US20120298704A1

US20120298704A1 - No-roll-container

Info

Publication number: US20120298704A1
Application number: US13/068,962
Authority: US
Inventors: Angel Sanz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2011-05-25
Filing date: 2011-05-25
Publication date: 2012-11-29

Abstract

A method and apparatus that consists of a device made out of plastic or other suitable material that is manually fitted on the round container or bottles by press fitting it to the outside of the bottle/container. Once in position, it will effectively prevent the container or bottle to roll on a flat surface. The manual fitting and removal of the “No-Roll Container” to the bottle is quick and effective. When the “No-Roll Container” is no longer needed then the user removes it from the bottle and is ready to be used again in another bottle/container. It can be operated safely and quickly by anyone with simple operating instructions. It can be fitted with a strap to hold the bottle or container to a belt or other device

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to the field of child and parents safety. The “No-Roll Container” is used to prevent bottles/containers to roll when they fall from the vertical position or accidentally dropped. It can also be applied to a number of cases where bottles can drop and roll away from their users such as in shops, hospitals or production lines. Another useful purpose is to allow the bottles/containers to fasten to a suitable user location such as a belt.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

It is therefore, a primary object of the present invention to provide an accessory that is simple, inexpensive and made of safe light components.
The “No-Roll Container” is used to prevent bottles/containers to roll when accidentally dropped. This is specifically important when mothers are feeding their babies and the milk bottle accidentally drops to the floor and rolls away from the mother and under furniture.
It also can be applied to a number of cases where bottles can drop and roll away from their users such as in shops, hospitals or production lines. Another useful purpose is to allow the bottles/containers to fasten to a suitable user location such as a belt.
The heart of the “No-Roll Container” appliance is a device made out of plastic or other suitable material that is manually fitted on the round container or bottle by press fitting it to the outside of the bottle/container. Once in position, it will effectively prevent the container or bottle to roll on a flat surface. The manual fitting and removal of the “No-Roll Container” to the bottle is quick and effective. When the “No-Roll Container” is no longer needed then the user removes it from the bottle and is ready to be used again in another bottle/container. It can be operated safely and quickly by anyone with simple operating instructions.
There is a plurality of variants of the “No-Roll Container”. In its simplest form it is composed of a flat piece of plastic made form a stamping, injection molding or other suitable process. The plastic is flexible and thin and it has a circumferential inner hole composed of radial slots to adapt to a variety of bottle or container outside diameters.
The “No-Roll Container” can have a strap fastened to its side to be used to hold the bottle/container assembly to a suitable user location. The “No-Roll Container” has two purposes, one is to prevent the bottle/container from rolling on a flat surface and the other is to hold the bottle/container by means of the side strap.
A number of visible colors and graphics can be used in the “No-Roll Container”. A kit of “No-Roll Container” consists of a number of pieces of different inside diameter hole consistent to the outside diameters of standard bottles/containers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 This perspective view shows a baby bottle fitted with a No-Roll-Container

FIG. 2 This perspective view shows the No-Roll-Container fitted with a strap and holder clip

FIG. 3 This view of the No-Roll-Container shows the part that is pushed on the bottle with the radial relief holes and strap slot

DETAIL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Please refer to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 The No-Roll Container of the present invention includes an adapter 1 with the outer perimeter fundamentally square with round corners.
The inner hole 2 has the radial slots 3 to facilitate fitting to the various bottle/container sizes.
The slot 4 to allow the strap 5 to fasten to the adapter 1. The adapter 1 is made out of a thin and flexible plastic like 1/32- 1/16″ thickness. The adapter 1 can be fabricated by stamping, injection molding or any other suitable process in a number of attractive colors or graphics. A belt clip 5 is shown fastened to one side of the adapter 1.

Claims

1. An No-Roll Container, comprising:

2. An adapter designed to fit a number of bottle/container sizes to prevent the unwanted rolling of bottles/containers in flat surfaces as well as the fastening of bottles/containers to a suitable user location such as a belt.

3. An No-Roll Container of claim 1 further comprising an inner hole with radial slots to facilitate fitting to the various bottle/container sizes.

4. An No-Roll Container of claim 1 further comprising of a slot to allow the strap to fasten to the adapter

5. An “No-Roll Container” of claim 1 further comprising of an adapter manufactured of a thin and flexible plastic like 1/32- 1/16″ thickness

6. An “No-Roll Container” of claim 1 further comprising of an adapter that can be manufactured by stamping or injection molding process in a number of attractive colors or graphics.

7. An “No-Roll Container” of claim 1 further comprising of an adapter 1 that can be fabricated from other than plastic material

8. An “No-Roll Container” of claim 1 further comprising of an adapter kit composed of an inner hole of different diameters to fit a number of bottles/containers.

9. An “No-Roll Container” of claim 1 with a variety of applications such as baby bottles, hospitals, shops, assembly lines, home and commercial kitchens or any application requiring a bottle or container.