A beverage bottle for a portable electronic device, includes a hand-held container comprising a surrounding wall and having a fluid compartment formed within the surrounding wall, and an accessible station integrated with the hand-held container, wherein the accessible station has a window cavity for accommodating the portable electronic device therein so as to allow the portable electronic device through the window cavity. Therefore, the portable electronic device is carried and protected by the container and is accessible through the accessible station.

A beverage filter or treatment bottle system has a bottle, lid, and a beverage improvement component such as a filter element. A filter element may be positioned to separate the interior space of the bottle into a filtered beverage compartment and an unfiltered beverage compartment. A tube passes through the filter into fluid communication with the filtered beverage compartment. The tube extends through the unfiltered beverage compartment to a nozzle in the lid of the bottle. A lid cover is fastenable onto the lid to enclose and close the nozzle. A filter cartridge may be provided. A UV sterilizer may be provided. An air bypass may be provided.

A beverage filter or treatment bottle system has a bottle, lid, and a beverage improvement component such as a filter element. A filter element may be positioned to separate the interior space of the bottle into a filtered beverage compartment and an unfiltered beverage compartment. A tube passes through the filter into fluid communication with the filtered beverage compartment. The tube extends through the unfiltered beverage compartment to a nozzle in the lid of the bottle. A lid cover is fastenable onto the lid to enclose and close the nozzle. A filter cartridge may be provided. A UV sterilizer may be provided. An air bypass may be provided.

A bottle package is disclosed for providing consumer packaging for liquid products. The package includes a paper-based cylindrical main body section providing a circular footprint for the package. In one embodiment, the package includes a paper conical section attached to the main body section. In one embodiment, the package includes a plastic bottle top comprising a screw on cap fitted to and adhered to an inside of the paper conical section to provide a screw on bottle top section on a top of the package. In one embodiment, the main body section includes annular creases configured to enable a collapsed state wherein the main body section includes accordion-style folds.

A bottle package is disclosed for providing consumer packaging for liquid products. The package includes a paper-based cylindrical main body section providing a circular footprint for the package. In one embodiment, the package includes a paper conical section attached to the main body section. In one embodiment, the package includes a plastic bottle top comprising a screw on cap fitted to and adhered to an inside of the paper conical section to provide a screw on bottle top section on a top of the package. In one embodiment, the main body section includes annular creases configured to enable a collapsed state wherein the main body section includes accordion-style folds.

A storage container with a spout is provided that can store a coating material. The storage container can include a container body having a shape, which may be a circular shape, polygonal shape, or a rounded-polygonal shape. The container body includes a side wall having first and second ends. The storage container with a spout can include a first opening with a corresponding lid and the spout providing a second opening with a corresponding cap. The storage container can further include a handle formed with an aperture through a side of the container body.

A storage container with a spout is provided that can store a coating material. The storage container can include a container body having a shape, which may be a circular shape, polygonal shape, or a rounded-polygonal shape. The container body includes a side wall having first and second ends. The storage container with a spout can include a first opening with a corresponding lid and the spout providing a second opening with a corresponding cap. The storage container can further include a handle formed with an aperture through a side of the container body.

A lid for a liquid container has a lid wall with a perimeter, a top side surface, and an underside surface. The lid has an anti-glug device carried on the lid wall and positioned to coincide with a dispensing orifice in the lid wall. The anti-glug device has a channel that partly circumferentially surrounds the dispensing orifice. Terminal ends of the channel define a circumferential gap therebetween. One or more air vents are formed axially through a part of the channel and are disposed circumferentially opposite the circumferential gap.

A lid for a liquid container has a lid wall with a perimeter, a top side surface, and an underside surface. The lid has an anti-glug device carried on the lid wall and positioned to coincide with a dispensing orifice in the lid wall. The anti-glug device has a channel that partly circumferentially surrounds the dispensing orifice. Terminal ends of the channel define a circumferential gap therebetween. One or more air vents are formed axially through a part of the channel and are disposed circumferentially opposite the circumferential gap.

A system and method transporting fluids with a pitcher. The pitcher includes one or more pitcher walls disposed about a void having a floor at a base region and an open top at a rim. The pitcher has a handle mounted on the wall or one of the walls. The pitcher also has a hollow shoe set into the base region which includes a sole plate at a base. It further includes one or more spaced-apart shoe walls an open rim, the sole plate disposed at an angle to drain water it a shoe drain which is configured to extend through one of the shoe walls.