CONTAINER COVER/LINER

Abstract

A container cover/liner for separating clean water, other liquid, or other matter and blocking it off from the dirt, germs, and bacteria on outside surfaces of the container, while the clean water, other liquid, or other matter is being placed in the container or removed from the container. The container cover/liner can also operate as packaging to protect the bottle from such contaminants during storage or transportation, like a storage-jacket or storage-packaging, and block contaminants from air borne movement into the bottle or a container receiving liquid or other matter from the bottle.

Description

PRIORITY

This application takes priority to and benefit of provisional applications No. 62/588,355 filed on 11/19/2017 and No. 62/480,562 filed on Apr. 4, 2017 which are both incorporated in their entirety herein by this reference, and this application takes priority and benefit from its parent application Ser. No. 15 854 068, filed Dec. 26, 2017, which is incorporated in its entirety herein by this reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a cover/liner for containers to protect the container and/or its contents during use, storage, transportation, etc.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Drinking water for the home or business in many cases is stored in bottles, and dispensed by removing a cap and seal or a sealable cap, thus unsealing a bottle and turning it upside down onto a water dispenser. Other dispensers come in various sizes and shapes and some do not require turning upside down. Water dispensers are usually metal, ceramic or plastic devices, depending upon their size; some are free standing, and others are countertop models. Water dispensers generally have an interior storage chamber for the water, an opening usually on top of the dispenser for receiving an inverted water bottle, and means for dispensing the water from the chamber to the user. When a bottle is inverted onto the dispenser, the water flows into the interior storage chamber. Water dispenser bottles have been found to be round or angular in shape, and are usually made of clear or opaque glass or plastic. In transport, warehousing, storage, among other situations along the way the exterior of the bottles pick up and carry germs, bacteria, and dirt. Also, the exposed areas and even unexposed or partially exposed areas of the dispensers also accumulate and/or carry germs, bacteria, and dirt.

The goals of the present invention include covering or lining on the outside of a container, e.g., bottles, jugs, barrels, etc., that will protect the container and its contents from contaminants during use, storage, transportation, etc. For example, the cover/liner will separate the contaminated and unclean areas from the clean liquid flowing from a bottle, whether or not the liquid is flowing into a dispenser, to protect the clean liquid from contamination, as well as, blocking contaminants from air born movement into the ambient.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

Summary of problem and solution available by storage/transportation/use container cover/liner.

• • Usually a bottle/jug is washed before water is filled in.
  • Usually a bottle/jug is stored and transported multiple times before it gets to end-user home/office.
  • Usually a bottle/jug is exposed to environmental uncleanliness like dirt, dust, pollen and/or other contaminants before it gets to end-user.
  • With all the contaminants that sit on top of the bottle/jug, the bottle/jug is placed on top of a bottle-water machine dispenser's reservoir where drinking water is mixed with the contaminants on the unclean surface of the bottle/jug when it is poured into a drinking cup for an end-user. Also, dirt and/or other contaminants covering the bottle/jug are sent into the ambient of the room along with the air circulating in the room.
  • The inventive cover/liner for storage/transportation/use can, e.g., be applied by the company that fills the bottle/jug with water.
  • The inventive storage/transportation/use cover/liner can fully cover a bottle/jug inside of it. This way, the bottle/jug is not exposed to all that uncleanliness. When a covered bottle arrives to end-user home/office and it is removed by the end-user prior to dispensing the water, then it is much cleaner than a bottle/jug without the cover/liner.
  • As a result, the end-user can have uncontaminated water in his/her glass and the ambient avoids having foreign contaminants mixed in it.
  • In summary, a bottle/jug is washed and filled with water before leaving the factory. The bottle/jug gets all dirty on the way to consumer. However, when a bottle/jug has the inventive cover/liner for storage/transportation/use on it, then the cover/liner will get dirty instead of the bottle/jug and what is inside of it. This means, no more dirty bottles/jugs after the cover/liner is removed by the consumer.

