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WO2001096229A2
WO2001096229A2 PCT/KR2001/000850 KR0100850W WO0196229A2 WO 2001096229 A2 WO2001096229 A2 WO 2001096229A2 KR 0100850 W KR0100850 W KR 0100850W WO 0196229 A2 WO0196229 A2 WO 0196229A2
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outflow tube
liquid container
spouting
liquid
container body
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Jung Min Lee
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Jung Min Lee
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Priority claimed from KR1020000036674A external-priority patent/KR100634629B1/en
Priority claimed from KR1020000041185A external-priority patent/KR20000063501A/en
Priority claimed from KR1020000041184A external-priority patent/KR20000059151A/en
Priority claimed from KR1020000044705A external-priority patent/KR100641450B1/en
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D25/00—Details of other kinds or types of rigid or semi-rigid containers
    • B65D25/38—Devices for discharging contents
    • B65D25/40—Nozzles or spouts
    • B65D25/42—Integral or attached nozzles or spouts
    • B65D25/46—Hinged, foldable or pivoted nozzles or spouts
    • B65D25/465—Hinged, foldable or pivoted nozzles or spouts the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position

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  • the present invention relates to a liquid container that is designed to enable
  • exhausting passage can be bent in a direction. And the passages are integrally
  • the present invention relates to a liquid container that is designed
  • the beverage container is composed of a cap and a container and the
  • container is designed such that the upper end of the straw is exposed to the
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problem.
  • the liquid is poured when the container body is inclined and a second spouting
  • spouting member for folding the spouting member closed by the cap into the shelter and erecting the spouting member out of the shelter when the external force is
  • the container body is provided at its bottom side with a liquid filling inlet and
  • the liquid filling inlet is sealed after the container body is filled with the liquid.
  • container body is provided with a leakage preventing portion for sealing a bottom
  • the first spouting passage is a spout that is extended from the first spouting passage
  • the second spouting passage includes a narrow outflow tube
  • outflow tube is communicated from an upper end of the first spouting passage near
  • the outflow tube is formed with a bellows
  • bending portion, or the outflow tube is made from a flexible synthetic resin.
  • outflow tube is composed of an upper outflow tube and a straw inserted thereto.
  • the straw is coupled to the fixing portion formed in a bottom surface of the
  • a supporting means is supported at an interior of the first spouting passage by a supporting means and includes an operating outflow tube upward or downward movably
  • the outflow tube is made from a flexible synthetic resin.
  • the operating outflow tube is
  • the movable outflow tube is provided at its upper end with an outer
  • the operating outflow tube is pulled by a predetermined length.
  • a movable outflow tube fixed by the supporting member and a
  • the operating outflow tube is formed with a
  • the cap is threaded with an outer circumference of
  • an outflow means and includes an opening identification skirt that is divided by a
  • the cap includes an inner protrusion that is tightly inserted into an inner circumference of the first spouting passage thereby preventing a
  • the flexing member includes a bellows bending portion formed
  • the flexing member includes a bending margin portion that is
  • outflow means thereby being a bending axis of the outflow means.
  • border portion is extended to the side wall of the shelter in which a folding portion is
  • the container body is provided with a reinforcement portion that is
  • the border portion is formed with the folding portion.
  • the bending margin portion is
  • the bending margin portion is connected between
  • the outflow means is bent in a direction.
  • the flexible means is formed in a circumference of the outflow means to accomplish a bending operation while folding the outflow means.
  • elastic protrusion has a suitable size to elastically pass the cap.
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 are perspective views and sectional views of a liquid container
  • FIGS. 4 to 5 are sectional views a container body of a first embodiment is
  • FIGS. 6 to 8 are sectional views of a spouting member in a first embodiment
  • FIG. 9 is a plan view of a container body in a first embodiment according to
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 are sectional views of a flexing member in a first
  • FIG. 12 is a partly cutaway perspective view of a flexing member in a first
  • FIGS. 13 and 14 are sectional views of a flexing member in another
  • FIG. 15 is a sectional view of a shelter in an embodiment according to the
  • FIGS. 16 to 18 shows a liquid container of a second embodiment according
  • FIGS. 1 to 3 shows a liquid container an embodiment according to the
  • a liquid container according to the present invention comprises a container
  • a spouting member 200 upwardly protruded while it is unfolded and
  • the container 100 is integrally formed with the spouting member 200 by an blowing manner(including injection mold) for improving the sealing and productivity.
