Barbell Drinking Fluid Container
A drinking fluid container is structured as exercise equipment. The drinking fluid container includes a first enclosure, a second enclosure, and a handle that fixes to the first and second enclosures.
The present disclosure relates to the field of drinking fluid containers.
Description of the Related ArtMany kinds of portable drinking fluid containers are in use today. Common portable drinking fluid containers include disposable water bottles, Nalgene bottles, hydration backpacks, and many other kinds of containers that are portable and can be used to securely hold drinking for such as water, juice, or other types of fluid.
BRIEF SUMMARYOne embodiment is a drinking fluid container that is also exercise equipment. The drinking fluid container includes a first enclosure having an interior fluid volume, a second enclosure having a second interior fluid volume, and a handle having an interior fluid channel. When assembled, the first and second enclosures are fixed to the handle such that the first enclosure, the second enclosure, and the handle can collectively hold a drinking fluid. The first enclosure includes a lip on a top portion thereof. The lip is configured to allow the drinking fluid to exit the drinking fluid container such that a user of the drinking fluid container can drink the drinking fluid from the lip. The drinking fluid container also includes a cap configured to cover the lip in a replaceable fashion such that when the cap is fixed to the lip, the drinking fluid cannot exit the drinking fluid container. The handle includes a grip portion that is configured to enable a user to tightly grip the handle. When the drinking fluid container is filled with the drinking fluid, the drinking fluid container is shaped to allow the user to grip the handle in one hand and to perform exercise motions that exercise the biceps, triceps, shoulders, pectoral muscles, back muscles, stomach muscles, and leg muscles.
In one embodiment, the drinking fluid container is shaped as a barbell. The drinking fluid container is made of a material having a thickness and strength such that when the drinking fluid container is used as exercise equipment, the drinking fluid container retains its structural integrity. The drinking fluid container can be made from a material such as a metal, an alloy of metal, or a hard, thick, plastic material. The material and construction of the drinking fluid container is such that when the drinking fluid container is filled with a fluid and a user grips the handle with great force, the structural integrity of the drinking fluid container is retained. Furthermore, the material of the drinking fluid container is selected such that the drinking fluid can safely be held within the drinking fluid container becoming contaminated.
One embodiment is a drinking fluid container including an enclosure defining a first interior fluid volume, a second enclosure defining a second interior fluid volume, and a handle that fixes the first enclosure to the second enclosure. The handle includes a fluid channel that communicably couples the first interior fluid volume to the second interior fluid volume. The first enclosure includes a first aperture configured to allow a user to drink a fluid from the first enclosure.
One embodiment is a drinking fluid container kit including a first enclosure having a first interior fluid volume, a first aperture configured to allow a drinking fluid into or out of the first interior fluid volume, a lip positioned at the aperture and configured to facilitate a user drinking the fluid via the aperture, and a first connector having a second aperture. The drinking fluid container further includes a second enclosure having, a second interior fluid volume, and a second connector having a third aperture. The drinking fluid container further includes a handle. The handle includes a first end having a third connector configured to mate with either the first or second connector, a second end having a fourth connector configured to mate with either the first or second connector, and an interior channel configured to be communicably coupled to the first and the second interior fluid volumes when the handle is fixed to the first and second enclosures by mating the first connector with the third connector and by mating the second connector with the fourth connector. The fluid container assembly kit further includes a first cap configured to cover the first lip.
According to one embodiment, the drinking fluid container 100 is configured to be filled with drinking fluid. The drinking fluid can include water, juice, or other suitable fluids that a person would drink. The drinking fluid can be poured into the drinking fluid container 100 by removing the cap 108 and exposing an aperture. The user of the drinking fluid container 100 can drink the drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 100 by removing the cap 108 and tilting the drinking fluid container 100 so that water will flow from the aperture in the first enclosure 102.