The invention is a cover/liner for containers, e.g., bottles, jugs, barrels, etc., for separating the contents of the container (clean water, other liquid or other matter/material) and blocking the contents off from the dirt, germs, and bacteria (“contaminants”) on outside surfaces of the cover/liner while the “clean” contents are being removed from the container. The cover/liner comprising of the following: cover/liner formed from a single sheet or at least two separate sheets of flexible and/or retractably expandable material permanently bonded together for creating a tight fit to container; the cover/liner having a first end and a second end each with an opening to the ambient (holes); having at least two corresponding pleats, each set of corresponding pleats located on opposite sides of each other providing an ergonomic fit between cover/liner and container; the cover/liner can be made of at least one of elastic, rubber, or plastic or stretchable and retractable material(s), in part or in whole. The cover/liner can be shaped to fit snugly as a tight fit to the top of a container, such as the top, narrowest portion of a bottle, the nasal portion, preventing access to the exterior dirt, germs, and bacteria on the surfaces, thus preventing the flowing liquid from carrying the contaminants, and closely fits over the entire container including any changes in dimensions from top to bottom in depth, diameter, radius, circumference, and/or perimeter of cover/liner to correspond with similar changes in the dimensions of the container. The cover/liner acts as a shield between the contents of the container, such as the drinking water or other liquid that is to be stored in said reservoir portion of a water/liquid dispensing machine and the perimeter of the receiving section of said dispensing machine before/during/after the bottle is positioned or attached on or to the dispensing machine, and after the sealable cap has been removed from the bottle. The top and other exposed areas of the outside or outer portion of the container includes areas of germs, and bacteria, and it is also covered by the cover/liner and by doing so shields the ambient from dirt and bacteria. When the cover is used for a water bottle in a water bottle dispenser, the predominate larger barrel cover/liner section of said cover/liner usually rests above the dispenser, whereby said cover/liner becomes a shield between the clean air in a room environment and the bottle, thus preventing the potential air born movement of the dust, germs, and bacteria that stems from or comes from the air or is attached to the exterior of the water/liquid bottle. This is the same water/liquid bottle that for example gets picked up from being transported and handled from a manufacturing facility to a warehouse. Transportation, use, storage, etc. are different uses of same characteristics and technical design of cover/liner with water bottle (FIG. 4). Bottles often being stored in warehouses, stored on shelves and moved by trucks cars from manufacturer water filling facility until it gets to consumer home/office space. Dirt, dust, pollen, rain, snow and unclean enough transfer and storage places can leave marks on the bottle surface. When that bottle is being handled by consumer bare hands, all that un-cleanliness leaves those marks behind. By starting to use the bottle after storage in cover/liner, consumer only needs to grab that cover/liner by the handles and pull it up and away to free the bottle.

Whether a consumer will use another new clean cover/liner for dispensing the container's contents is his/her choice. A cover/liner that is being used for storage or transportation is already unclean and might not provide for clean transfer of contents from the container, so a new clean cover/liner might be desired.

The only difference when cover/liner is being used for general storage/storage during transportation or when cover/liner is being used for dispensing the container's contents (e.g., into a glass or water-dispensing machine) is the manufacturer'/consumer's choice where and how the cover/liner is being used. When cover/liner is being used for general storage/storage during in transportation to or on a truck, or to your home or business and placed inside for storage, the container picks up the dirt and bacteria contaminants So, for example, when the container is placed on top of a water dispensing machine where air constantly is circulating, it's more sanitary to use a cover/liner of the present invention. There can be a nozzle section for a tight fit that does not allow water flowing into water dispensing machine from the bottle to be in contact with any outside or other surface on or in the dispensing machine or the outside of water bottle that can be contaminated.