  • the container body 100 is provided at its bottom surface with an
  • opening 102 and the opening 102 can be heat-sealed with a cap 104 as shown in
  • the liquid can be easily poured through the cap 104.
  • the container body 100 is provided at its bottom side
  • the container body 100 is filled with the liquid. As the blowing is completed
  • the spouting member 200 is provided with a first spouting passage 202
  • beverage can be sucked in a state where the container vertically stands.
  • the first spouting passage 202 is integrally formed with the container body
  • the outflow tube 206 is provided with a central hole for discharging the liquid
  • the second spouting passage 204 includes a narrow outflow tube 208
  • the outflow tube 208 is protruded upward
  • the outflow tube 208 is made from a flexible synthetic resin, or is formed
  • outflow tube 208 is disposed into the first spouting passage 202
  • 208 can be a straw.
  • FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the second spouting passage 204
  • second spouting passage 204 is designed such that an upper outflow tube 208' is
  • FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the second spouting passage 204.
  • the second spouting passage 204 is centrally supported inside of the first
  • the narrow operating outflow tube 208" communicates from the top end
  • tube 208" moves upwardly by a predetermined length while opening the cap 300.
  • the operating outflow tube 208" is composed of a lower outflow tube 208"b
  • the lower outflow tube 208"b is formed with the bellows
  • the spouting member 200 as described above, is closed by the cap 300.
  • the cap 300 is formed at its inner circumference with a thread and coupled with an
  • the cap 300 includes an opening identification skirt 304 that is divided by a
  • the opening identification skirt 304 is
  • the cap 300 is designed such that an inner small diameter
  • protrusion portion 306 is extended to be inserted into the upper end of the outflow
  • the spouting means 200 is coupled with the cap 300 is folded in the shelter
  • the container body 100 is provided with an elastic protrusion 402 for
  • protrusion 402 has a suitable size to elastically pass the cap 300. It is preferred to
  • the bending means includes a bending margin portion 110 for
  • border portion 112 that is connected between an opposite container body 100 from the bending margin portion 110 and the spouting member 200 thereby being a
  • the bending margin portion 110 is connected between a side wall forming
  • the bending margin portion 110 is
  • the bending margin portion 110 can be
  • FIG. 11 shows a bending means of another embodiment of the present
  • the bending means are accomplished such that
  • the bending margin portion and the bending border portion function as the folding
  • the spouting member 200 is provided with a
  • the shelter 400 is mounted on a central portion of the container body 100. Further, referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 , referring to FIG. 200 is eccentrically disposed on a side of the container body 100 and the shelter 400 is mounted on a central portion of the container body 100. Further, referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200 referring to FIG. 200
  • the container body 100 is provided with a leakage preventing portion
  • FIG. 15 shows the shelter 400 of another embodiment according to the
  • the shelter 400 is formed by cutting the container body 100.
  • FIGS. 16 to 18 show another embodiment according to the present
  • a liquid container according to the present invention comprises a container
  • a spouting member 200 upwardly protruded while it is unfolded and
  • the container body 100 and the cap 300 are the same.
  • cap 300, the shelter 400 and means for folding the spouting member 200 are
  • the shelter 400 receiving the spouting member 200 is shaped of a circle
  • the spouting member 200 When the user pushes the spouting member 200, the spouting member 200 is received in the interior of the container body. When the user pulls the spouting member 200
  • the spouting member 200 it is upwardly erected.
  • the spouting member 200 includes a first spouting passage 202 where the
  • the first spouting passage 202 is integrally formed with the container body
  • the second spouting passage 204 is supported by a supporting member
  • the operating outflow tube 208" includes a movable outflow tube 208"d that
  • the movable outflow tube 208"d is formed
  • the bottom end of the lower outflow tube 208"e is inserted and coupled to the fixing portion 120 formed in a lower surface of the container body 100.