According to an embodiment, the drinking fluid container 100 is also exercise equipment. When the drinking fluid container 100 is filled with a drinking fluid, the drinking fluid container becomes comparatively heavy. The handle 106 of the drinking fluid container 100 is structured to enable the person to strongly grip the handle 106 and perform weightlifting exercises with the full or partially full drinking fluid container 100. In particular, the handle 106 includes a grip 110. The grip can include crisscrossing grooves or protrusions that increase the friction between the user's hand and the handle 106 when the user grips the handle 106. Alternatively, the grip 110 can be a rubber covering on the handle 106 that provides both a softer surface to grip and high friction to suppress slippage. The handle 106 is built from a suitably strong material such as a metal, a metal alloy, or a thick, hard plastic that enables the user to grip the handle strongly without compromising the structural integrity of the handle 106. Thus, the user can grip the handle 106 and perform weightlifting motions such as arm curls, triceps exercises, shoulder exercises, back exercises, or other desired exercises to strengthen the muscles. The drinking fluid container 100 can be used for light exercise such as keeping the muscles warmed up while waiting to perform exercises with heavier ordinary weights.
In one embodiment, the drinking fluid container 100 is made from materials that are safe for use in storing water or other drinking fluids.
The first enclosure 102 defines a first interior fluid volume 112 which can be filled with a drinking fluid. The first enclosure 102 includes an aperture 118 and the threaded lip 120 positioned on the first enclosure 102 at the aperture 118. The first enclosure 102 further includes a threaded connector 122.
The second enclosure 104 defines a first interior fluid volume 114 which can be filled with the drinking fluid. The second enclosure 104 includes a threaded connector 124.
The handle 106 includes an interior fluid channel 116. The handle 106 includes a first threaded end coupled to the threaded connector 122 of the first enclosure 102. The handle 106 includes a second end coupled to the threaded connector 124 of the second enclosure 104. The interior fluid channel 116 communicably couples the first interior volume 112 to the second interior volume 114 such that the drinking fluid can flow between the first interior fluid volume and the second interior fluid volume 114.
The drinking fluid container 100 is configured to be filled with the drinking fluid via the aperture 118. The lip 120 is structured to facilitate a user drinking the drinking fluid. For example, when the user desires to drink drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 100, the user can unscrew the cap 108 from the lip 120 thereby exposing the aperture 118 and the lip 120. The user can then tilt the drinking fluid container 100 and the press her lips to the lip 120 and drink water from the drinking fluid container 100 in this manner.
According to one embodiment, the drinking fluid container 200 is configured to be filled with a drinking fluid. The drinking fluid can be poured into the drinking fluid container 200 by removing the cap 208 and exposing an aperture or by removing the cap 209 and exposing a second aperture in the second enclosure 204. The user of the drinking fluid container 200 can drink the drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 200 by removing the cap 208 and tilting the drinking fluid container 200 so that the drinking fluid will flow from the aperture in the first enclosure 202. Alternatively, the user of the drinking fluid container 200 drink the drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 200 by removing the cap 209 and tilting the drinking fluid container 200 so that the drinking fluid will flow from the aperture in the second enclosure 204.
According to an embodiment, the drinking fluid container 100 is also exercise equipment. When the drinking fluid container 200 is filled with a drinking fluid, the drinking fluid container becomes comparatively heavy. The handle 206 of the drinking fluid container 200 is structured to enable the person to strongly grip handle 206 and perform weightlifting exercises with the full or partially full drinking fluid container 200. The handle 206 is built from a suitably strong material such as a metal, a metal alloy, or a thick, hard plastic that enables the user to grip the handle strongly without compromising the structural integrity of the handle 206. Thus the user can grip the handle 206 and perform weightlifting motions such as arm curls, triceps exercises, shoulder exercises, back exercises, or other desired exercises to strengthen the muscles. The drinking fluid container 200 can be used for light exercise such as keeping the muscles warmed up while waiting to exercises with heavier ordinary weights.
The first enclosure 202 defines a first interior fluid volume 212 which can be filled with a drinking fluid. The second enclosure 204 includes an aperture and a lip to which the cap 208 can be fastened. The second enclosure 204 defines a second interior fluid volume 214 which can be filled with the drinking fluid. The second enclosure 204 includes an aperture and a lip to which the cap 209 can be fastened. The user of the drinking fluid container 200 can drink from either end of the drinking fluid container 200.