The pleats of the inventive cover/liner for a container can be self-unfolding, expanding in size, and taking a shape adjustably corresponding to the changes in dimensions of the container, such as between nasal/spout and barrel areas of said bottle. The liner additionally may also be comprised of handles to grip hold of which can be simply the sealing sections between the sheets that are permanently attached together to form the cover/liner which have a dual purpose; that they run on both sides of liner along the sides of the liner and can be grabbed at any location for end user convenience. The presence of a handle on only one side of the liner can be sufficient too. The handles are at the bonding place for both sides of the material the plastic liner is made of, whether the liner is made of one or more sheets of material. A wide bonding area makes a stronger bond/hold. The cover/liner when being pulled downward from on top of a container has pleats that expand and open as the cover/liner is pulled downward and no additional user effort is needed to release the pleats.

The combined total size and shape of all said pleats, plus size and slope of shoulder, if present, corresponds with the circumference of the liner to produce a close fit.

For example, the cover/liner section corresponding to the bottle nasal section prior to pulling down the cover/liner over the bottle has a circumference smaller than the nasal section of the bottle or other container.

The cover/liner section corresponding to the barrel area on a bottle prior to pulling down the cover/liner over said bottle has a circumference larger than the corresponding bottle barrel section.

The cover/liner of the invention additionally can have extended material on the opposite and corresponding two sealed ends of the cover/liner creating a greater and stronger seal forming a rim or edge with radius and diameter which serves a second purpose continuing from top to bottom of cover/liner can also be used as a handle on both opposite sides, or the extended material forming the handle can only be on one side of the cover/liner.

The invention can have a “funnel” shaped tunnel, with a wider opening on one end and narrower opening on the other end, thus providing more direct guidance of the bottle nozzle into the area of destination with ease and to avoid mistake for the user's convenience. The cover/liner can also have openings of the same width on both ends, or can have an opening on just one end, depending on what is desired for the particular container on which it is being used.

The pleats and handles additionally can provide for an ergonomic fit between cover/liner and container and the expansion of the pleats provides for a transformation of the cover/liner from being a flat object into 3-dimensional shaped object with ease. The expansion and retraction of the elastic-material if present provides a tight hold on the cover/liner and container, that insures that no liquid or other materials from outside can penetrate that hold and no liquid or other materials will be contaminated from what is on the surface of the container.

The cover/liner's handles can be wide and run the length of the cover/liner on one or both sides from top to bottom or less, providing an ease of handling the cover during placing it on top of a container. When the handles are longer, it's easier for the user to change position of his/her hands-on top of handles as many times as needed and to grab onto the handles at any location on handles.

The pleats are assembled and bonded during the manufacturing process, thus the user has no need to fold, measure or do any assembly prior to cover/liner use.

The quantities of pleats and configuration of curves and shapes are subject to changes and adjustments based on individual specifications of given holding devices, e.g., containers like bottles, jugs, or barrels.

The number of pleats depends on container shape, size and configuration by different makers of such devices.

The cover/liner can also be utilized as a storage jacket or storage protector to protect the container from dust and uncleanliness in its environment while it is being stored. It can also be used as a packaging/storage jacket/protector when the container is being transported. Generally, the cover/liner has a shape and size corresponding to the container's shape and size. The cover/liner does not have to be a one size fits all “cover”. For each container, the cover/liner can be produced according to the shape and size of the container, e.g., barrel, bottle or other object that it is being used for. The cover/liner can be manufactured specifically for the container, e.g., barrel, jug, bottle or other object that it is being used for, so that the same basic construction can be used regardless of the shape and size of the object being covered/lined. Some examples include wine bottles, water bottles, perfume bottles, etc.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention should not be limited to the described preferred embodiments. Rather, various changes and modifications can be made within the spirit and scope of the present invention as part thereof.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention on a container;

FIG. 2 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention on a container;

FIG. 3 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention on a container;

FIG. 4 is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the invention on a container;

FIG. 5 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a front view of a bottle/container; and

FIG. 9 is a front view of an embodiment of the invention on a container.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS/FIGURES

FIG. 1 depicts a front view of one type of water cooler with one type of container, i.e., a water bottle in place and showing the invention cover/liner in place covering the water bottle. The bottle is number 5, the cover is number 10, the side handles (flaps) are number 15, the water is number 20, and the cooler or dispensing machine is number 1.

