Bottle to Fit Inside a USPS Priority Mail Box

Abstract

The claims made herein declare a new utility for a bottle of being able to fit inside a United States Postal Service (USPS) “PRIORITY MAIL” box of any type (as advertised), including “Express” and “Flat Rate”. It also establishes the criteria for a bottle that has this particular capability and intention without also including other designs of bottles smaller than these USPS boxes and obviously not designed with the unique intent to fit well inside them.

1 . A bottle, either including or not including a fitted closure attached to the opening, for containing fluids, gels, or powders, with the unique function of being able to fit inside any particular box, from a specific set of boxes that is defined and distinguished as: ‘the complete set of all cardboard boxes having any combination of the United States Postal Service (USPS) marketing terms “PRIORITY MAIL” “Flat Rate Box”, or “Express Box”, printed on any side of the box, and having been advertised and made available to the public for shipping by the USPS’, and where the said bottle (not including closure) has an orthogonal set of external bottle dimensions recognized by a Height, Length, and Width (H,L,W), where the greatest dimensional value is the Height, and the smallest dimensional value is the Width, and where those said external bottle dimensions (H,L,W) are constrained by a set of maximum external bottle dimensions (H max ,L max ,W max ) that also correspond with the inner dimensions of any particular box from the said set of boxes, and where those said external bottle dimensions (H,L,W) are constrained by a set of minimum external bottle dimensions (H min ,L min ,W min ) which are calculated by subtracting ½ inch (1.27 cm) from each dimension in the corresponding said set of maximum external bottle dimensions (H max ,L max ,W max ), and where the value of any one of the dimensions from the said set of minimum external bottle dimensions (H min  or L min  or W min ) ma additionally be reduced by 2 inches (5.08 cm) or the greatest distance between the seal and the top side of an cap or closure (D cap ) that the opening of the said bottle has been designed to be affixed with, whichever is smaller, and where the said bottle has an inner volume (V bot ; measured by filling the bottle with a liquid and then pouring that liquid into a volumetric measuring device) that is at least 50% of the internal volume of the corresponding box (V box ), where the said internal volume of the said box (V box ) is calculated by multiplying together each of the dimensions from the set of maximum dimensions of said bottle (calculated with the x equation: V box =H max ×L max ×W max ). 
     
     
         2 . The design of a set of bottles, for containing fluids, gels, or powders, where each bottle in the said set of bottles (not including closure) has an orthogonal set of external bottle dimensions recognized by a Height, Length, and Width (H,L,W), where the greatest dimensional value is the Height, and the smallest dimensional value is the Width, and where those said external bottle dimensions (H,L,W) are constrained by a set of maximum external bottle dimensions (H max ,L max ,W max ) that also correspond with the inner dimensions of each box in the complete set of cardboard shipping boxes (of various sizes) that has been identified by the United States Postal Service (USPS) “Priority Mail” boxes of any kind, and can be recognized by the particular USPS marketing terms: “Priority Mail”, “Flat Rate Box”, “Express Box”, or any combination of those said terms, and where those said external bottle dimensions (H,L,W) are constrained by a set of minimum external bottle dimensions (H min ,L min ,W min ) which are calculated by subtracting ½ inch (1.27 cm) from each dimension in the corresponding said set of maximum external bottle dimensions (H max ,L max ,W max ), and where the value of any one of the dimensions from the said set of minimum external bottle dimensions (H min  or L min  or W min ) may additionally be reduced by 2 inches (5.08 cm) or the greatest distance between the seal and the top side of any cap or closure (D cap ) that the opening of the said bottle has been designed to be affixed with, whichever is smaller, and where each said bottle has an inner volume (V bot ; measured by filling the bottle with a liquid and then pouring that liquid into a volumetric measuring device) that is at least 50% of the internal volume of the corresponding box (V box ), where the said internal volume of the said box (V box ) is calculated by multiplying together each of the dimensions from the set of maximum dimensions of said bottle (calculated with the equation: V box =H max ×L max ×W max ). 
     
     
         3 . The design of a bottle that matches the description of any one of the bottles in the said set of bottles of  claim 2 .