Patent attributes
The present invention provides a compact and short profile portable bottled beverage dispenser for gravitationally dispensing a liquid from an inverted standard sized bottle such as the 3- or 5-gallon bottles commonly used in the drinking water industry. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes a removable top made of a rigid material and closeable over a space large enough to hold and fully enclose the inverted standard sized bottle, a base having a substantially flat bottom surface for maintaining the inverted standard sized bottle in an inverted position and mating surfaces for receiving the removable top, a collar having an aperture sized to receive a neck portion of the inverted standard sized bottle and disposed within the base for supporting the inverted standard sized bottle in the inverted position, a reservoir attached to the collar for receiving the liquid from the inverted standard sized bottle, whereby the neck portion of the inverted standard sized bottle extends downward through the aperture of the collar into the reservoir, and a spigot extending from the reservoir for dispensing the liquid from the reservoir. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes shoulder straps and handles for carrying the dispenser and tie downs for securing the dispenser to an object such as a bench, chain link fence, or pickup truck bed. In another embodiment, the dispenser comprises a vehicle utility box having a space large enough to hold the inverted standard sized water bottle and a base for maintaining the inverted standard sized water bottle in an inverted position.