FIG. 2 is a cut-away showing the cover/liner covering one type of container, i.e., a water bottle that is already inserted into the dispenser which depicts a close-up cross section view of a water bottle and cover inserted into a cooler. The bottle is number 5, the cover is number 10, the side handles (flops) are number 15, the water is number 20, and the cooler or dispensing machine is number 1. Both the side bonding strips 15 and the permanent part of liner 10 joins both parts of the liner. This makes it easy to grip and pull the liner down/up while applying it on bottle 5. A Funnel shape configuration 40 which is a section or part of the flops 15 that is part of the cover/liner 10 and provides easy and tension free entry for nozzle 30 which is part of bottle 5. In at least one embodiment the side handles number 15 (bonding area) of liner number 10 are made/constructed from 2 plies of stretchable plastic that can be stretched and retracted holding tightly to cover the object it is on.

Nozzle's area 35 of liner 10 has a circumference smaller than nozzle area 30 of bottle 5 prior to use. However, Nozzle's area 35 is made from stretchable and retractable materials. When nozzle area 35 is being pulled down by user force on top of area 30, it deforms or stretches its shape and retracts by taking exact form or shape as it tightens around the bottle, taking shape and size of bottle's area 30 creating a tight grip that does not allow liquids or any foreign materials to get in and/or out of the space between liner and bottle.

Water 20 in reservoir of dispensing machine 1 (FIG. 2) cannot penetrate through liner 10 of area 35.

Dust that sits on top of bottle 5 cannot penetrate through the tight fit between liner's area 35 of liner 10.

Liner 10 locks dust and dirt in barrel area of bottle 5 to prevent it from becoming air born. It protects the room and ambient from outside dirt found on top of the bottle from storage or transportation and contact with unclean objects.

FIG. 3 depicts a front view of a cover/liner on bottle. A funnel shape configuration 40 that is part of 15 that is part of liner 10 provides easy and tension free entry into cover for nozzle 30 which is part of bottle 5.

FIG. 4 depicts a front view of a water bottle with a cover and depicts the pleats in an extended position number 25. The bottle 5 shown on both ends of liner 10.

Pleat number 25 has width that is calculated in a formula which is described below and in the claims. Numbers of pleats depends on water bottle shape, size and configuration and by different makers of such devices. This embodiment shows 4 pleats in total (FIG. 4), 2 pleats on each side. In other embodiments the number of pleats could be greater number or less. They are used to achieve a tight fit between liner 10 and bottle 5.

Formula

One half the length of the bottle's barrel area circumference less/minus the length of the bottle's barrel area diameter, all divided by the number of pleats on each side of the liner that will be desired or needed, with an equal length/width for each pleat.

Formula:

$\begin{array}{cc}\frac{\left(C/2-D\right)}{2^{*}}& W\end{array}$

• C=Circumference of bottle's area of a water bottle
• D=Diameter of a water bottle
• W=Width of each pleat (then adjustments can be made based on shoulder slope or bottle design)
• 2*=number of pleats on each side of liner, which can be 2, as shown, but varies with the container's shape, size and configuration, as indicated by the asterisk (*)

FIG. 5 depicts a frontal view of an assembled liner/cover 10 in after production condition, and before use, wherein pleats 28 are fully folded and nozzle 35 is in pre-use position.

Note: In the figures pleat 28 is the same pleat as pleat 27 but in a different state/format/condition/mode. In other words, pleat 28 is pleat 27 after it has been folded in manufacturing process. In at least one embodiment, the pleats come fully assembled and no user involvement is needed in the process of extending the pleats. Before use, the pleat 28 is folded from one end of liner 10 to another end of liner 10.

FIG. 6 depicts a front view of the liner 10. One side shows unfolded water liner showing with open pleat 27 in pre-cut extended position. Another side shows transformed folded and bonded in manufacturing process closed pleat 28. This figure shows transformation from open pleat 27 to closed pleat 28.