  • the fixing portion 120 is composed of a plurality of protrusions
  • the bending means for receiving and erecting the
  • spouting member 200 includes a bending margin portion 110' that is formed around

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Abstract

A liquid container for containing liquid such as beverages includes a body in which the liquid is contained, a spouting member integrally formed with the body and having a first spouting passage through which the liquid is spouted when the body is inclined and a second spouting passage through which the liquid is spouted by sucking force, a cap for closing the spouting member, a shelter formed on an outer side of the spout assembly, a flexing member formed between the body and the spouting member for folding the spouting member closed by the cap into the shelter and erecting the spouting member out of the shelter when outer force is applied in the folding and erecting direction.

Description

DESCRIPTION
LIQUID CONTAINER
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a liquid container that is designed to enable
easy and convenient drinking of liquid contained in a container through an sucking
passage, and easily dispense the liquid into another container through an
exhausting passage, and an outflow means including the sucking passage and the
exhausting passage can be bent in a direction. And the passages are integrally
formed with the container body thereby improving the sealing and productivity.
Further, the present invention relates to a liquid container that is designed
such that the passages can be received into a shelter formed on the container
body.
BACKGROUND ART
Generally, many kinds of beverage containers are used for a liquid
beverage. The beverage container is composed of a cap and a container and the
user can open the cap and then suck the beverage with a straw or drink it. However, it is unsanitary because the contact portion with human mouse can easily
polluted. Though the user can use a straw, it is not convenient to provide when it
is needed.
Korean Utility Model Registration Nos. 20-176923 and 20-193549 disclose
a container having a straw. As the container of the prior art is designed for
sucking the beverage, it is impossible or is not convenient to dispense the
beverage of the container to another container like a cup. The disclosed beverage
container is designed such that the upper end of the straw is exposed to the
atmosphere.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
Therefore, the present invention has been made in an effort to solve the problem.
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a liquid container comprising a
container body in which the liquid is contained, a spouting member integrally
formed with the container body and having a first spouting passage through which
the liquid is poured when the container body is inclined and a second spouting
passage through which the liquid is sucked by an absorption force, a cap for
closing the spouting member, a shelter formed on an outer side of the spouting
member, and a flexing member formed between the container body and the
spouting member for folding the spouting member closed by the cap into the shelter and erecting the spouting member out of the shelter when the external force is
applied in the folding and erecting direction.
The container body is provided at its bottom side with a liquid filling inlet and
the liquid filling inlet is sealed after the container body is filled with the liquid. The
container body is provided with a leakage preventing portion for sealing a bottom
end of the second spouting passage.
Preferably, the first spouting passage is a spout that is extended from the
container body, outwardly protruded and formed with a central hole for dispensing
the liquid of the container body.
Preferably, the second spouting passage includes a narrow outflow tube
disposed in the first spouting passage with a supporting member and the narrow
outflow tube is communicated from an upper end of the first spouting passage near
to a lower end of the container body. The outflow tube is formed with a bellows
bending portion, or the outflow tube is made from a flexible synthetic resin. The
outflow tube is composed of an upper outflow tube and a straw inserted thereto.
The straw is coupled to the fixing portion formed in a bottom surface of the
container body by an inserting manner.
In another embodiment of the present invention, the second spouting
passage is supported at an interior of the first spouting passage by a supporting means and includes an operating outflow tube upward or downward movably
mounted, and the operating outflow tube is communicated from an upper end of the
first spouting passage near to a lower end of the container body. The operating
outflow tube is made from a flexible synthetic resin. The operating outflow tube is
composed of a lower outflow tube fixed by a supporting member and a movable
outflow tube that is inserted into the lower outflow tube and upwardly and
downwardly moves, the lower outflow tube is formed with the bellows bending
portion, and the movable outflow tube is provided at its upper end with an outer
protrusion elastically coupled with an inner protrusion of the cap so that the
operating outflow tube is pulled by a predetermined length. The operating outflow
tube is composed of a movable outflow tube fixed by the supporting member and a
lower outflow tube that inserted into the movable outflow tube and upwardly and
downwardly moves, and the bottom end of the lower outflow tuber is coupled to a
fixing portion by an inserting manner. The operating outflow tube is formed with a
bellows bending portion.