In one embodiment, the first enclosure 302 includes a threaded lip 320 and a threaded connector 322. The second enclosure 304 includes a threaded lip 326 and a threaded connector 324. The threads are on an outer surface of the connectors 322, 324. The handle 306 includes threads 330, 332 positioned at the ends of the handle 306 on an inner surface of the handle 306. The handle 306 screws onto the threaded connector 322 of the first enclosure 320. The handle 306 also screws onto the threaded connector 324 of the second enclosure 304. When the handle 306 is screwed onto the connectors 322, 324, the connection is fluid tight such that a drinking fluid will not spill from the connections between the handle 306 and the first and second enclosures 302, 304.
The first enclosure 302 includes a threaded lip 320 and a threaded connector 322. The second enclosure 304 includes a threaded lip 326 and the threaded connector 324. The threads are on an inner surface of the connectors 322, 324. The handle 306 includes threads 330, 332 positioned at the ends of the handle 306 on an outer surface of the handle 306. The handle 306 screws onto the threaded connector 322 of the first enclosure 320. The handle 306 also screws onto the threaded connector 324 of the second enclosure 304.
According to one embodiment, the drinking fluid container 400 is configured to be filled with a drinking fluid. The drinking fluid can be poured into the drinking fluid container 400 by removing the cap 408 and exposing an aperture or by removing the cap 409 and exposing a second aperture in the second enclosure 404. The user of the drinking fluid container 400 can drink the drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 400 by removing the cap 408 and tilting the drinking fluid container 400 so that the drinking fluid will flow from the aperture in the first enclosure 402. Alternatively, the user of the drinking fluid container 400 drink the drinking fluid from the drinking fluid container 400 by removing the cap 409 and tilting the drinking fluid container 400 so that the drinking fluid will flow from the aperture in the second enclosure 404.
The first enclosure 402 defines a first interior fluid volume 412 which can be filled with a drinking fluid. The second enclosure 404 includes an aperture and a lip to which the cap 408can be fastened. The second enclosure 404 defines a second interior fluid volume 414 which can be filled with the drinking fluid. The second enclosure 404 includes an aperture and a lip to which the cap 409 can be fastened. The user of the drinking fluid container 400 can drink from either end of the drinking fluid container 400.
The first enclosure 402 includes an interior wall 436 that separates the interior fluid volume 412 from a hollow air filled volume 437. The second enclosure 404 includes an interior wall 438 that separates the interior fluid volume 414 from a hollow air filled volume 438. The purpose of the walls 436, 438 is to reduce the amount of sloshing of the water within the drinking fluid container 400 when the drinking fluid container 400 is tilted. In an alternative embodiment, the interior walls 436, 438 can be slanted in the opposite direction and can terminate near the drinking apertures in the first and second interior volumes 412, 414.
According to an alternative embodiment, the handle 706 and second enclosure 704 do not hold the drinking fluid. Only the first enclosure 702 holds the drinking fluid. In this case, the second enclosure 704 can be hollow and empty or it can be filled with a heavy material such as sand or metal to provide more weight for when the drinking fluid container 700 will be used as exercise equipment. The interior fluid volume of the first enclosure would not be communicably coupled with an interior of the handle 706 and then interior volume of the second enclosure 704. Alternatively, the interior fluid volume of the first enclosure 702 can be communicably coupled to an interior channel of the handle 706 such that the drinking fluid fills the handle 706 but not an interior volume of the second enclosure 704.
In one embodiment, a drinking fluid container can include a cap that can be unscrewed and can slide to the side, according to an embodiment. In one embodiment, the cap can slide to the side to allow pouring or drinking of the fluid within the container. The cap can slide back onto the nozzle and be screwed back on. In one embodiment, when the cap is slid to the side, the cap slides on rails or grooves in a manner that it is still fixed or coupled to the drinking fluid container.
The various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments. All of the U.S. patents, U.S. patent application publications, U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patent applications and non-patent publications referred to in this specification and/or listed in the Application Data Sheet are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. Aspects of the embodiments can be modified, if necessary to employ concepts of the various patents, applications and publications to provide yet further embodiments.
