover assemblies are considered within the scope of this within claimed invention.
Although there has been described above a unique utility fluid bottle cover assembly in accordance with the present invention for purposes of illustrating the manner in which the present invention may be used to advantage, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited thereto. Consequently, any and all variations and equivalent arrangements, which may occur to those skilled in the applicable art, are to be considered to be within the scope and spirit of the invention, as set forth in the claims that are appended hereto as part of this U.S. patent application.
Claims
1. A removable utility bottle cover for externally enclosing a refillable, fluid reservoir bottle having structural features comprising:
- a. a utility fluid bottle cover assembly being removable and having a proximal neck top end wall section, with a sidewall section, and a distal base bottom end wall section enclosing therewithin a walled internal cavity section;
- b. said utility bottle cover assembly being adapted to coaxially internally receive and externally enclose a fluid reservoir bottle within said walled internal cavity section;
- c. said walled internal cavity section being substantially hollow, cylindrical, and being positionally spaced outwardly from the fluid reservoir bottle;
- d. said sidewall section being cylindrically located in axial longitudinal alignment with and between said proximal neck top end wall section and said distal base bottom end wall section; and
- e. said utility bottle cover assembly being installed and disposed operatively around the exterior surface of the fluid reservoir bottle and having fastened thereto at least one external releasable element subassembly adapted for the releasable attachment of at least one detachable accessory fixture subassembly:
2. The invention of claim 1, wherein said releasable element subassembly has an inwardly facing surface fastened to said bottle cover assembly and an outwardly facing surface adapted with releasable means.
3. The invention of claim 2, wherein said outwardly facing surface has releasable means attached thereto for attaching at least one detachable accessory fixture subassembly.
4. The invention of claim 3, wherein said detachable accessory fixture subassembly is shelf-shaped for receiving utility articles or the like.
5. The invention of claim 4, where said detachable accessory fixture subassembly has a circumferential, vertical retaining rim extending upwardly to form a concave receptacle for utility article storage.
6. The invention of claim 5, wherein said releasable element subassembly releasable means is a velcro-type fastening system for releaseably securing said detachable accessory fixture subassembly to said bottom cover.
7. The invention of claim 6, including carrying means detachably secured to said releasable element subassembly for facilitating the lifting, elevating and carrying of said fluid reservoir bottle.
8. The invention of claim 7, wherein said carrying means include at least one manual handle.
9. The invention of claim 8, including supplemental handle carrying means having outer end portions extending upwardly along radially opposite portions of said sidewall section of said utility fluid bottle cover assembly member that are adapted to be grasped for support by a person carrying the fluid reservoir bottle.
10. The invention of claim 9, wherein said sidewall section is constructed With openable aperture means constructed in said cover sidewall for an observer to open the aperture for the viewing of the fluid content level in the fluid reservoir bottle.
11. A removable utility bottle cover for externally enclosing a refillable, fluid reservoir bottle having structural features comprising:
- a. a utility fluid bottle cover assembly being removable and having a proximal neck top end wall section, with a sidewall section, and a distal base bottom end wall section enclosing therewithin a walled internal cavity section;
- b. said utility bottle cover assembly being adapted to coaxially internally receive and externally enclose a fluid reservoir bottle within said walled internal cavity section;
- c. said walled internal cavity section being substantially hollow, cylindrical, and being positionally spaced outwardly from the fluid reservoir bottle;
- d. said sidewall section being cylindrically positioned in axial longitudinal alignment with and between said proximal neck top end wall section and said distal base bottom end wall section;
- e. said utility bottle cover assembly being installed and disposed operatively around the exterior surface of the fluid reservoir bottle and having fastened thereto at least one external releasable element subassembly adapted for the releasably attachment and securing of at least one detachable accessory fixture subassembly; and
- f. wherein said releasable element subassembly has an inwardly facing surface fastened to said cover assembly and an outwardly facing surface having releasable means being formed in a decorative shape and adapted to be detachably connected to at least one detachable accessory fixture subassembly.
12. The invention of claim 11, wherein said releasable element subassembly has an inwardly facing surface fastened to said bottle cover assembly and an outwardly facing surface adapted with releasable means.
13. The invention of claim 12, wherein said outwardly facing surface has releasable means attached thereto for attaching at least one detachable accessory fixture assembly.
14. The invention of claim 13, wherein said detachable accessory fixture subassembly is concave shelf-shaped for receiving utility articles or the like.
15. The invention of claim 14, where said detachable accessory fixture subassembly retaining rim extending upwardly to form a concave receptacle for utility article storage.
16. The invention of claim 15, wherein said releasable element subassembly releasable means is a velcro-type fastening system for releasably securing said detachable accessory fixture subassembly to said bottle cover.
17. The invention of claim 16, including carrying means detachably secured to said releasable element subassembly for facilitating the lifting, elevating and carrying of said fluid reservoir bottle.
18. The invention of claim 17, wherein said carrying means include at least one manual handle.
19. The invention of claim 18, including supplemental handle carrying means having outer
19. The invention of claim 18, including supplemental handle carrying means having outer end portions extending upwardly along radially opposite portions of said sidewall section of said utility fluid bottle cover assembly member that are adapted to be grasped for support by a person carrying the fluid reservoir bottle.
20. The invention of claim 19, wherein said sidewall section is constructed with openable aperture means constructed in said cover sidewall for an observer to open the aperture for the viewing of the fluid content level in the fluid reservoir bottle.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 15, 2004
Publication Date: Mar 16, 2006
Inventor: Baudilio Sanchez
Application Number: 10/940,491
International Classification: A47B 91/00 (20060101);
