Fluid dispensing vessel

Abstract

A fluid dispensing vessel is described which includes a fluid storage container having a neck portion and which defines an internal cavity. A first portion of a cap releasably engages the neck portion; a second portion of the cap telescopingly receives at least a part of the first portion of the cap; a rotatable drinking spout is rotatably supported on the second portion of the cap; and a third portion of the cap is pivotally moveable relative to the second portion of the cap and is further releasably attached to the rotatable drinking spout. The third portion of the cap causes the rotatable drinking spout to move along a path of travel and then forcibly detaches from the rotatable drinking spout when the drinking spout reaches the terminal end of its travel.

1 . A fluid dispensing vessel, comprising:
 a fluid storage container having an internal cavity for storing a source of fluid to be dispensed, and which further has a neck portion defining an aperture which allows access to the internal cavity;   a first portion of a cap which releasably engages the neck portion of the fluid storage container and which selectively occludes the aperture defined by the neck portion;   a second portion of the cap which telescopingly receives, at least in part, the first portion of the cap;   a rotatable drinking spout rotatably supported in a given orientation relative to the second portion of the cap and which facilitates the withdrawal of the source of fluid from the internal cavity of the fluid storage container; and   a third portion of the cap which is pivotally movable relative to the second portion of the cap, and which is releasably attached to the rotatable drinking spout, and wherein the movement of the third portion of the cap causes the rotatable drinking spout to move along a given path of travel having a terminal end, and wherein the moveable third portion of the cap detaches from the rotatable drinking spout when the rotatable drinking spout reaches the terminal end of the path of travel.   
     
     
         2 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 1 , and wherein the neck portion has an outside facing surface which is threaded, and wherein the first portion of the cap threadably couples with the fluid storage container, and wherein the first portion further defines an aperture, and a vent, which are both coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the internal cavity of the fluid storage container. 
     
     
         3 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 2 , and wherein the first and second portion of the cap cooperatively mate together to rotatably support the rotatable drinking spout, and wherein the rotatable drinking spout has a first, and an opposite, second end, and wherein a passageway extends between the first and second ends, and wherein the rotatable drinking spout, when positioned at the terminal end of the path of travel, orients the passageway, thereof, so as to facilitate the passing of the source of fluid from the internal cavity of the fluid storage container though the passageway defined by the rotatable drinking spout to the second end thereof. 
     
     
         4 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  3 , and wherein the path of travel of the rotatable drinking spout extends between a stored position, where the rotatable drinking spout is located within the second portion of the cap, and is operable to substantially seal the vent, to the opposite, terminal end thereof, and wherein the vent couples a surrounding ambient environment to the internal cavity of the fluid storage container and facilitates the passing of the source of fluid from the internal cavity of the fluid storage container and through the passageway as defined by the rotatable drinking spout and to the distal end thereof. 
     
     
         5 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 4 , and wherein the first end of the rotatable drinking spout is semi-hemispherical, and the fluid dispensing vessel further comprises an annular seal which circumscribes the aperture which is defined by the first portion of the cap, and wherein the first end of the rotatable drinking spout moveably sealingly cooperates with the annular seal as it moves along the path of travel from the stored position to the terminal end thereof. 
     
     
         6 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 5 , and wherein the third portion of the cap is pivotally supported for movement relative to the second portion of the cap by the mating cooperation of the first and second portions of the cap. 
     
     
         7 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 6 , and wherein the third portion of the cap has an inside facing surface, and a pair of depending engagement members are mounted on the inside facing surface and are operable to releasably engage the rotatable drinking spout when the drinking spout is located in the stored position, and wherein pivotal movement of the third portion of the cap is effective in moving the rotatable drinking spout along the path of travel from the stored position, and in the direction of the terminal end thereof, and wherein the continued movement of the third portion of the cap after the rotatable drinking spout has reached the terminal end of the path of travel is effective in detaching the third portion of the cap from the drinking spout. 
     
     
         8 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 7 , and wherein the pair of depending engagement members are laterally resilient by moveable. 
     
     
         9 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 8  and wherein the third portion of the cap has a resilient latch which engages the second portion of the cap, and wherein the second portion of the cap is sealably coupled to the first portion of the cap. 
     
