System, method and appartus for travel accessory

Abstract

A TSA-compliant accessory kit facilitates the carry-on of approved liquids for air travel. The kit contains clear, three ounce plastic bottles. Each bottle has a secured cap with large grips in different colors and with raised symbols for ease of distinction. The bottles and caps are housed in a closely tailored, quart-sized, zippered transparent bag with adhesive decals and a permanent marker pen for labeling the bottles.

1 . A travel kit, comprising:
 a bag;   a plurality of bottles removably located in the bag, each of the bottles having joining features that interchangeably connects the bottles to the other bottles; and   a cap removably mounted to each of the bottles to define a plurality of caps.   
     
     
         2 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the caps has a unique color that differentiates it from other ones of the caps. 
     
     
         3 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the caps has a unique icon that differentiates it from other ones of the caps. 
     
     
         4 . A travel kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the icons are on tops of the caps. 
     
     
         5 . A travel kit according to  claim 3 , wherein the icons comprise raised outlined ribs that tactilely distinguish the caps from each other. 
     
     
         6 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the caps has a retention device comprising a connecting strap and a ring that retains the caps to respective ones of the bottles, and each cap has enlarged bumps to provide enhanced grip for the caps. 
     
     
         7 . A travel kit according to  claim 6 , wherein the caps are threaded, the bottles have necks that are threaded and define thread axes, the necks extend from bodies of the bottles, the rings of the retention devices secure the caps to the necks of the bottles, and the threads are axially spaced apart from the bodies to provide clearance for the rings to freely rotate about the bottles when the caps are unthreaded from the bottles. 
     
     
         8 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein the joining features comprise dovetail joints that slidingly assemble and disassemble the bottles. 
     
     
         9 . A travel kit according to  claim 8 , wherein the dovetail joints are configured with a compression clearance to facilitate assembly and disassembly of the bottles. 
     
     
         10 . A travel kit according to  claim 8 , wherein each bottle has a male dovetail bar and a set of female dovetail ribs for forming the dovetail joints. 
     
     
         11 . A travel kit according to  claim 10 , wherein the male dovetail bars are located on opposite sides of the bottles with respect to the set of female dovetail ribs. 
     
     
         12 . A travel kit according to  claim 11 , wherein the bottles are oval and have major and minor axes, and the male dovetail bars and female dovetail ribs are located on minor axis sides of the bottles. 
     
     
         13 . A travel kit according to  claim 10 , wherein each of the bottles has a stop beneath the female dovetail ribs for engaging a respective male dovetail bar to limit sliding dovetail travel of one bottle relative to another bottle. 
     
     
         14 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein each bottle has an oval cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         15 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein the bag has an oval cylindrical shape. 
     
     
         16 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein the bag has a flat bottom, a flat top, and a zipper that circumscribes approximately 60 to 90% of a perimeter of the bag. 
     
     
         17 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , where the bottles are configured in two rows of three bottles, one row is stacked on top of the other row inside the bag, and the bag is configured and shaped to closely conform to the two stacked rows of bottles. 
     
     
         18 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein each bottle has a raised descriptor of a volume capacity of the bottle, the bottles have de-bossing pads for placement of the adhesive labels, and further comprising a pen and a sheet of preprinted and blank adhesive labels. 
     
     
         19 . A travel kit according to  claim 18 , wherein the bottles are oval with major and minor axes, each bottle has a raised descriptor of a volume capacity of the bottle, and the raised descriptors and de-bossing pads are located on major axis sides of the bottles. 
     
     
         20 . A travel kit according to  claim 1 , wherein a volume capacity of each bottle is three ounces or less, and the bag has a bag volume capacity of one quart or less.