Package and article carriers – Carried by animate bearer – For liquid or liquid-holding container
Reexamination Certificate
1999-10-19
2001-04-24
Cronin, Stephen K. (Department: 3727)
Package and article carriers
Carried by animate bearer
For liquid or liquid-holding container
C224S148300, C224S637000, C002S102000, C002S108000, C002S458000, C002S900000, C222S175000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06220490
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a vest that holds and dispenses drinkable liquid to the person wearing the vest.
2. Description of Related Art
Portable liquid dispensers are known in the related art. Some portable liquid dispensers are strapped to an individual and allow him to drink liquids when it might not otherwise be convenient to stop the activity in which the person is engaged. Conventional harnessing arrangements for portable liquid dispensers provide for liquid dispensers which can be suspended from the shoulders, either in a knapsack configuration or with a liquid storage means being near or against the stomach of the person wearing the portable liquid dispenser.
Suspension of the liquid storing means from the shoulders may be a satisfactory means of supporting the liquid storing means during leisure activity. However, such a means of suspension is far from satisfactory during vigorous activity. The shoulder straps bear down upon the bursa, the deltoid muscles and the clavicles, and also cause compression of the tissues associated with the neck and the shoulders. This pressure restricts blood flow and may also cause pressure on the nerves leading to the upper limbs. Friction between the straps and the skin because of continuous movement of the bursa, deltoid, trapezia and the splenius muscles in this region, as a result of vigorous exercise, may cause intense chafing of the skin. Attempts have been made to attend to this chafing. For instance, shoulder pads have been provided between the straps and the skin. These pads have proven unsatisfactory, because they do not position well on the shoulders, are displaceable, and in many instances merely transfer points of chafing.
In vigorous exercise, e.g., canoeing and long distance running, liquid storage means near or against the stomach restrict free movement of the muscles near the stomach and abdomen and cause chaffing from a bloating effect when the liquid storage means is full or near capacity.
Several related art patents disclose liquid dispensers, such as Osborne, U.S. Pat. No. 2,013,358 which describe a liquid storage dispenser which is suspended from the shoulder and Carnel, U.S. Pat. No. 5,722,573 which describe a liquid storage dispenser with a liquid storage means near the wearer's stomach. The related art discloses liquid dispenser means creating pressure points on the body where the liquid storage means is suspended and allowing the liquid contents of the liquid storing means to be irregularly displaced. This can clearly cause a lot of discomfort.
None of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the instant invention as claimed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The invention is a portable holder for drinking liquid in the shape of a vest. The vest has a front section and back section with tubing filled with drinking liquid, the tubing of the front and rear sections being connected by a twist lock coupler; liquid drains from the back of the vest to the front of the vest. Each section has molded sinuous tubing that can be filled and vented from the top of the vest. The vest also allows the wearer to drink the drinking liquid through a drinking tube while wearing the vest. There is also a drainage tube on the vest provided with a screw cap that is concealed by a tongue and groove fastener. Each section is also held together on the side of the vest by a hook and loop fastener.
Accordingly, it is a principal object of the invention to provide a portable holder for drinking liquid in the shape of a vest.
It is an object of the invention to provide a vest-configured drink holder made of front and back sections, with tubing for liquid in each section, the tubing of one section connected to the tubing of the other by a quick disconnect coupling.
It is a further object of the invention to provide a vest-configured drink holder which is dimensioned and configured to be comfortably worn and does not chafe the wearer's skin.
It is an object of the invention to provide improved elements and arrangements thereof in an apparatus for the purposes described which is inexpensive, dependable and fully effective in accomplishing its intended purposes.
These and other objects of the present invention will become readily apparent upon further review of the following specification and drawings.
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Cronin Stephen K.
Litman Richard C.
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