In the present invention, the cap is threaded with an outer circumference of
an outflow means and includes an opening identification skirt that is divided by a
separating guide line and is provided with an engagement jaw engaged and fixed to
the container body. The cap includes an inner protrusion that is tightly inserted into an inner circumference of the first spouting passage thereby preventing a
leakage of the liquid.
Preferably, the flexing member includes a bellows bending portion formed
in the outflow means.
Further, the flexing member includes a bending margin portion that is
connected between the container body and the outflow means to accomplish of
bending the outflow means and a bending border portion that is connected
between an opposite container body from the bending margin portion and the
outflow means thereby being a bending axis of the outflow means. The bending
border portion is extended to the side wall of the shelter in which a folding portion is
formed.
The container body is provided with a reinforcement portion that is
extended from the opposite side of the bending border portion. The bending
border portion is formed with the folding portion. The bending margin portion is
formed with the folding portion. The bending margin portion, is connected between
a side wall forming a concave space of the container body and the outflow means,
and is composed of a bottom surface of the concave space and the side wall while
the outflow means is bent in a direction.
The flexible means is formed in a circumference of the outflow means to accomplish a bending operation while folding the outflow means. The container
body is provided with an elastic protrusion for preventing the outflow means
and the cap from being erected while bent to a side wall of the shelter and the
elastic protrusion has a suitable size to elastically pass the cap.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a
part of the specification, illustrate an embodiment of the invention, and, together
with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention:
FIGS. 1 to 3 are perspective views and sectional views of a liquid container
in a first embodiment according to the present invention;
FIGS. 4 to 5 are sectional views a container body of a first embodiment is
coupled to a container;
FIGS. 6 to 8 are sectional views of a spouting member in a first embodiment
according to the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a plan view of a container body in a first embodiment according to
the present invention;
FIGS. 10 and 11 are sectional views of a flexing member in a first
embodiment according to the present invention; FIG. 12 is a partly cutaway perspective view of a flexing member in a first
embodiment according to the present invention;
FIGS. 13 and 14 are sectional views of a flexing member in another
embodiment according to the present invention;
FIG. 15 is a sectional view of a shelter in an embodiment according to the
present invention; and
FIGS. 16 to 18 shows a liquid container of a second embodiment according
to the present invention.
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
First Embodiment
FIGS. 1 to 3 shows a liquid container an embodiment according to the
present invention.
A liquid container according to the present invention comprises a container
body 100, a spouting member 200 upwardly protruded while it is unfolded and
received in a shelter 400 of the container body 100 while it is folded, and a cap 300
coupled to the spouting member.
The container 100 is integrally formed with the spouting member 200 by an blowing manner(including injection mold) for improving the sealing and productivity.
Preferably, the container body 100 is provided at its bottom surface with an
opening 102 and the opening 102 can be heat-sealed with a cap 104 as shown in
FIG. 4. In this case, the liquid can be easily poured through the cap 104.
Referring to FIG. 5, the container body 100 is provided at its bottom side
106 with a liquid filling inlet 108 and the liquid filling inlet 108 is heat-sealed after
the container body 100 is filled with the liquid. As the blowing is completed
through the inlet 108, it is convenient to form a complicated shape of spouting
member 200.
The spouting member 200 is provided with a first spouting passage 202
through which the liquid beverage can flow out of the container in a state where the
container is inclined and a second spouting passage 204 through which the liquid
beverage can be sucked in a state where the container vertically stands. When
drawing the beverage through the first spouting passage 202, the outer air flows in
through the second spouting passage 204. When dispensing the beverage
through the second spouting passage 204, the outer air flows in through the first
spouting passage 202.