FIG. 7 depicts a front view of liner 10 fully open in pre-manufacturing condition.

Pleat 25 from FIG. 4 is the same as pleat 28 but in a different condition of being extended after the pleat has been placed on top of bottle 5.

FIG. 8 depicts bottle number 5. Also shows bottle nozzle area 30 of bottle 5.Different manufacturers produce it in different sizes, and shapes.

Pleats:

• • Pleat 27 is a pre-cut area which shows an open pleat
  • Pleat 28 shows a closed pleat, the way the pleat looks during storage of the liner
  • Pleat 25 shows the pleat in use, when the liner is extended on a container
  • The formula is used in at least one embodiment to determine the width of the pleats.
  • In at least one embodiment—Starting from the bottle nozzle area 30 and continuing on the outside of the bottle as the bottle circumference increases in size, the pleat changes into a V-shape as the bottle is being covered by a user. The corner of the V finds its own position on top of the bottle 5. No end-user effort is needed. The end-user only needs to apply liner 10 on top of the bottle 5 by pulling bonded handles section 15 on both sides. No tools or any other devices are needed to apply the liner on top of the bottle. Bonded handles 15 provide convenience in handling liner 10. Cover/line 10 has nozzle section 35 which changes shape and size when the bottle is being covered.

A bottle outer cover/liner for separating clean water/liquid and blocking off contaminants on outside surfaces while transferring the clean water/liquid from within the bottle into a reservoir or dispenser, for keeping the contaminants away from the ambient environment during storage of use, and for storing the bottle while not in use with the reservoir or water dispenser.

FIG. 9 depicts an exemplary container having a longer cover/liner 10 with handles 15. A longer cover/liner can be particularly helpful during storage/transportation. Either the top or bottom or both can have an opening in the cover liner to assist in placing it over the container. In this embodiment, the handle(s) can be located on one or more sides of the cover/liner. In any of these embodiments, the one or more openings can run along all or part of the side of the cover/liner. Additionally, the opening can have an active closing device, like a Ziplock® type zipper, adhesive tape, glue, staples, ultrasonic, etc., or a passive closing device, like overlapping layers from the ends of the two sides of the material comprising the cover/liner. It's a passive closing device because it automatically closes.

In FIG. 9, bottle 5, has cover/liner 10 with side handles (flaps) 15. Both the side bonding strips/handles 15 and the permanent part of cover/liner 10 can join both parts of the cover/liner 10 when it is made of two sheets. This makes it easy to grip and pull the cover/liner down/up while fitting it on bottle 5. A funnel-shaped configuration 40, which is a section or part of the flaps 15 that is part of the cover/liner 10, provides easy and tension free entry for nozzle 30 which is part of bottle 5. Dust and/or other contaminants that sit on top of bottle 5 cannot penetrate through the tight fit between liner's area 35 of cover/liner 10. Pleats 25 are shown in an extended position on bottle 5.

Both the “home/office cover/liner” and the “storage/packaging/transport cover/liner” shown in FIG. 9 have the same technical characteristics in design, shape and form. However, it is preferable that the “storage/packaging/transport cover/liner”, as shown in FIG. 9, is longer than the “home/office cover”. This is because the difference in length will allow the longer in length model for “storage/packaging/transport” to be able to fully cover an entire water bottle, even a 5 gallon bottle or larger, without any uncovered spots of bottle inside of it. Even the bottom of the jug/bottle can be fully protected from exposure to dust, dirt, and/or other contaminants.

For example, the cover can protect drinking water from contamination and protect the ambient from mixing with dust that has collected on top of the bottle. Also, another cover-jacket can keep the surface of the bottle from being exposed to outdoor uncleanliness.

The claimed invention includes a water-bottle covered by protective “storage/transportation cover” and then removed by end-user before use, so that it is in a much cleaner and healthier condition than a (naked) unprotected bottle. This is an improvement over a washed water-bottle that goes through storage and transportation to end-user home/office bringing outdoor uncleanliness.

