Hydration reservoir

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11279536-B2
Application number	US-201916416416-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2019
Priority date	Sep 29, 2015
Publication date	Mar 22, 2022
Grant date	Mar 22, 2022

Abstract

A hydration reservoir is provided. The hydration reservoir may include at least two panels of resilient material joined together at edges to define a bladder and a bladder volume for storing a liquid. The at least two panels may be deformable as the bladder is emptied of liquid. One of the at least two panels may be molded into a three-dimensional shape.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hydration reservoir comprising:
a flexible bladder, the bladder including:
a fill opening; and
an outlet port for connecting to an outlet hose and spaced away from the fill opening; and

a securement member having an engagement portion and configured to hang the reservoir from a support member by the engagement portion, the securement member rotatably mounted to the outlet port to rotate with respect to the outlet port between extended and retracted positions, wherein in the retracted position, the securement member extends flush against the bladder and in the extended position, the securement member extends from the bladder to hang the hydration reservoir from adjacent the outlet port, and
wherein the fill opening is larger in diameter than the outlet port.

2. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , further comprising:
the flexible bladder formed from one or more layers of flexible film, the flexible bladder having a top peripheral edge and opposing side edges extending from the top peripheral edge, wherein one or more retention holes are defined along at least one of the top peripheral edge and side edges of the bladder and through the one or more layers of film; and
a clip member connected to the top peripheral edge of the bladder, the clip member extending along at least the top peripheral edge of the bladder,
wherein:
the clip member comprises first and second members secured together, and
a portion of at least one of the first and second members of the clip member extends through the one or more retention holes defined through the one or more layers of film to secure the clip member to the bladder and to secure the first and second members together.

3. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , further comprising a hanger element formed in the clip.

4. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , wherein the clip member extends around the entire periphery of the bladder.

5. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , wherein the clip member extends partially down the opposing edges of the bladder.

6. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , wherein the clip member includes:
the first member comprising a plurality of projections; and
the second member comprising a plurality of cavities sized to receive the plurality of projections, wherein the top peripheral edge of the bladder is positioned substantially between the first and second members, and wherein the plurality of projections are releasably retained in the plurality of cavities to secure the first member to the second member.

7. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , wherein the clip member includes:
the first member comprising a plurality of projections; and
the second member comprising a plurality of cavities sized to receive the plurality of projections, wherein the top peripheral edge and at least a portion of the opposing side edges of the bladder are positioned substantially between the first and second members, and wherein the plurality of projections are releasably retained in the plurality of cavities to secure the first member to the second member.

8. The hydration reservoir of claim 2 , wherein the bladder includes a fill opening spaced away from the top peripheral edge of the bladder.

9. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , wherein:
the securement member includes a base defining an aperture therethrough, wherein the engagement portion is positioned distal the base; and
the base is rotatably mounted to the outlet port to rotate the securement member between the extended and retracted positions.

10. The hydration reservoir of claim 9 , wherein the engagement between the base and the outlet port selectively retains the securement member in a select position.

11. The hydration reservoir of claim 9 , wherein:
a shroud layer is formed on the hydration reservoir around the outlet port; and
the securement member engages the shroud.

12. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , wherein the engagement portion of the securement member is a hook, a loop, an oval hoop or a circular hoop.

13. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , wherein an outlet hose is fluidly connected to the outlet port.

14. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , further comprising a cap releasably securable to the fill opening to selectively open and close the fill opening.

15. The hydration reservoir of claim 1 , wherein the fill opening is defined in the bladder adjacent a top edge of the bladder and the outlet port is defined in the bladder adjacent a bottom edge of the bladder.

16. The hydration reservoir of claim 15 , wherein the outlet port is distally spaced away from the fill port.

Assignees

• Samsonite Ip Holdings Sarl

Inventors

• Ehyai Rawmin
• Sears John Bemis
• Verumen Tabita

Classifications

• A45F3/166

  Hydration systems incorporated in a backpack · CPC title

• A45F3/04 Primary

  Sacks or packs carried on the body by means of two straps passing over the two shoulders · CPC title

• B65D33/14

  Suspension means (handles B65D33/06) · CPC title

• B65D55/165 Primary

  by an element constrained within the container neck, i.e. the element passing through the container opening · CPC title

• B65D33/06

  Handles {(forming part of the closing arrangement B65D33/16)} · CPC title