Bootstrap for hiking bottle weight lifting exercises

Abstract

Bootstrap converts any hiking bottle into a safe and long-lasting weightlifting device. It consists of two main components:1″-1.5″ plushed strap with low elasticity and high durability,0.4″ or thicker silicon bumper for bottle bottom.Several embodiments have additional components used as connection items. VELCRO® brand VELSTRETCH® tape is a perfect material for the heavy bottle strap. It is used in industrial applications to withstand multiple expansions/contractions and to minimize shear stress on hands. Thick silicon bottom bumper absorbs stress coming from two bottles collision that is common for such weight lifting exercise. Overall design protects hikers head, hands, and body from injuries. Several embodiments varying aesthetically and in cost are presented. Basic math provided in the background section explains current solutions' failures. The same math lays the path to the bootstrap.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A bottle-holding article for weightlifting exercise performed by a hiker with a 2-4 lb bottle, usually with two bottles at a time, comprising:
 a. 1″-1.5″ wide plushed strap that has low elasticity, predefined strength, and high durability,   b. cup-shaped silicon bumper with at least 0.4″ thick bottom,   c. said silicon bumper has a horizontal hole near its upper end through which said plushed strap is looped,   whereby said strap is able to sustain 1,000 contractions and expansions during a single trip caused by bottle acceleration and its predefined strength protects hiker's head, body, and hands from injuries,   whereby said bumper absorbs repetitive stress coming from two bottles' repetitive collisions, therefore protecting bottle's surface and vacuum insulation, if such present, from damages,   whereby overall design allows the hiker to have his/her grip relaxed, therefore avoid shear stress on the palm when the bottles abruptly stop at the bottles' collision and avoid wrist fatigue coming from holding and carrying the bottle.   
     
     
         2 . The article of  claim 1  further including a parachute buckle to lock said plushed strap into a loop,
 whereby said strap goes over the hiker's hand as a two-layered band to provide well controlled elasticity and comfort, 
 whereby said parachute buckle can be quickly unlocked when hiker wants to drink, and said strap holds the cap. 
 
     
     
         3 . The article of  claim 1  further including a ring to be put on the bottle's neck,
 whereby said plushed strap can be looped through that ring that provides a connection point to the bottle top when it is not feasible to use the bottle cap for such connection. 
 
     
     
         4 . The article of  claim 1  wherein said plushed strap made of VELCRO® brand VELSTRETCH® tape that provides 55% elongation under 4 lb load,
 whereby said tape material proved itself in industrial applications as cable and lumber holders that required a closure to expand and contract repeatedly under heavier than the bottle weight. 
 
     
     
         5 . The article of  claim 4  further including soft VELCRO® lock ultrasonically welded on said strap,
 whereby said lock provides better comfort compared to a buckle made of hard plastic. 
 
     
     
         6 . Do-It-Yourself hiking bottle upgrade into weightlifting article comprising:
 a. metallic bottle,   b. two hook-and-loop narrow straps wrapped around the bottle as two rings,   c. plushed strap made of VELCRO® brand VELSTRETCH® 1″-1.5″ wide tape looped through said two rings and closed on itself with an adjustable buckle,   d. 0.4″ thick silicon circle matching the diameter of said bottle's bottom attached to the bottle's bottom by sticky tape, taping together the perimeter of said circle and said bottle, so said circle plays a role of the bottle bumper,   whereby said upgrade can be done to any bottle and not necessarily by the bottle manufacturer.   
     
     
         7 . Furniture slider can be used for  claim 6  bottle bumper,
 wherein its sliding side made of non-elastic material faces toward the bottle bottom and ensures that duct tape secures the slider firmly, and said non-elastic layer distributes hit from another bottle evenly across the bottom area, 
 wherein the other side of the slider made of elastic silicon mitigates the hit first. 
 
     
     
         8 . By-Manufacturer-Only hiking bottle upgrade into weightlifting article comprising:
 a. metallic bottle with two metallic horizontal buckles on its surface,   b. plushed strap that has low elasticity, predefined strength, and high durability, attached to said buckles on the surface of the bottle,   c. cup-shaped silicon bumper with at least 0.4″ thick bottom and tall sides to hold on to the bottle and to withstand thousands of hits,   whereby cost of such upgrade to the bottle manufacturer, especially if thin silicon bumper was in place already, is low compared to Do-It-Yourself article in  claim 6 ,   whereby aesthetical change comes down to the plushed strap on the bottle's side, thus, the change is easier to be accepted by designers.   
     
     
         9 . The article of  claim 8  wherein said plushed strap made of VELCRO® brand VELSTRETCH® 1.5″ wide tape with its ends looped through said buckles and ultrasonically welded to the strap,
 whereby 1.5″ single-layer band with the welded-in ends is twice less expensive than two-layered 1″ band with some lock or buckle.