Technical Field

The present invention relates to an improved bottle.

Background Art

With particular reference to the sector of alcoholic beverages it is known that the distribution on the market of beverages such as, e.g., spirits, wine, sparkling wine and beer is commonly carried out in glass bottles.

Furthermore, it is known that in some cases, for example, in the case of festive events both outdoors and indoors, such bottles are presented with special luminous and non-explosive fireworks associated able to emit colored sparks, in order to produce a desired visual effect.

Such luminous fireworks can be associated with the bottles exclusively through the use of common rubber bands and/or adhesive tapes.

This, however, entails a number of drawbacks. The association of luminous fireworks with the bottles, in actual facts, implies waste of time and material, such operations being linked to the use of rubber bands and/or adhesive tapes. Another drawback is linked to the fact that the association on the outside of the bottle of said luminous fireworks, by means of rubber bands and/or adhesive tapes, determines a remarkable deterioration in the aesthetic appearance of the bottle itself.

Description of the Invention

The main aim of the present invention is to provide an improved bottle which allows the association of luminous decorative elements with a considerable saving of time and material.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an improved bottle which allows the association of the decorative elements leading to a considerable aesthetic improvement of the bottle itself and of the desired visual effect.

A further object of the present invention is to provide an improved bottle which allows to overcome the mentioned drawbacks of the prior art within the ambit of a simple, rational, easy, effective to use as well as low cost solution.

The above mentioned objects are achieved by the present improved bottle having the characteristics of claim 1. Brief Description of the Drawings

Other characteristics and advantages of the present invention will become better evident from the description of a preferred, but not exclusive, embodiment of an improved bottle, illustrated by way of an indicative, but non-limiting, example in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of the bottle according to the invention in a first embodiment;

Figure 2 is a view of a detail of the bottle of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view of the detail of Figure 2 in a first embodiment;

Figure 4 is a view of the detail of Figure 2 in a second embodiment;

Figure 5 is a front view of the bottle according to the invention in a second embodiment;

Figure 6 is a rear view of the bottle of Figure 5;

Figure 7 is a view of a detail in partial section of the bottle of Figure 5.

Embodiments of the Invention

With particular reference to such figures, reference number 1 globally designates an improved bottle.

The bottle 1 comprises a support lower base 2 and a substantially elongated hollow body 3 which extends from the lower base 2 and able to contain a beverage.

As visible in the figures, the hollow body 3 has a cylindrical-tubular shape; advantageously, the hollow body 3 has a substantially circular section.

Alternative embodiments cannot however be ruled out in which the hollow body 3 has, for example, a square or polygonal section.

Furthermore, the bottle 1 comprises a neck 4 associated with the hollow body 3 at a portion substantially opposite to the lower base 2 and having a dispensing mouth 5 of the beverage.

The hollow body 3 comprises a shoulder 6 composed of a narrowing which connects the hollow body 3 to the neck 4.

In a first embodiment, represented in Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4, the bottle 1 comprises a closing element 7 of the dispensing mouth 5 which can be inserted snugly into the neck 4. The closing element 7 comprises an apical portion 8 and an elongated portion 9 extending from the apical portion itself.

As visible in the figures, the elongated portion 9 is shaped so as to be inserted snugly or with a slight interference inside the neck 4.

Advantageously, the apical portion 8 is substantially coaxial to the elongated portion 9.

The apical portion 8 also has a larger diameter than the elongated portion 9; this allows to define a gripping surface 10 able to come in contact with the neck 4 and to facilitate the insertion and extraction operations of the closing element 7. The closing element 7 comprises a housing seat 11 which extends longitudinally inside the elongated portion 9.

Preferably, the housing seat 11 is substantially coaxial to the elongated portion 9 and has a substantially circular section.

Alternative embodiments cannot be ruled out having the housing seat 11 e.g. with a square, triangular or hexagonal section.

Specifically, the housing seat 11 comprises a substantially cylindrical extended hollow profile with a concave bottom 12.

Furthermore, the closing element 7 comprises an opening 13 formed on the apical portion 8 for the insertion of a decorative Bengal light 14 inside the housing seat 11.

In detail, the housing seat 11 is able to accommodate a first portion 15 of the decorative Bengal light 14 opposite to a second pyrotechnic portion 16 arranged externally to the housing seat 11.

It is important to point out that in the context of this specification with "second pyrotechnic portion" is meant the extremity which is lit by an operator. The second pyrotechnic portion emits light in the surrounding environment; this means that the emitted light is intended to be directed outwards with respect to the housing seat 11 and, in this case, with respect to the hollow body 3.

