Drinking bottle assembly

Abstract

A drinking container including a bottom, a sidewall and a neck which define an interior of the container, wherein the bottom defines an opening and the bottom comprises a panel adapted to cover the opening and be removable from the opening such that with the panel removed from the opening access to the interior of the container is provided; another including a separation of the sidewall defined by the sidewall and positioned between the neck and the bottom wherein the separation provides access to the interior of the container; another container wherein at least a portion of the sidewall and at least a portion of the bottom define an opening and wherein at least a portion of the sidewall and at least a portion of the bottom comprise a panel adapted to cover the opening and be removable from the opening such that with the panel removed from the opening access to the interior of the container is provided; and another wherein the bottom comprises a surface of the container upon which the container rests when positioned on a support surface in an upright position, wherein the surface comprises at least one of, at least two spaced apart bottom surface sections wherein a portion of the sidewall extends between the at least two spaced apart bottom surface sections and a continuous projection surface which forms an encircling configuration, wherein a portion of the sidewall extends between two spaced apart portions of the continuous bottom surface, wherein the portion of the sidewall defines an opening in the container.

1 . A drinking container, comprising:
 a bottom, a sidewall and a neck which define an interior of the container wherein the bottom defines an opening and the bottom comprises a panel adapted to cover the opening and be removable from the opening such that with the panel removed from the opening access to the interior of the container is provided.   
   
   
       2 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein a cross section through the sidewall defines at least one of a circle, oval, rectangle, square and triangle. 
   
   
       3 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the neck defines another opening generally circular in shape wherein the other opening has a diameter in the range of about ¾ of an inch to 1¼ inch. 
   
   
       4 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein a dimension of an interior cross section of the neck is smaller than a dimension of an interior cross section at the sidewall. 
   
   
       5 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the opening is dimensioned to be one of coextensive to a dimension of the bottom and smaller than any dimension of the bottom. 
   
   
       6 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the opening comprises a circular shape. 
   
   
       7 . The drinking container of  claim 6  wherein the panel comprises a circular shape, wherein the bottom defines threads and the panel defines other threads and wherein the threads and other threads are sized and shaped to engage one another. 
   
   
       8 . The drinking container of  claim 1  further including one of an O-ring seal and gasket positioned around the opening. 
   
   
       9 . The drinking container of  claim 1  further including a locking assembly associated with the panel and with at least one of the sidewall and the bottom. 
   
   
       10 . The drinking container of  claim 9  wherein the locking assembly comprises at least one tab in association with the threads positioned in one of the panel and at least one of the bottom and sidewall; and a ramp associated with the other of the panel and at least one of the bottom and sidewall to which the tab is not associated and wherein the ramp is positioned in blocking relationship to the at least one tab with the threads of the panel and of at least one of the bottom and the sidewall are fully engaged. 
   
   
       11 . The drinking container of  claim 10  wherein the sidewall is deformable to provide separation of the tab and the ramp. 
   
   
       12 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein the container is constructed of a material which contains an antimicrobial material. 
   
   
       13 . The drinking container of  claim 1  wherein a wall thickness of the sidewall of the body portion comprises a thickness in the range of about 25 mils to about 35 mils. 
   
   
       14 . A drinking container, comprising:
 a bottom, a sidewall and a neck which define an interior of the container; and   a separation of the sidewall defined by the sidewall and positioned between the neck and the bottom wherein the separation provides access to the interior of the container.   
   
   
       15 . The drinking container of  claim 14  wherein a cross section of the sidewall defines at least one of a circle, oval, rectangle, square and triangle. 
   
   
       16 . The drinking container of  claim 14  wherein an end of the neck defines a generally circular shaped opening comprising a diameter in the range of about ¾ of an inch to 1½ inch. 
   
   
       17 . The drinking container of  claim 14  wherein the container is constructed of a material which contains an antimicrobial material. 
   
   
       18 . The drinking container of  claim 14  wherein the sidewall comprises a thickness of about 25 mils to about 35 mils. 
   
   
       19 . The drinking container of  claim 14  wherein the separation of the sidewall extends in the sidewall generally in a plane transverse to a longitudinal axis of the container. 
   
   
       20 . The drinking container of  claim 19  wherein the separation is positioned one of closer to the bottom than to the neck and closer to the neck than to the bottom. 
   
