Aero-shaped cageless bicycle water bottle and internal mount
View Patent ↗A bicycle water bottle system is provided. The system includes a mount having a mounting base and a mounting plate extending substantially perpendicular to the mounting base. The mounting base may be configured to connect to a bicycle frame using two fixed pre-formed mounting screw holes. The system also includes a water bottle having a slot formed in one side of the water bottle. The mounting plate is shaped and sized to fit tightly into the slot of the water bottle and the slot is correspondingly shaped and sized to receive the mounting plate to secure the water bottle to the mounting plate.
1. A bicycle water bottle system comprising:
an internal mount comprising a mounting base and a mounting plate extending substantially perpendicular to the mounting base, wherein the mounting base is configured to be coupled to a bicycle frame;
a water bottle comprising a slot formed in one side of the water bottle, wherein the wherein the water bottle is removably coupled to the internal mount in response to the slot of the water bottle removably coupling to the mounting plate; and
wherein the mounting plate comprises at least one opening therethrough and an internal surface of the slot comprises at least one protuberance extending therefrom, wherein each of the at least one protuberance corresponds to each of the at least one opening, wherein the water bottle is removably secured to the mounting plate by engagement of the at least one protuberance with the corresponding at least one opening when the water bottle is removably coupled to the mounting plate.