Abstract: This invention relates to an improved beverage container which permits one to effect a rapid carbonation of the liquid content with dry ice without excessive gas pressure build up. The new container comprises an outer housing shell having an opening at the top equipped with a lid, a water-level mark on the outside near the top and a fluid-flow release valve extending through an opening in the housing near the bottom, and a removable support plate resting near but above the bottom of the housing and extending over the internal terminal of the release valve, the support plate holding the solid dry ice which is added to the container.

Abstract: An improved beverage container for dispensing carbonated beverages, for example. The container is provided with a housing shell having a lid of unique design, and also an interior apertured container suitable for receiving dry ice or other solid cooling agent. This interior apertured container is uniquely provided with an annular wall having slots that can be readily produced in an injection molding operation. A ring is provided both to preserve the integrity of this interior container and also to serve as a support for co-action with a lid of the beverage housing shell. The housing shell itself is provided with a lid having a baffle, the same being provided with gas vents and having a baffle beneath such vents for preventing the contained fluid from sloshing about proximate the vents and also for generally retaining foam beneath the baffle area.