These and other changes can be made to the embodiments in light of the above-detailed description. In general, in the following claims, the terms used should not be construed to limit the claims to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should be construed to include all possible embodiments along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Accordingly, the claims are not limited by the disclosure.
Claims
1. A drinking fluid container comprising:
- a first enclosure defining a first interior fluid volume;
- a second enclosure defining a second interior fluid volume;
- a handle that fixes the first enclosure to the second enclosure, the handle including a fluid channel that communicably couples the first fluid volume to the second fluid volume; and
- a first aperture in the first enclosure configured to allow a user of the water bottle to drink a fluid from the first enclosure.
2. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the handle includes:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- first grooves disposed at the first end; and
- second grooves disposed at the second end, wherein the first grooves and the second grooves are configured to fix the first and second enclosures to the handle.
3. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the first enclosure includes third grooves configured to mate with the first or second grooves and wherein the second enclosure includes fourth grooves configured to mate with the first or second grooves.
4. The drinking fluid container of claim 3, wherein the second enclosure includes fourth grooves configured to mate with the first or second grooves.
5. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the handle includes a grip portion between the first and second ends, the grip portion being configured to facilitate gripping the handle.
6. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, including a cap configured to cover the first aperture such that the fluid cannot exit the first enclosure through the aperture when the cap covers the first aperture.
7. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, where first and second enclosures and the handle collectively have a dumbbell shape when assembled together.
8. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, including a drinking lip coupled to the aperture and configured to facilitate drinking from the first enclosure.
9. The drinking fluid container of claim 8, including a drinking nozzle configured to resiliently protrude from the first enclosure when the cap is removed from the first aperture.
10. The drinking fluid container of claim 9, wherein the cap is resiliently coupled to the first enclosure such that the cap tends to move back to cover the aperture when displaced from the aperture.
11. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the cap is configured to screw onto the first enclosure to cover the first aperture.
12. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the first and second enclosures include a hexagonal cross section.
13. The drinking fluid container of claim 1, wherein the first and second enclosures include a circular cross section.
14. The drinking fluid container of claim 1 wherein the first enclosure includes a hollow air chamber separated from the first interior fluid volume by a first wall.
15. The drinking fluid container of claim 14 wherein the second enclosure includes a hollow air chamber separated from the second interior fluid volume by a second wall.
16. A drinking fluid container kit comprising:
- a first enclosure including: a first interior fluid volume; a first aperture configured to allow a fluid into or out of the first interior fluid volume; a lip positioned at the aperture and configured to facilitate a user drinking the fluid via the aperture; and a first connector having a second aperture;
- a second enclosure including: a second interior fluid volume; and a second connector having a third aperture;
- a handle including: a first end having a third connector configured to mate with either the first or second connector; a second end having a fourth connector configured to mate with either the first or second connector; an interior channel configured to being communicably coupled to the first and the second interior fluid volumes when the handle is fixed to the first and second enclosures by mating the first the connector with the third connector and by mating the second connector with the fourth connector; and a first cap configured to cover the first lip.
17. The drinking fluid container kit of claim 16 wherein the first, second, third, and fourth connectors include threading configured to allow the handle to be screwed to the first and second connectors.
18. The drinking fluid container of claim 16 wherein the second fluid enclosure includes:
- a fourth aperture configured to allow a fluid into or out of the first interior fluid volume; and
- a second lip positioned adjacent to the fourth aperture and configured to facilitate a user drinking the fluid via the fourth aperture.
19. The drinking fluid container of claim 18 including a second cap configured to fix to the second lip such that the fluid cannot exit the fourth aperture when the second cap is fixed to the second lip.
20. The drinking fluid container of claim 19 wherein the handle includes a grip configured to facilitate griping the handle without slippage.
21. The drinking fluid container of claim 20, wherein the first cap includes:
- a straw configured to extend through the first fluid volume, through the handle, and into the second fluid volume when the first cap is coupled to the first lip; and
- a nozzle communicably coupled to the straw and configured to enable a user to suck a fluid from the second fluid volume through the straw.
Type: Application
Filed: Apr 3, 2017
Publication Date: Oct 5, 2017
Inventor: Christina Lee Imbert (Federal Way, WA)
Application Number: 15/477,546