The claimed invention also includes a cover/liner which can be placed manually and/or in an automated fashion on a water-bottle before or after the bottle is filled with water by the manufacturer. This is especially true when the cover/liner has the inventive ergonomic technical design that creates a close fit for “storage/transportation cover”.

Claims

1. A bottle cover/liner for separating clean water/liquid and blocking off contaminants on outside surfaces while transferring the clean water/liquid from within a bottle into a reservoir or dispenser and keeping the contaminants away from the ambient environment during storage or use comprising of the following:

a bottle cover/liner formed from at least two separate sheets of flexible and/or retractably expandable material permanently bonded together for creating a tight fit to a bottle;

having a first end and a second end each with an opening to the ambient;

having at least two corresponding pleats, each of the at least two corresponding pleats being located on opposite sides of the bottle cover/liner providing an ergonomic fit between cover/liner and water/liquid bottle.

2. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner is made of at least one of elastic, rubber, or plastic or stretchable and retractable material(s), in part or in whole.

3. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner is shaped to fit to a bottle having a top narrowest portion and it is shaped to fit snugly as a tight fit to the top narrowest portion of the bottle, preventing access to contaminants on the surfaces, thus preventing the flowing liquid from carrying the contaminants, and the bottle cover/liner closely fits over the bottle including changes in dimensions from top to bottom in depth, diameter, radius, circumference, and/or perimeter of cover/liner to correspond with similar bottle changes in dimensions.

4. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner acts as a shield between the drinking water or other liquid that is to be stored in the reservoir portion of a water/liquid dispensing machine and the perimeter of the receiving section of the dispensing machine before/during/after the bottle is positioned or attached on or to the dispensing machine, and after the sealable cap has been removed from the bottle.

5. The invention of claim 1, wherein additionally the outside or outer portion of the water/liquid bottle that contains contaminants on top and other exposed areas of it, is also covered by the cover/liner and by doing so shields the ambient from the contaminants closing the contaminants from the ambient.

6. The invention of claim 5, wherein the cover/liner, and more specifically and primarily the predominate larger barrel cover/liner section of the cover/liner which usually rests above dispenser, the cover/liner becomes a shield between the clean air in a room environment and the bottle, thus preventing the potential air born movement of the dust, germs, and bacteria that stems from or comes from or is attached to the exterior of the water/liquid bottle that for example gets picked up onto bottle from the bottle being transported and handled from manufacturing facility to warehouse, or to truck, or to your home or business and placed than from being placed inside for storage, the bottle picks up the dirt and bacteria and then is placed on top of water dispensing machine where air constantly is circulating.

7. The invention of claim 5, wherein the bottle cover/liner further comprises a nozzle section for a tight fit that does not allow water flowing into the water/liquid dispensing machine from the dispensing bottle to be in contact with any outside or other surface or on an outside of the dispensing bottle that can be contaminated.

8. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner is shaped to fit to a bottle having a top narrowest portion and a barrel area, and each of the at least two corresponding pleats are self-unfolding, expanding in size, and taking a shape adjustably corresponding to the changes in bottle dimensions between the top narrowest portion and barrel area of the bottle.

9. The invention of clam 1, wherein the cover/liner additionally comprises handles to grip hold of which can be made from the sealing sections between the sheets that are permanently attached together to form the cover/liner whereby they have a dual purpose; the handles run on both sides of the cover/liner along the length of the sealing sections and can be grabbed at any location for end user convenience, the handles being bonded in place on both sides of the plastic liner, resulting in a wide bonding area with a stronger bond than in the absence of the handles.

10. The invention of claim 1, wherein the at least two corresponding pleats of the bottle cover/liner expand and open when the bottle cover/liner is being pulled downward from on top of the bottle and no additional effort is needed to release the at least two corresponding pleats.

11. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner has a shoulder section between the top narrowest portion and the barrel area, and the bottle cover/liner has a circumference whereby the combined total size and shape of each of the at least two corresponding pleats, plus size and slope of the shoulder section correspond with the circumference of the bottle cover/liner liner to produce a close fit.

12. The invention of claim 11, wherein the number of the at least two corresponding pleats is dependent on the bottle shape and size.

13. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner has a bottle nasal section and the bottle has a nasal section, and the bottle cover/liner nasal section, prior to pulling down the bottle cover/liner over said bottle, has a circumference smaller than the nasal section of the bottle.

14. The invention of claim 13, wherein when the bottle cover/liner is pulled down onto the nasal section of the bottle, the nasal area of the cover/liner expands and retracts so it holds the nasal section of the bottle tight and secure.

15. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner has a barrel section and the bottle has a barrel section and the barrel section of the bottle cover/liner prior to pulling down the bottle cover/liner over said bottle has a circumference larger than a circumference of the barrel section of the bottle.

16. The invention of claim 1, further comprising a handle on each side of the bottle cover/liner which extends from top to bottom of the bottle cover/liner, the handle on each side of the bottle cover/liner being made of extended material on each of the sealed sides of the bottle cover/liner, the extended material creating a greater and stronger bond on the sealed sides on the bottle cover/liner, and the extended material forming a rim or edge with a radius and diameter to form the handle.

17. The invention of claim 16, wherein the handles serve a dual purpose, the handles can be held by a user to place the cover/liner on and off the bottle, and the handles are part of the cover/liner and the two separate plies of the cover/liner are bonded in the wide area of the handles, thereby creating extra strong grip for the plies of cover/liner.

18. The invention of claim 16, wherein the handle on each side of the bottle cover/liner is wide, providing an ease and comfort of handling the bottle cover/liner during placing it on top of the bottle, whereby a user can change position of his/her hands-on top of handles as many times as needed and can grab onto the handles at any location on handles.

19. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner has a funnel-shaped section between the first end and the second end, the funnel-shaped section having a wider opening on one end and a narrower opening on the other end, thus providing easier placement of the bottle cover/liner on the bottle.

20. The invention of claim 1, wherein the pleats and handles additionally provide for an ergonomic fit between cover/liner and bottle and the expansion of the pleats provides for a transformation of the bottle cover/liner from being a flat object into a 3-dimensional shaped object with ease.

21. The invention of claim 2, wherein expansion and retraction of the elastic-material if present provides a tight hold on the bottle cover/liner and bottle, that insures that no liquid from outside can penetrate that hold and no liquid will be contaminated with what is on the surface of that bottle.

22. The invention of claim 1, wherein the pleats are assembled and bonded during a manufacturing process thus there is no need to fold, measure or do any assembly prior to using the bottle cover/liner.

23. The invention of claim 1, wherein an amount of pleats and configuration of curves and shapes are subject to changes and adjustments based on individual specifications of given liquid holding devices like bottles, or barrels.

24. The invention of claim 1, additionally comprising that the pleats have measurements calculated in a formula as follows: ( C / 2 - D ) 2 * W

FORMULA:

One half the length of the bottle's barrel area circumference less/minus the length of the bottle's barrel area diameter, all divided by the number of pleats on each side of the liner that will be desired or needed, with an equal length/width for each pleat.

C=Circumference of a water bottle

D=Diameter of a water bottle

W=Width of each pleat (then adjustments can be made based on shoulder slope or bottle design)

2*=number of pleats on each side of liner.

25. The invention of claim 1, wherein the number of pleats depends on water bottle shape, size and configuration by different makers of such devices.

26. The invention of claim 1, wherein the bottle cover/liner is also for storing the bottle as a storage jacket or storage protector to protect the bottle from dust and uncleanliness in its environment;

the bottle cover/liner having a shape and size corresponding to the bottle's shape and size.

27. A container cover/liner for protecting the container from outside dust, dirt, and other contaminants on its surface during use of the container, during bottle storage and/or during transportation of such container.