Grip for beverage container

Abstract

A beverage container with a grip formed in side and bottom walls thereof. The grip includes a V-shaped groove on a side wall that receives a finger of a consumer (e.g., a thumb or set of fingers) and a recess formed in a bottom wall of the container to receive one or more other fingers of the consumer's hand. When gripped in this fashion a lower corner of the bottle may be located in the palm of the consumer's hand. The groove in the side wall is formed in the side wall sufficiently close to the bottom wall to allow the hands of most consumers to use the grip. The V shape points upward. Either side of the V can be used depending on whether the consumer wishes to grip with their right hand or their left hand.

1 - 24 . (canceled) 
   
   
       25 . A beverage container, comprising:
 a bottom wall; and   a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof;   wherein the bottom wall includes a recessed portion formed therein and the side wall includes a groove formed in an outer surface thereof such that when a user is pouring liquid out of the beverage container, the recessed portion may receive one or more fingers of a hand of the user while the groove receives one or more other fingers of the hand of the user;   wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the beverage container;   wherein the liquids are provided to and removed from the beverage container via the opening.   
   
   
       26 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the side wall includes at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, with the groove formed in a single one of the faces. 
   
   
       27 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 26 , wherein each of the faces is slightly curved with respect to a longitudinal axis and the faces join to adjacent faces at rounded edges. 
   
   
       28 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 26 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       29 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the beverage container has a central axis and the opening is symmetric about the central axis. 
   
   
       30 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the groove has a portion that is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall. 
   
   
       31 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 30 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       32 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the opening is smaller than the bottom wall. 
   
   
       33 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 25 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       34 . A beverage container, comprising:
 a bottom wall, the bottom wall having a recessed portion formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the beverage container; and   a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers of the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the beverage container;   wherein the groove has a portion that is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;   wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the beverage container;   wherein the liquids are provided to and removed from the beverage container via the opening;   wherein the user may place a thumb in the recessed portion and one or more of the other fingers in the groove.   
   
   
       35 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 34 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       36 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 34 , wherein the opening is smaller than the bottom wall. 
   
   
       37 . A beverage container, comprising:
 a bottom wall, wherein a bottom surface of the bottom wall has a recessed portion formed therein to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container; and   a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more other fingers of the hand of the user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container;   wherein the groove has a length and a width;   wherein a portion of the length of the groove is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;   wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the container;   wherein the liquids are provided to and removed from the container via the opening.   
   
   
       38 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 37 , wherein the side wall includes a crown portion, said container having a cross sectional area defined by the side wall and parallel to the bottom wall, wherein within at least a portion of the crown portion, said cross sectional area of said container decreases as a distance from the bottom wall increases. 
   
   
       39 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 37 , wherein the side wall further comprises at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, with the groove formed in a single one of the faces. 
   
   
       40 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 37 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       41 . A beverage container, comprising:
 a bottom wall; and   a side wall attached to the bottom wall, the side wall defining an opening on an upper portion thereof, the side wall having a groove formed in an outer surface thereof to receive one or more fingers of a hand of a user when the user is pouring liquid out of the container;   wherein the groove has a length and a width;   wherein a first portion of the length of the groove is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;   wherein a second portion of the length of the groove is sloped to run from a position that is relatively closer to the bottom wall to a position that is relatively further from the bottom wall;   wherein the first portion is disposed at an angle with respect to the second portion;   wherein the groove has a maximum width that allows the user to position the entire width of a thumb within the groove;   wherein the bottom wall and the side wall are formed to contain liquids within the container;   wherein the liquids are provided to and removed from the container via the opening.   
   
   
       42 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 41 , wherein the first and second portions of the length of the groove intersect each other and form a V. 
   
   
       43 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 42 , wherein a point of the V points away from the bottom wall. 
   
   
       44 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 43 , wherein the side wall includes at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, with the groove formed in a single one of the faces. 
   
   
       45 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 41 , wherein the side wall includes at least three faces that each extend from the bottom wall up toward the opening, with the groove formed in a single one of the faces. 
   
   
       46 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 45 , wherein the first and second portions of the length of the groove intersect each other and form a V. 
   
   
       47 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 41 , wherein the first and second portions are each linear. 
   
   
       48 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 41 , wherein the beverage container is a bottle. 
   
   
       49 . A beverage container as defined in  claim 41 , wherein the first portion includes a first end of the groove.