The first spouting passage 202 is integrally formed with the container body
100 and includes a outflow tube 206 upwardly protruded out of the container body 100. The outflow tube 206 is provided with a central hole for discharging the liquid
of the container.
The second spouting passage 204 includes a narrow outflow tube 208
mounted inside of the central hole. The outflow tube 208 is protruded upward
from the first spouting passage 202 by a predetermined length, and the outflow
tube 208 communicates the top end of the first spouting passage 202 near to the
bottom end of the container.
The outflow tube 208 is made from a flexible synthetic resin, or is formed
with a bellows bending portion 210.
Further, the outflow tube 208 is disposed into the first spouting passage 202
in state of interposing a supporting member 212. At this point, the outflow tube
208 can be a straw.
FIG. 6 shows another embodiment of the second spouting passage 204
that is integrally formed in the first spouting passage 202. Referring to FIG. 7, the
second spouting passage 204 is designed such that an upper outflow tube 208' is
fixed to the interior of the first outflow tube 202 and a straw 214 is inserted into the
interior of the upper outflow tube 208', and the straw 214 is formed with the bellows
bending portion 210.
FIG. 8 shows still another embodiment of the second spouting passage 204.
The second spouting passage 204 is centrally supported inside of the first
spouting passage 202 in state of interposing the supporting member 212 and is
provided with a narrow operating outflow tube 208" that can be pushed down and
pulled up. The narrow operating outflow tube 208" communicates from the top end
of the outflow tube 206 near to the bottom end of the container. An outer protrusion
208"a of the top end of the operating outflow tube 208" is elastically engaged and
fixed with an inner protrusion 308 of the cap 300 whereby the operating outflow
tube 208" moves upwardly by a predetermined length while opening the cap 300.
The operating outflow tube 208" is composed of a lower outflow tube 208"b
fixed to the interior of the first spouting passage 202 by the supporting member 212
and a movable outflow tube 208"c that is inserted into the lower outflow tube 208"b
and pushed and pulled. The lower outflow tube 208"b is formed with the bellows
bending portion 210.
The spouting member 200, as described above, is closed by the cap 300.
The cap 300 is formed at its inner circumference with a thread and coupled with an
outer circumference of the outflow tube 206. The bottom end of the cap 300 is
extended near to the bottom end portion of the spouting member 200 and
completely covers around the opening portion thereby preventing the pollution of it. The cap 300 includes an opening identification skirt 304 that is divided by a
separating guide line 302. As shown in FIG. 9, the opening identification skirt 304 is
provided with an engagement jaw engaged and fixed to a protrusion 206a formed
on a lower outer circumference of the outflow tube 206.
At this point, the cap 300 is designed such that an inner small diameter
protrusion portion 306 is extended to be inserted into the upper end of the outflow
tube 206 and tightly sealed with a top inner circumference surface of the outflow
tube 206.
The spouting means 200 is coupled with the cap 300 is folded in the shelter
400 of the container body 100(show FIG. 3) or upwardly erected from the container
body 100(show FIG. 2).
The container body 100 is provided with an elastic protrusion 402 for
preventing the cap 300 and the spouting member 200 received in the shelter 400
from being erected while bent to a side wall of the shelter 400 and the elastic
protrusion 402 has a suitable size to elastically pass the cap 300. It is preferred to
form a groove 404(show FIG. 12).
The bending means includes a bending margin portion 110 for
accomplishing a bending operation of the spouting member 200. and a bending
border portion 112 that is connected between an opposite container body 100 from the bending margin portion 110 and the spouting member 200 thereby being a
bending axis of the spouting member 200.
The bending margin portion 110 is connected between a side wall forming
the shelter 400 of the container body 100 and the spouting member 200, and is
composed of a bottom surface of the shelter 400 and side wall when the spouting
member 200 is bent in a direction.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the bending margin portion 110 is
formed at a side with a folding portion 114 for easily achieving a bending operation
of the spouting member 200. At this point, the bending margin portion 110 can be
extended to the side wall of the shelter 400 and the folding portion 114 is formed on
a lower portion of the side wall.