     
         10 . A fluid dispensing vessel, comprising:
 a fluid storage container having a main body which defines an internal cavity for storing a source of fluid to be dispensed, and wherein the main body has a top, peripheral edge which defines an aperture which allows access to the internal cavity of the main body;   a first portion of a cap for selectively occluding the aperture which is defined by the fluid storage container, and wherein the first portion of the cap is releasably affixed to the main body of the fluid storage container, and located in covering relation over the aperture, and wherein an aperture is formed in the first portion of the cap, and is disposed in fluid communication with the internal cavity of the fluid storage container;   a second portion of the cap having a main body which defines an internal cavity which is dimensioned to telescopingly receive, at least in part, the first portion of the cap;   a rotatable drinking spout which is pivotally mounted within the second portion of the cap, and which further defines a passageway which allows for the passage of fluid therethrough, and wherein the passageway has a first intake end, and a second exhaust end, and wherein the rotatable drinking spout is moveable along an arcuately shaped path of travel from a first position, wherein the rotatable drinking spout is oriented in an occluding, sealing orientation, relative to the aperture defined by the first portion of the cap, and thereby prevents the removal of the source of fluid from the fluid storage container, and a second position, and wherein, in the second position, the first intake end of the passageway is substantially coaxially aligned relative to the aperture which is defined by the first portion of the cap so as to facilitate the passing of the source of fluid from the fluid storage container to the second exhaust end of the passageway; and   a moveable third portion of the cap which is pivotally attached to the second portion of the cap, and which travels along an arcuately shaped path of travel from a closed position, wherein the third portion of the cap matingly, releasably engages the second portion of the cap, and also encloses the rotatable drinking spout within the second portion of the cap, and further orients the rotatable drinking spout in the first position so as to prevent the source of fluid from being dispensed from the fluid storage container, to an open position, which causes the drinking spout to be moved to the second position so as to facilitate the dispensing of the source of fluid from the fluid storage container, and wherein, in the open position, the moveable third portion of the cap releasably detaches from the rotatable drinking spout.   
     
     
         11 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and wherein the main body of the fluid storage container defines a threaded neck portion, and the top peripheral edge of the main body is defined by the threaded neck portion. 
     
     
         12 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and further comprising a fluid withdrawing conduit positioned within the fluid storage container, and which is coupled in fluid flowing relation relative to the aperture which is defined by the first portion of the cap. 
     
     
         13 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and wherein the main body of the fluid storage container defines a threaded neck portion, and the top peripheral edge of the main body is defined by the threaded neck portion, and wherein the first portion of the cap threadably couples with the threaded neck portion. 
     
     
         14 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and wherein the first portion of the cap further defines a vent which, when non-occluded, couples, in fluid flowing communication, the internal cavity of the fluid storage container, with a surrounding ambient environment when the rotatable drinking spout is in the second position, and wherein the vent is substantially sealably occluded by the rotatable drinking spout when the rotatable drinking spout is located in the first position. 
     
     
         15 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and further comprising:
 an annular seal which is positioned in circumscribing relation relative to the aperture which is defined by the first portion of the cap, and wherein the rotatable drinking spout has a first, semi-hemispherical end which is pivotally mounted on the second portion of the cap, and an opposite, distal end, and wherein the first semi-hemispherical end of the rotatable drinking spout is positioned in a juxtaposed, moveably sealable relationship relative to the annular seal.   
     
     
         16 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and wherein the moveable third portion of the cap has an inside facing surface with a pair of depending, engagement member for releasably engaging the rotatable drinking spout, and for moving the rotatable drinking spout along the arcuately shaped path of travel from the first position, to the second position, and wherein continued movement of the moveable third portion of the cap to the open position, thereof, is effective in forcibly detaching the pair of depending engagement members from the rotatable drinking spout, and wherein movement of the moveable third portion from the open position to the closed position is effective in causing the pair of depending, engagement members to resiliently deform and then releasably engage the rotatable drinking spout and move the rotatable drinking spout from the second position to the first position. 
     
     
         17 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 16 , and wherein the pair of depending engagement members are laterally resiliently moveable. 
     
     
         18 . A fluid dispensing vessel as claimed in  claim 10 , and wherein the moveable third portion of the cap has a resilient latch which engages the second portion of the cap, and wherein the second portion of the cap is sealably coupled to the first portion of the cap.