Bottle with mating clip

摘要

An improved bottle having a mating clip is disclosed. The bottle includes a guide, preferably located on opposing sidewalls of the bottle, to direct attachment features of a clip toward mating attachment features of a bottle in order to facilitate attachment of the bottle to the clip in a tactile fashion. The guide further serves as a release mechanism, in which an inward force applied to the guide will cause deflection of the bottle to separate the clip from the bottle.

主权项

1. A bottle for attachment to a retaining clip, the bottle comprising;
a bottom, sidewalls extending vertically from the bottom and forming an opening at an upper end of the bottle, the sidewalls and bottom defining an interior space for retaining a liquid; the sidewalls comprising a left sidewall and a diametrically opposite right sidewall; a left guide formed on the left sidewall at a location intermediate the bottom and the opening, the left guide being configured as a protrusion extending outwardly from the left sidewall, the protrusion including a skirt defining an upper lead-in surface and a lower lead-in surface, the upper and lower lead-in surfaces each being inclined with respect to a portion of the vertically extending sidewalls surrounding the upper and lower lead-in surfaces of the left guide, the left guide further having a narrow first end which flares outwardly toward a second end in a horizontal direction away from the first end; a first concavity formed on the left sidewall along the upper lead-in surface of the left guide, and a second concavity formed on the left sidewall along the lower lead-in surface of the left guide; a right guide formed on the right sidewall at a location intermediate the bottom and the opening, the right guide being configured as a protrusion extending outwardly from the right sidewall, the protrusion including a skirt defining an upper lead-in surface and a lower lead-in surface, the upper lead-in surface being inclined with respect to a portion of the vertically extending sidewalls surrounding the upper and lower lead-in surfaces of the right guide, the right guide further having a narrow first end which flares outwardly toward a second end in a horizontal direction away from the first end; a third concavity formed on the right sidewall along the upper lead-in surface of the right guide, and a fourth concavity formed on the right sidewall along the lower lead-in surface of the right guide; whereby the left and right guides cooperate to direct the retaining clip toward the first, second, third, and fourth concavities for attachment of the bottle to the retaining clip.