Flip straw bottle cap with loop handle storage spout

Abstract

A flip straw bottle cap with a pivotal spout configured to position at an obtuse angle for drinking from a bottle and stored vertically in a crevice flush against one side of the loop handle when not in use. The loop handle has a keyhole to attach a carabiner using a key chain. The cap is adaptable to fit any bottle mouth diameter.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates generally to drinking bottle caps. More particularly, the invention relates to a flip straw bottle cap for use with a drinking bottle.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Within the last several decades concerns with the quality of drinking water and water borne illnesses had spawned an industry marketing bottled water variously labeled, drinking water, spring water, glacier water and the like. However, although the water in these marketed bottles may be free of environmental contaminants, the bottles themselves are for the most part made of polycarbonate plastic which is manufactured using the chemical, bisphenol A (BPA). Studies have found that BPA leaches into the water contained in these bottles and appears in the urine of people who drink from these bottles. Studies have also shown that ingestion of BPA has adverse health effects in humans.[0003]Concerns about health and illnesses related to drinking water and other liquids ...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The present invention relates to a flip straw bottle cap that can be used with a drinking bottle without the need to unscrew the cap to drink from the bottle. In a preferred embodiment the bottle cap of the present invention has concentric grooves at its base that facilitates screwing of the cap to the interior of the bottle as compared to the prior art bottle caps that require attachment of the cap through the outside grooves of a drinking bottle.

[0010]In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a single drinking straw starting at the tip of the flip straw spout traverses the length of the interior of the drinking bottle and facilitates flow of liquid through the straw in response to a sucking motion at the flip straw spout end. In a related embodiment, the drinking straw starting at the tip of the flip straw spout ends at the base of the bottle cap and is connected to a longer piece of straw traversing the length of the drinking bottle to provide the same convenience of sipping liquid from the bottle through the flip straw spout on the cap.

Problems solved by technology

Studies have also shown that ingestion of BPA has adverse health effects in humans.

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