Supports – Brackets – Article holding means
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-28
2001-02-27
Braun, Leslie A. (Department: 3632)
Supports
Brackets
Article holding means
C248S312100, C248S309400, C248S106000, C248S213200, C248S206500, C248S683000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06193202
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a magnetic drinking vessel holding device and more particularly pertains to adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user.
People that consume beverages, such as water, during activities are frequently in need of a place to store the container that holds the beverage during non-use periods. Activities such as exercising on a treadmill or stationary bicycle and mowing the lawn often cause the performer of these activities to work up a sweat thereby creating a thirst. The performers are sometimes forced to carry a beverage container with them while they are involved in these tasks. What is needed is a portable holding device that can be simply attached to a piece of equipment that is capable of holding the beverage container at times when the performer is not drinking from it.
The present invention seeks to solve the above mentioned problem by providing a portable drinking vessel container holding device that can be simply attached to a magnetic surface by means of a magnetic surface.
The use of bottle holding devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, bottle holding devices heretofore devised and utilized for the purpose of holding beverages for convenient use 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.
By way of example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,191,350 to Ormond discloses a holder for a container such as a bottle with a magnetic base for attracting and storing the support rings while not in use. U.S. Pat. No. 4,063,701 to Wray discloses a use of a net type suspension beverage support device for attachment to a chair. U.S. Pat. No. 4,998,652 to Champagne discloses a clamp for attaching water bottles to various metal devices such as bicycles.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objective and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a magnetic drinking vessel holding device for adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user.
In this respect, the magnetic drinking vessel holding device according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device which can be used for adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user. In this regard, the present invention substantially fulfills this need.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In the view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of bottle holding devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides an improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device. As such, the general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device and method which has all the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.
To attain this, the present invention essentially comprises a bottle holding portion adapted for holding a beverage container therein. The bottle holding portion is comprised of a rectangular base having an arcuate inner surface and a generally planar outer surface. The bottle holding portion includes an upper ring secured to an upper end of the arcuate inner surface of the rectangular base. The bottle holding portion includes a lower ring secured to a lower end of the arcuate inner surface of the rectangular base. The lower ring has a containment bracket disposed therein for supporting a beverage container thereon. The bottle holding portion includes a pair of curved side support braces extending between the upper ring and the lower ring thereof. A magnetic securement device is coupled with the rectangular base of the bottle holding portion. The magnetic securement device has a plastic outer layer disposed thereover. The magnetic securement device has an arcuate outer surface for adhering to curved metallic surfaces.
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, of course, 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.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device which has all the advantages of the prior art bottle holding devices and none of the disadvantages.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device which is of durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device 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 a magnetic drinking vessel holding device economically available to the buying public.
Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device for adhering to a magnetic surface for holding water or the like for easy access by a user.
Lastly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved magnetic drinking vessel holding device including a bottle holding portion adapted for holding a beverage container therein. A magnetic securement device is coupled with the rectangular base of the bottle holding portion. The magnetic securement device has an arcuate outer surface for adhering to curved metallic surfaces.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there is illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2580099 (1951-12-01), Jaeger
patent: 3982716 (1976-09-01), Trees
patent: 4191350 (1980-03-01), Ormond
patent: 4976385 (1990-12-01), Matsumoto
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Braun Leslie A.
Goldstein & Canino
Wujciak A. Joseph
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