Tactical self-defense water bottle

Abstract

A water bottle includes a bottle body, a cap and a base. The bottle body includes a wall structure extending from a bottom end to a top end. The top end includes an opening. An outer surface of the wall structure may include a plurality of finger grip recesses and at least one thumb grip recess. The cap is configured to releasably connect to the top end of the bottle body to close the opening with a fluid-tight seal. The cap has a pointed portion that provides at least one top pressure point. The base is positioned at the bottom end of the bottle body and includes at least one pointed portion that provides at least one bottom pressure point. The at least one top and at least one bottom pressure points provide self-defense features for the water bottle.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A water bottle, comprising:
 a bottle body having a wall structure extending from a bottom end to a top end, the top end including an opening;   a grasping portion configured for holding the water bottle;   a cap configured to releasably connect to the top end of the bottle body to close the opening with a fluid-tight seal;   a base positioned at the bottom end of the bottle body;   wherein at least one of the cap and the base includes at least one pointed structure defining at least one self-defense feature of the water bottle.   
     
     
         2 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the cap includes a conical shaped portion defining the at least one pointed structure. 
     
     
         3 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the base includes at least three pointed structures. 
     
     
         4 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the base is removable from the bottle body. 
     
     
         5 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the base is connected to the bottle body with a snap-fit connection. 
     
     
         6 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the cap and base comprise a polymer material having a higher strength property than a polymer material of the bottle body. 
     
     
         7 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the bottle body comprises four finger recesses and one thumb recess, the finger recesses being positioned on an opposite side of the bottle body from the thumb recess. 
     
     
         8 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the cap connects to the bottle body with a threaded connection. 
     
     
         9 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the base includes an edge that extends radially outward further than an outer surface of the bottle body and provides another bottom pressure point. 
     
     
         10 . The water bottle of  claim 1  wherein the grasping portion includes a plurality of finger grip recesses and at least one thumb grip recess formed in an outer surface of the bottle body. 
     
     
         11 . A water bottle weapon, comprising:
 a bottle body having a liquid cavity, a bottom end, a top end, and an opening into the liquid cavity at the top end;   a cap releasable connected to the bottle body to close the opening, the cap having at least one first weapon feature;   a base releasably connected to the bottom end of the bottle body, the base having at least one second weapon feature.   
     
     
         12 . The water bottle weapon of  claim 11  wherein the base includes a plurality of second weapon features. 
     
     
         13 . The water bottle weapon of  claim 12  wherein the plurality of second weapon features support the bottle body in an upright position. 
     
     
         14 . The water bottle weapon of  claim 11  wherein the base is removably connected to the bottle body. 
     
     
         15 . The water bottle weapon of  claim 11  wherein the cap and base comprise different materials from those materials of the bottle body. 
     
     
         16 . The water bottle weapon of  claim 11  further comprising a plurality of finger grips formed in the bottle body on a first side thereof and at least one thumb grip formed in the bottle body on a second side thereof, which is opposite the first side. 
     
     
         17 . A method of assembling a water bottle, comprising:
 providing a bottle body, a cap, and a base, the bottle body having a liquid cavity, a bottom end, a top end, and an opening into the liquid cavity at the top end, at least one of the cap and the base having at least one pointed portion;   releasably connecting the cap to the top end of the bottle body to close the opening with a liquid-tight seal;   connecting the base to the bottom end of the bottle body;   wherein the at least one pointed portion is exposed for contact to provide the water bottle with at least one self defense feature.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein the base is replaceable with another base that has a different number of the at least one bottom pointed portion. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 17  wherein connecting the base includes providing a snap-fit connection between the base and the bottle body. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 17  further comprising filling the liquid cavity before releasably connecting the cap to increase a potential impact force provided by the water bottle when used as a self-defense weapon.