que Bottle

@jwu719 I would disagree that this is the only collapsible water bottle thats functional and fashionable. I interviewed Aquatina who were doing this many many years ago https://www.google.com/search?q=...

@jasondainter @jwu719 I agree, Aquatina was on Dragons Den in the UK, there is also a patent on this type of collapsible plastic bottle that I suspect this will be in breach of if they try to market in the regions where the patent is active.

Nice, patent wars. Really fantastic way to differentiate and add value to consumers.

@jasondainter Hi Jason, we are a completely different product than them. First of all, we use food-grade silicone, not plastic, and our bottle is 100% plastic-free because we really believe plastic is causing too much damage to this planet and we need to reduce plastic consumption significantly right now in our daily life. Secondly, the designs share nothing similar accept they are both collapsible. Our design is in a unique and innovative way that it's spiral turning evenly spread the angles vertically, and the bottle will actually stay in shape collapsed and expanded, and can be used as a full-sized bottle and a half-sized bottle.

@morgano @jasondainter Hi, James. There are different kinds of patents - design patent, which many products could apply, and utility patent, which is much more complicated and requires higher innovations. Just because two products might do the same thing doesn't mean there will be a conflicts in patent. The material, the mechanics, the benefits, the commercial values will all determine whether or not one patent conflicts with another. We have actually filed utility patent in the US and internationally, we were able to do so because we were evaluated as unique utility design on silicone collapsible water bottle with spiral design.

@blackguycoding Thanks so much for your support! It's completely understandable that different people might have different opinions on a new product. But we are glad you see the values in us and like our product, can't wait to deliver it to you and see you enjoy it! :)

@thejeremycarson Hi Jeremy, our bottle expends to a full-sized 20 oz. water bottle. It's convenient for people because they can collapse the bottle in half when they are done or half-done with their drinks so they don't have to carry a big empty bottle around. This is a huge problem, especially for women because we really hate carrying big items, traditional water bottles are definitely too big to fit in our purses. On other occasions, for example you are on a hike, it's also annoying to carry a big bottle when it's already half-empty. Use que Bottle, shrink it to a small cube and put in your pocket, makes your life much easier!