Jackel International Limited

Mayborn (UK) Limited

Mayborn Limited

Peter Angus

Richard Parker

Matthew O'Brien

James Edward Roe

Jason Peter Roebuck

Nicholas Cudworth

Kevin Crulley

Anthony Jonathan Sanders

Jason Roebuck

James Roe

Mathew O'BRIEN

A bottle assembly is provided including a bottle having an end portion with a first detent formation, and a collar having a second complementary detent formation. The collar is arranged to snap fit to the end portion by engagement of the detent formations by application of force only in a direction towards the bottle. In addition, a valve assembly for use with a drinking vessel is provided including a base member and a sealing member. The sealing member is movable, dependent on a pressure difference across it, between a sealed position, wherein the sealing member is sealed against the base member, and an unsealed position, wherein the sealing member is unsealed from the base member. One or more channels are formed between the base member and the sealing member and are arranged to allow air to enter the drinking vessel when the sealing member is in the unsealed position.

Bottle assembly and valve assembly

The invention relates to a valve element () for allowing a user to drink from an upper rim () of a valve assembly () comprising a body () comprising a resiliently deformable portion () having a rim (), the rim () located in a first plane, wherein at least the rim () of the resiliently deformable portion () is configured to deform substantially inwardly, to be located in a second plane, into a sealing position within a valve assembly (), and further wherein a portion () of the rim () is configured to lift out of the second plane upon application of a suction force to an upper surface () of a corresponding portion () of the resiliently deformable portion (). The invention also relates to a valve assembly () comprising a valve element () according to the invention.

Valve assembly

A bottle assembly is provided including a bottle having an end portion with a first detent formation, and a collar having a second complementary detent formation. The collar is arranged to snap fit to the end portion by engagement of the detent formations by application of force only in a direction towards the bottle. In addition, a valve assembly for use with a drinking vessel is provided including a base member and a sealing member. The sealing member is moveable, dependent on a pressure difference across it, between a sealed position, wherein the sealing member is sealed against the base member, and an unsealed position, wherein the sealing member is unsealed from the base member. One or more channels are formed between the base member and the sealing member and are arranged to allow air to enter the drinking vessel when the sealing member is in the unsealed position.

According to a first embodiment, the valve assembly comprises a first arm having a first valve portion and a second arm having a second valve portion. The valve assembly is foldable from an unfolded state to a folded state, such that the first valve portion engages with the second valve portion. According to a second embodiment, the valve assembly comprises a liquid inlet, a liquid outlet, a conduit, a blocking member, and a flexible member arranged to seal against the blocking member. The conduit comprises at least one bend and is arranged such that fluid may flow from the liquid inlet, past the bend and through the liquid outlet to at least indirectly impinge the flexible member.

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Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Peter Angus