Container for liquids

Abstract

A container for liquids that allows the contents to be emptied out quickly without spattering or gurgling. A sealed closure within the neck of the container can be opened by pulling a ring on the bottom of the container to open both an air inlet in the bottom of the container and the closure in the neck of the container. A connecting rod within the container opens the closure in the neck of the container in response to opening of the air inlet closure at the bottom of the container, to allow the contents of the container to flow out through the neck, while air enters into the container through the opening at the bottom of the container.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A container for liquids, comprising:
 (a) a body having a bottom and a top and defining an interior cavity of a desired volume, the body including a neck at the top;   (b) a first closure located in the neck;   (c) a second closure located at the bottom of the body;   (d) a tension-bearing member within the interior cavity, extending between and interconnecting the first and second closures;   (e) the connecting rod having a first end attached to the first closure and a second end attached to the second closure; and   (f) the connecting rod being arranged to cause the first closure to open in response to the second closure being opened.   
     
     
         2 . The container of  claim 1  including a pull-ring that is attached to the second closure in such a manner that the second closure can be opened by pulling on the pull-ring. 
     
     
         3 . The container of  claim 1  including a sealable filling port in the body capable of being sealed after the body has been filled with liquid deposited within the cavity through the filling port. 
     
     
         4 . The container of  claim 1  including an indented area in the bottom shaped such that the second closure resides completely within the indented area. 
     
     
         5 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the first closure includes a closure body that moves into the interior cavity when the first closure is opened. 
     
     
         6 . The container of  claim 1  including a filling port in the body, separate from the first and second closures and that is adapted to be sealed after a quantity of a liquid has been inserted into the container through the fill port.