IP Library Granted Patent US 11,523,697
Granted Patent B2
US 11,523,697 · App. 16/837,106 · Granted Dec 13, 2022

Pump operated straw and container apparatus

Inventor: Laurence Perkins (Rochester, NY)
A47G21/18A47G19/2266
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,523,697
App. No.
16/837,106
Granted
Dec 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pump operated straw and container apparatus for drinking without getting up from a prone position includes a vessel body having a vessel bottom side, a vessel sidewall, and a vessel top side defining a vessel inside. The vessel top side has a fill aperture and a straw aperture extending through to the vessel inside. A cap is selectively engageable within the fill aperture. A straw is coupled to the vessel body. The straw has a pump end coupled within the vessel inside, a flexible straw body extending through the straw aperture, and a mouth end. A pump is coupled to the vessel body within the vessel inside and is in fluid communication with the straw.

Claims (23)

1. A pump operated straw and container apparatus comprising:

a vessel body having a vessel bottom side, a vessel sidewall, and a vessel top side defining a vessel inside, the vessel top side having a till aperture and a straw aperture extending through to the vessel inside, the vessel inside being configured to hold a fluid, the vessel sidewall having an inset portion, the vessel top side being threadably engageable with the vessel sidewall;

a cap coupled to the vessel body, the cap being selectively engageable within the fill aperture;

a straw coupled to the vessel body, the straw having a pump end coupled within the vessel inside, a flexible straw body extending through the straw aperture, and a mouth end;

a mouthpiece coupled to the mouth end of the straw; and

a pump coupled to the vessel body, the pump being coupled within the vessel inside and being in fluid communication with the straw, the pump including a pump portion and a filter portion;

a clip coupled to the straw body, the clip being configured to attach to a users shirt;

a handle coupled to the vessel body, the handle being pivotably coupled to the vessel top side; and

a cylindrical vessel cover being coupled to the inset portion of the vessel sidewall and conforming to the vessel bottom side and the vessel top side.

2. The pump operated straw and container apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the pump having an activation switch coupled to the mouthpiece.

3. The pump operated straw and container apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the pump having a battery, the battery being coupled within a battery compartment of the vessel bottom side, the battery compartment having a selectively engageable compartment cover.

4. The pump operated straw and container apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the mouthpiece having a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion.

5. The pump operated straw and container apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the vessel top side having a handle recession around half the perimeter, the handle being semicircular and conforming to the handle recession.

6. The pump operated straw and container apparatus of claim 1 thither comprising the cap having a pair of hemispherical depressions defining a twist bar extending across a diameter of the cap.

7. A pump operated straw and container apparatus comprising:

a vessel body having a vessel bottom side, a vessel sidewall, and a vessel top side defining a vessel inside, the vessel sidewall having an inset portion, the vessel top side being threadably engageable with the vessel sidewall, the vessel top side having a fill aperture and a straw aperture extending through to the vessel inside, the vessel top side having a handle recession around half the perimeter, the vessel inside being configured to hold a fluid;

a cylindrical vessel cover coupled to the vessel body, the cylindrical vessel cover being coupled to the inset portion of the vessel sidewall and conforming to the vessel bottom side and the vessel top side;

a handle coupled to the vessel body, the handle being pivotably coupled to the vessel top side, the handle being semicircular and conforming to the handle recession;

a cap coupled to the vessel body, the cap having a pair of hemispherical depressions defining a twist bar extending across a diameter of the cap, the cap being selectively engageable within the fill aperture;

a straw coupled to the vessel body, the straw having a pump end coupled within the vessel inside, a flexible straw body extending through the straw aperture, and a mouth end;

a clip coupled to the straw body, the clip being configured to attach to a user's shirt;

a mouthpiece coupled to the mouth end of the straw, the mouthpiece having a cylindrical portion and a tapered portion; and

a pump coupled to the vessel body, the pump having an activation switch coupled to the mouthpiece, the pump being coupled within the vessel inside and being in fluid communication with the straw, the pump including a pump portion, a filter portion, and a battery, the battery being coupled within a battery compartment of the vessel bottom side, the battery compartment having a selectively engageable compartment cover.

Continuity (1)
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