FIG. 11 shows a bending means of another embodiment of the present
invention. In this embodiment, the bending means are accomplished such that
the bending margin portion and the bending border portion function as the folding
portion 114.
Referring to FIG. 12, the spouting member 200 is provided with a
reinforcement member 116. It is extended from the bending border portion to the
opposite of the bending border portion 112. In this case, the spouting member
200 is eccentrically disposed on a side of the container body 100 and the shelter 400 is mounted on a central portion of the container body 100. Further, referring
to FIG. 14, the container body 100 is provided with a leakage preventing portion
118 for sealing a bottom end of the second spouting passage 204.
FIG. 15 shows the shelter 400 of another embodiment according to the
present invention. The shelter 400 is formed by cutting the container body 100.
Second Embodiment
FIGS. 16 to 18 show another embodiment according to the present
invention.
A liquid container according to the present invention comprises a container
body 100, a spouting member 200 upwardly protruded while it is unfolded and
received in a shelter 400 of the container body 100 while it is folded, and a cap 300
coupled to the spouting member.
In this embodiment, the container body 100 and the cap 300 are the same
as those of the first embodiment. Only the spouting member 200 coupled with the
cap 300, the shelter 400 and means for folding the spouting member 200 are
different from those of the first embodiment.
The shelter 400 receiving the spouting member 200 is shaped of a circle
around the spouting member 200 and downwardly extended thereby having a
shaped of a cup. When the user pushes the spouting member 200, the spouting member 200 is received in the interior of the container body. When the user pulls
the spouting member 200, it is upwardly erected.
The spouting member 200 includes a first spouting passage 202 where the
user draws a beverage contained in the container, and a second spouting passage
204 where the user dispenses the beverage of the container when the container is
inclined.
The first spouting passage 202 is integrally formed with the container body
100 and includes an outflow tube 206 upwardly protruded out of the container.
The second spouting passage 204 is supported by a supporting member
212 in the first spouting passage 202 and includes an operating outflow tube 208"
upward or downward movably mounted thereto. The operating outflow tube 208"
communicates from the top end of the outflow tube 208" to the bottom end of the
container.
The operating outflow tube 208" includes a movable outflow tube 208"d that
is fixed to the interior of the first spouting passage 202 by the supporting member
212 and upward and downward moves, and a lower outflow tube 208"e inserted
into the movable outflow tube 208"d. The movable outflow tube 208"d is formed
with a bellows bending portion 212.
The bottom end of the lower outflow tube 208"e is inserted and coupled to the fixing portion 120 formed in a lower surface of the container body 100. As a
result, though the movable outflow tube 208"d upwardly moves, the lower outflow
tube 208"e is fixed. The fixing portion 120 is composed of a plurality of protrusions
and the lower outflow tube 208"e or the second spouting passage 204 is
communicated with the interior of the container body 100 through the space
between the protrusions.
In this embodiment, the bending means for receiving and erecting the
spouting member 200 includes a bending margin portion 110' that is formed around
the spouting member 200 thereby accomplishing the bending operation.
While this invention has been described in connection with what is presently
considered to be the most practical and referred embodiments, it is to be
understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on
the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent
arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Claims

1. A liquid container comprising:
a container body in which the liquid is contained;
a spouting member integrally formed with the container body and having a
first spouting passage through which the liquid is poured when the container body
is inclined and a second spouting passage through which the liquid is sucked by an
absorption force;
a cap for closing the spouting member;
a shelter formed on an outer side of the spouting member; and
a flexing member formed between the container body and the spouting
member for folding the spouting member closed by the cap into the shelter and
erecting the spouting member out of the shelter when the external force is applied
in the folding and erecting direction.
2. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the container body is
provided at its bottom side with a liquid filling inlet and the liquid filling inlet is sealed
after the container body is filled with the liquid.
3. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the container body is
provided with a leakage preventing portion for sealing a bottom end of the second
spouting passage.
4. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the container body is
provided with an opening and a lower cap stuck to the opening.
5. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first spouting
passage is a spout that is extended from the container body, outwardly protruded
and formed with a central hole for dispensing the liquid of the container body.
6. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second spouting
passage includes a narrow outflow tube disposed in the first spouting passage with
a supporting member and the narrow outflow tube is communicated from an upper
end of the first spouting passage near to a lower end of the container body.
7. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second spouting
passage is supported at an interior of the first spouting passage by a supporting
means and includes an operating outflow tube upward or downward movably
mounted, and the operating outflow tube is communicated from an upper end of the
first spouting passage near to a lower end of the container body.
8. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cap is threaded with
an outer circumference of an outflow means and includes an opening identification
skirt that is divided by a separating guide line and is provided with an engagement
jaw engaged and fixed to the container body.
9. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cap includes an inner protrusion that is tightly inserted into an inner circumference of the first
spouting passage thereby preventing a leakage of the liquid.
10. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexing member
includes a bellows bending portion formed in the outflow means.
11. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexing member
includes a bending margin portion that is connected between the container body
and the outflow means to accomplish of bending the outflow means and a bending
border portion that is connected between an opposite container body from the
bending margin portion and the outflow means thereby being a bending axis of the
outflow means.
12. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the flexible means is
formed in a circumference of the outflow means to accomplish a bending operation
while folding the outflow means.
13. A liquid container as claimed in claim 1, wherein the container body is
provided with an elastic protrusion for preventing the outflow means and the cap
from being erected while bent to a side wall of the shelter and the elastic protrusion
has a suitable size to elastically pass the cap.
14. A liquid container as claimed in claim 5, wherein the spout is formed at
its inside with an air inflow hole.
15. A liquid container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the outflow tube is
formed with a bellows bending portion.
16. A liquid container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the outflow tube is
made from a flexible synthetic resin.
17. A liquid container as claimed in claim 6, wherein the outflow tube is
composed of an upper outflow tube and a straw inserted thereto.
18. A liquid container as claimed in claim 7, wherein the operating outflow
tube is made from a flexible synthetic resin.
19. A liquid container as claimed in claim 7, wherein the operating outflow
tube is composed of a lower outflow tube fixed by a supporting member and a
movable outflow tube that is inserted into the lower outflow tube and upwardly and
downwardly moves, the lower outflow tube is formed with the bellows bending
portion, and the movable outflow tube is provided at its upper end with an outer
protrusion elastically coupled with an inner protrusion of the cap so that the
operating outflow tube is pulled by a predetermined length.
20. A liquid container as claimed in claim 7, wherein the operating outflow
tube is composed of a movable outflow tube fixed by the supporting member and a
lower outflow tube that inserted into the movable outflow tube and upwardly and
downwardly moves, and the bottom end of the lower outflow tuber is coupled to a fixing portion by an inserting manner.
21. A liquid container as claimed in claim 7, wherein the operating outflow
tube is formed with a bellows bending portion.
22. A liquid container as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the container body is
provided with a reinforcement portion that is extended from the opposite side of the
bending border portion.
23. A liquid container as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the bending border
portion is extended to the side wall of the shelter in which a folding portion is
formed.
24. A liquid container as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the bending border
portion is formed with the folding portion.
25. A liquid container as claimed in claim 11, wherein the bending margin
portion is formed with the folding portion.
26. A liquid container as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the bending margin
portion, is connected between a side wall forming a concave space of the container
body and the outflow means, and is composed of a bottom surface of the concave
space and the side wall while the outflow means is bent in a direction.
27. A liquid container as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second spouting
passage is composed of the movable outflow tube fixed by the supporting member and the lower outflow tube inserted into the movable outflow tube, the bottom end
of the lower outflow tube is coupled to the fixing portion by an inserting member, is
formed with the bellows bending portion, and the movable outflow tube is formed
with the bellows bending portion.
28. A liquid container as claimed in claim 17, wherein the straw is coupled
to the fixing portion formed in a bottom surface of the container body by an inserting
manner.
29. A liquid container as claimed in claim 20, wherein the movable outflow
tube is formed with the bellows bending portion.
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