A portable drinking device is provided that can be filled with municipal type
water,
and which will remove impurities (e.g. chlorine) from that water. The portable
drinking device is designed so that a person can carry around a single drinking
device, fill that drinking device with type water (e.g. from a faucet), and yet
have a portable water source more suitable to that person's water quality preferences.
The portable drinking device has an integrally contained filtration component,
designed for filtering water that is drawn or otherwise delivered from the device
through a drinking tube or other delivery mechanism, and in a way designed to ensure
that all water obtained from the device is passed through the filtration component
to remove the desired impurities. In addition, some applications of this design
will include a filtration component with a filter media that can be conveniently
replaced, so that the same portable drinking structure can be used and reused,
while other applications may include a filtration component designed as a single
use, disposable filter.