Also, it is pointed out that with "decorative Bengal light" is meant a non- explosive luminous firework able to emit colored sparks and, possibly, sound and smoke.

Specifically, the decorative Bengal light 14 has a substantially cylindrical body intended to be inserted substantially snugly inside the housing seat 11.

Conveniently, the housing seat 11 is made at least partly of a heat insulating material; this material is intended to reduce the transmission of heat produced by the decorative Bengal light 14 to the beverage contained in the hollow body 3.

Preferably, the housing seat 11 is made at least partly of a transparent material; alternative embodiments are not however ruled out in which the housing seat 11 is made at least partly of a colored opaque material.

Conveniently, the housing seat 11 can comprise retaining means 17 for retaining the decorative Bengal light 14 inside the housing seat itself, illustrated by way of example in Figure 3.

The retaining means 17 can e.g. comprise at least one locking element abutting at least one portion of the side surface 18 of the decorative Bengal light 14.

In detail, the locking element 17 can comprise a flexible tab which extends in a cantilever fashion from the inner surface 19 of the housing seat 11.

With reference to the particular embodiment shown in Figure 3, the housing seat 11 comprises four flexible tabs 17 shaped so as to adhere to the side surface 18 of the decorative Bengal light 14; this means that the first portion 15 contacts in abutment each flexible tab 17 which, by bending towards the bottom 12, allows the entry of the decorative Bengal light 14 and that, by bending towards the opening 13, holds it inside the housing seat 11.

It is easy to understand that the presence of the flexible tabs 17 greatly increases the functional value of the present invention, in fact, the presence of the latter allows to easily handle and move the bottle 1.

In other words, the bottle 1 can be moved and/or handled also in an inclined or horizontal position, without the risk that the decorative Bengal light 14 comes out from the housing seat 11 causing damage, if the latter is lit, to people and/or objects positioned nearby.

Conveniently, moreover, the housing seat 11 can have at least one support element 20 formed internally of the support seat itself and able to abut the first portion 15 of the decorative Bengal light 14.

Specifically, as illustrated by way of example in Figure 4, the housing seat 11 can have internally two support elements 20 protruding with respect to the inner surface 19 of the housing seat 11 and arranged at a same predefined distance from the bottom 12, so as to vary the length of the second portion 16 protruding outside of the housing seat itself.

It is also underlined that the housing seat 11 extends along a portion of the closing element 7 inside the neck 4.

In Figures 5, 6 and 7 a second embodiment is shown in which the housing seat 11 is formed along at least one portion of the outer surface 21 of the hollow body 3.

Advantageously, the bottle 1 comprises a plurality of housing seats 11 of the decorative Bengal lights 14 which are formed along at least one portion of the outer surface 21.

With reference to the particular embodiment shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the bottle 1 comprises three housing seats formed substantially at the shoulder 6. Alternative embodiments cannot however be ruled out in which the bottle 1 has four, five, etc. housing seats 11.

Preferably, at least one of the housing seats 11 comprises a central axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis 22 of the hollow body 3.

Conveniently, at least one of the housing seats 11 comprises the central axis inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis 22 of the hollow body 3.

With reference to the aforesaid second embodiment shown in Figures 5, 6 and 7, the bottle 1 has a first housing seat 11 with the central axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis 22 and two housing seats 11, made respectively at the portions of the outer surface 21 substantially opposite with respect to the first housing seat 11 and having the central axis inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis 22.

The central axis of each of the two housing seats 11 is divergent, from the bottom to the top, with respect to the central axis of the other housing seat 11. The article for playful entertainment according to the invention comprises a bottle 1 as the one described above and at least one decorative Bengal light 14 having the first portion 15 inserted inside the housing seat 11 and the second portion 16 arranged externally to the housing seat itself. The operation of the present invention is the following.

The first portion 15 of the decorative Bengal light 14 is inserted into the respective housing seat 11 formed on the closing element 7 and/or at the shoulder 6.

The next step is therefore the ignition of the second portion 16 able to emit colored light and/or sparks.

It has been in practice found that the described invention achieves the intended objects.

The fact is particularly stressed that the special device of having housing seats allows the association of decorative Bengal lights with the bottle with a considerable saving of time and material, enabling a considerable improvement in the aesthetic appearance of the bottle itself and the desired visual effect.