Container lid with static carabiner support

Abstract

A fluid container such as a water bottle includes a vessel and lid. The lid includes a carabiner support in the form of a pathway, such as a hole. At least a portion of the pathway is surrounded by a resilient material. A carabiner extending along the pathway has a friction fit against the resilient material, sufficient to hold the carabiner in different static positions, resisting forces of gravity acting on the carabiner. The lid can include different configurations with secondary openings in some embodiments. The carabiner support can be located in different locations upon the lid. The lid can also include half of a magnetic coupling pair with a second half of the magnetic coupling pair located upon the vessel, so that the lid can be attached to the vessel when not covering an opening of the vessel.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fluid container, comprising in combination:
 a fluid containing vessel;   a lid removably attachable to said vessel and closing said vessel;   a resilient mass of material coupled to either said vessel or said lid, either directly or indirectly; and   a hole passing through said mass of material.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1  wherein a carabiner is positioned passing through said hole in said resilient mass of material, said carabiner having a friction fit through said hole, with sufficient friction to support said carabiner in multiple static positions and with sufficient friction to resist gravity loads on said carabiner. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 1  wherein said resilient mass is a silicone over mold. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 1  wherein said hole through said resilient mass of material is sized to have a friction fit with a carabiner positioned extending through said hole. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 4  wherein said resilient mass is coupled to said vessel or said lid indirectly through a carabiner support. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 4  wherein a magnetic attachment pair, including a first half of said pair magnetically attracted to a second half of said pair, is positioned with one of said halves located upon said lid and one of said halves located upon said vessel. 
     
     
         7 . A liquid bottle, comprising in combination:
 a vessel including an opening at an end thereof;   a lid selectively covering and uncovering said opening;   said lid including a pathway passing through a portion of said lid;   a carabiner positioned passing along said pathway; and   said pathway at least partially surrounded by a resilient material.   
     
     
         8 . The bottle of  claim 7  wherein said carabiner has a friction fit along said pathway with said resilient material, with sufficient friction to support said carabiner in multiple positions and with sufficient friction to resist gravity loads on said carabiner. 
     
     
         9 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said resilient material is a silicone over mold positioned along portions of said pathway. 
     
     
         10 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said pathway includes a hole. 
     
     
         11 . The bottle of  claim 10  wherein said hole has a smooth inner surface completely surrounded by said resilient material. 
     
     
         12 . The bottle of  claim 10  wherein said hole has a non-smooth inner surface formed of said resilient material. 
     
     
         13 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said pathway has a lateral access slot with a width large enough to allow a carabiner to pass through said slot and into said pathway. 
     
     
         14 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said pathway is accessible laterally by an openable cover adjacent to said pathway, with said carabiner sized to fit through said lateral access when said cover is open and to prevent carabiner removal when said cover is closed. 
     
     
         15 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said lid includes a planar circular upper surface with said pathway extending horizontally parallel with said planar surface, and with said pathway spaced above said planar surface. 
     
     
         16 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said lid includes a second opening into an interior of said vessel, said second opening selectively openable to access said interior of said vessel when said lid is covering said opening of said vessel, said pathway located upon a cap for said second opening. 
     
     
         17 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein said lid includes a second opening into an interior of said vessel, said second opening selectively openable to access said interior of said vessel when said lid is covering said opening of said vessel, said pathway located upon said lid on a portion of said lid spaced from said second opening. 
     
     
         18 . The bottle of  claim 17  wherein said second opening includes a straw. 
     
     
         19 . The bottle of  claim 17  wherein said second opening includes a spout with a removable cap overlying said spout. 
     
     
         20 . The bottle of  claim 8  wherein a magnetic attachment pair, including a first half of said pair magnetically attracted to a second half of said pair, is positioned with one of said halves located upon said lid and one of said halves located upon said vessel. 
     
     
         21 . The bottle of  claim 19  wherein a magnetic attachment pair including a first half of said pair magnetically attached to a second half of said pair, is positioned with one of said halves on said removable cap and one of said halves located upon said lid and/or said vessel.