Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Detachable lifter – Pivoted graspers
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-02
2001-09-04
Cherry, Johnny D. (Department: 3652)
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Detachable lifter
Pivoted graspers
C294S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06283520
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to bottle carrying devices and more particularly pertains to a new device for lifting a water bottle for easy lifting and transportation of a water bottle which is otherwise awkward to carry.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of bottle carrying devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, bottle carrying devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 5,667,265; U.S. Pat. No. 5,085,477; U.S. Pat. No. 4,236,743; U.S. Pat. No. 5,752,732; U.S. Des. Pat. No. 361,934; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,806,904.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new device for lifting a water bottle. The inventive device includes a pair of bars. Each of the bars is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the bars has a generally planar side. The first ends of the bars are hingedly coupled together. The bars are positioned such that the planar side of the first of the bars is abuttable against the planar side of the second of the bars to define a closed position. Each of the planar sides has a depression therein. Each of the depressions is positioned generally midway between the first and second ends of the bars. The depressions each generally have a semi-circular shape. A circular bore is defined between the bars by the depressions when the bars are in the closed position. The circular bore is adapted to receive the neck of a water bottle.
In these respects, the device for lifting a water bottle according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of easy lifting and transportation of a water bottle which is otherwise awkward to carry.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bottle carrying devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new device for lifting a water bottle construction wherein the same can be utilized for easy lifting and transportation of a water bottle which is otherwise awkward to carry.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bottle carrying devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new device for lifting a water bottle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bottle carrying devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pair of bars. Each of the bars is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the bars has a generally planar side. The first ends of the bars are hingedly coupled together. The bars are positioned such that the planar side of the first of the bars is abuttable against the planar side of the second of the bars to define a closed position. Each of the planar sides has a depression therein. Each of the depressions is positioned generally midway between the first and second ends of the bars. The depressions each generally have a semi-circular shape. A circular bore is defined between the bars by the depressions when the bars are in the closed position. The circular bore is adapted to receive the neck of a water bottle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the bottle carrying devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new device for lifting a water bottle which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art bottle carrying devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such device for lifting a water bottle economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle for easy lifting and transportation of a water bottle which is otherwise awkward to carry.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new device for lifting a water bottle which includes a pair of bars. Each of the bars is elongate and has a first end and a second end. Each of the bars has a generally planar side. The first ends of the bars are hingedly coupled together. The bars are positioned such that the planar side of the first of the bars is abuttable against the planar side of the second of the bars to define a closed position. Each of the planar sides has a depression therein. Each of the depressions is positioned generally midway between the first and second ends of the bars. The depressions each generally have a semi-circular shape. A circular bore is defined
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