US2003042827A1PendingUtilityA1

Water bottle storage and use furniture

Priority: Sep 5, 2001Filed: Sep 5, 2001Published: Mar 6, 2003
Est. expirySep 5, 2021(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Deborah Strube
A47B 81/007
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Abstract

Water-bottle storage and use furniture has at least one base shelf ( 1 ), one of more bottle-use supports ( 3, 15 ) pyramidally above the base shelf and one or more uprights ( 5, 8 ) intermediate the base shelf and the use support. Weight of the base shelf and weight of any water bottles ( 2, 6, 7 ) provide pyramidical stability. Walls ( 10 ) and doors ( 13, 14 ) can cover open sides with aesthetics selectively and prevent outside view of full and used water bottles on the base shelf. Wheels, casters ( 12 ) and legs ( 9 ) can be positioned on the base shelf. The use support can be articulated for design orientation of the water bottles. Water dispensers ( 17 ) and water modifiers ( 18 ) of temperature, taste, color and quality of water dispensed from the water dispenser are optional.

Claims

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         1 . Water-bottle storage and use furniture comprising: 
 at least one base shelf articulated to support a predetermined plurality of predetermined water bottles in an upright-storage orientation;    one or more bottle-use supports above the base shelf and above water bottles stored on the base shelf;    one or more uprights on which the bottle-use support is situated;    the one or more uprights being intermediate the bottle-use supports and the base shelf;    the bottle-use supports having a predetermined smaller cross-sectional area than a cross-sectional area of the base shelf;    the bottle-use supports being situated frustrate-pyramidally above the one or more uprights and the base shelf predeterminedly;    the base shelf having predetermined weight and area; and    the area of the base shelf and weight of any water bottles thereon provide upright stability pyramidally for a water bottle being used on the bottle-use support, for water bottles containing water being placed on the base shelf, and for emptied water bottles being taken off of the base shelf selectively.    
     
     
         2 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the water bottles which the base shelf and the bottle-use supports are articulated to support have cylindrical cross sections with predetermined volumetric capacity.  
 
     
     
         3 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 2  wherein: 
 the water bottles are five-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         4 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 2  wherein: 
 the water bottles are two and one-half-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         5 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 2  wherein: 
 the water bottles are one-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         6 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the water bottles which the base shelf and the bottle-use supports are articulated to support are rectangular water bottles that have rectangular cross sections with predetermined volumetric capacity.  
 
     
     
         7 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 6  wherein: 
 the water bottles are two and one-half-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         8 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 6  wherein: 
 the water bottles are one-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         9 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 6  wherein: 
 the water bottles are five-gallon water bottles.  
 
     
     
         10 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the bottle-use supports include a predetermined water-bottle cradle for one water bottle of the predetermined water bottles at a time in an inverted vertical orientation with an exit downward in fluid communication with an inside periphery of the water bottle.  
 
     
     
         11 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the bottle-use supports include a predetermined water-bottle cradle for one water bottle of the predetermined water bottles at a time in a predeterminedly slanted orientation.  
 
     
     
         12 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the bottle-use supports include a predetermined water-bottle cradle for two of the predetermined water bottles in horizontal orientation with one of the two water bottles positioned vertically above another of the two water bottles.  
 
     
     
         13 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the bottle-use supports include a predetermined water-bottle cradle for one of the predetermined water bottles in horizontal orientation.  
 
     
     
         14 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the base shelf is articulated to support a plurality of two water bottles that are juxtaposed.  
 
     
     
         15 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the base shelf is articulated to support a plurality of four water bottles that are juxtaposed cubically.  
 
     
     
         16 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the base shelf includes a plurality of base shelves.  
 
     
     
         17 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the one or more uprights include a central upright that is pillared centrally intermediate positioning of the plurality of water bottles on the base shelf.  
 
     
     
         18 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  wherein: 
 the one or more uprights have a plurality of at least two uprights that include walls on oppositely disposed sides of the base shelf.  
 
     
     
         19 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 predeterminedly vision-blocking walls intermediate the base shelf and the bottle-use support on predetermined peripheral sides of the base shelf.  
 
     
     
         20 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 one or more predeterminedly vision-blocking doors on a predetermined peripheral side of the base shelf.  
 
     
     
         21 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 a water dispenser proximate an exit of a water bottle on the bottle-use support.  
 
     
     
         22 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 21  and further comprising: 
 a water modifier in fluid communication with the water dispenser.  
 
     
     
         23 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 casters on a bottom of the base shelf.  
 
     
     
         24 . The water-bottle storage and use furniture of  claim 1  and further comprising: 
 a predetermined plurality of legs on the bottom of the base shelf.

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