   
       21 . The drinking container of  claim 14  further including threads are associated with the sidewall and positioned on an upper portion of the container and compatibly sized and shaped threads are associated with the sidewall and positioned on a lower portion of the container. 
   
   
       22 . The drinking container of  claim 21  wherein an outer surface of the sidewall positioned in the upper portion aligns with an outer surface of the sidewall positioned in the lower portion with the threads fully engaged. 
   
   
       23 . The drinking container of  claim 21  further including one of a gasket and an O-ring seal positioned between sidewall of the upper and lower portions. 
   
   
       24 . The drinking container of  claim 21  further including a locking assembly associated with the sidewall on an upper portion and with the sidewall on the lower portion. 
   
   
       25 . The drinking container of  claim 24  wherein the locking assembly comprises at least one tab in association with the threads positioned in one of the upper portion and lower portion and a ramp associated with the other of the upper and lower portion to which the tab is not associated, wherein the ramp is positioned in blocking relationship to the at least one tab with the threads of the upper and lower portions fully engaged. 
   
   
       26 . The drinking container of  claim 25  wherein sidewall is deformable to provide separation of the tab and the ramp. 
   
   
       27 . A drinking container, comprising:
 a bottom, a sidewall and a neck which define an interior of the container wherein at least a portion of the sidewall and at least a portion of the bottom define an opening and wherein at least a portion of the sidewall and at least a portion of the bottom comprise a panel adapted to cover the opening and be removable from the opening such that with the panel removed from the opening access to the interior of the container is provided.   
   
   
       28 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein a cross section through the sidewall defines at least one of a circle, oval, rectangle, square and triangle. 
   
   
       29 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein the neck defines another opening generally circular in shape wherein the other opening has a diameter in the range of about ¾ of an inch to 1¼ inch. 
   
   
       30 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein a dimension of an interior cross section the neck is smaller than a dimension of an interior cross section at the sidewall. 
   
   
       31 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein the opening is circular in shape. 
   
   
       32  The drinking container of  claim 27  further including one of an O-ring seal and gasket positioned around the opening. 
   
   
       33 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein the panel comprises a circular shape, wherein the bottom and sidewall define threads, wherein the panel defines other threads and wherein the threads and other threads are sized and shaped to engage one another. 
   
   
       34 . The drinking container of  claim 33  further including a locking assembly associated with the panel and with the sidewall and the bottom. 
   
   
       35 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein the container is constructed of a material which contains an antimicrobial material. 
   
   
       36 . The drinking container of  claim 27  wherein a wall thickness of the sidewall of the body portion comprises a thickness in the range of about 25 mils to about 35 mils. 
   
   
       37 . A drinking container, comprising:
 a bottom, a sidewall and a neck which define an interior of the container wherein the bottom comprises a surface of the container upon which the container rests when positioned on a generally flat support surface in an upright position, wherein the surface comprises at least one of, at least two spaced apart bottom surface sections wherein a portion of the sidewall extends between the at least two spaced apart bottom surface sections and at least one continuous bottom surface which forms an encircling configuration, wherein a portion of the sidewall extends between two spaced apart portions of the at least one continuous bottom surface, wherein the portion of the sidewall defines an opening in the container.   
   
   
       38 . The drinking container of  claim 37  wherein a cross section through the sidewall defines at least one of a circle, oval, rectangle, square and triangle. 
   
   
       39 . The drinking container of  claim 37  wherein the neck defines another opening generally circular in shape wherein the other opening has a diameter in the range of about ¾ of an inch to 1¼ inch. 
   
   
       40 . The drinking container of  claim 37  wherein the opening is generally circular wherein the at least two spaced apart bottom surface sections are positioned outside of the generally circular opening. 
   
   
       41 . The drinking container of  claim 37  wherein the opening is generally circular and the continuous surface is positioned outside of the generally circular opening. 
   
   
       42 . The drinking container of  claim 37  further including a panel comprising dimensions of the opening such that the panel closes the opening. 
   
   
       43 . The drinking container of  claim 42  wherein the panel defines threads and the sidewall along the opening defines threads compatible in size and shape such that the panel is removably securable to the portion of the sidewall. 
   
   
       44 . The drinking container of  claim 42  further including a locking assembly associated with the panel and with the sidewall. 
   
   
       45 . The drinking container of  claim 37  further including one of an O-ring seal and gasket positioned around the opening.