Beverage Mixing and Dispensing Apparatus
This present invention includes an apparatus and a process for mixing two or more beverages and dispensing the same for one or more consumer(s). It is comprised of a primary beverage collection funnel, which is designed to hold a secondary beverage collection funnel or funnels. Attached to the bottom of the collection funnels are beverage transport tubes, primary and secondary respectively. The beverage transport tubes are then connected to either a beverage combining device which has an integrated one way check valve or to a beverage splitting devises which would then in turn have additional beverage transport tubes connected thereto that are then connected to multiple beverage combining devices which have integrated one way check valves. Attached to the bottom of the beverage combining device is a beverage transport tube. Attached to the bottom of the beverage transport tube is a trigger type valve that has the option of being either locked into the open/on position or the trigger type valve may be used in such a way that when the trigger is released, it returns to the closed/off position automatically. And attached to the outlet port of the trigger type valve is a mouthpiece.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,185,788 March 2007 Morris
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONReferences sited, www.boilermakers.org, irishcarbomb.com, wikipedia.org, TheShotShooter.com
The practice of drinking a hard liquor immediately followed by drinking a weaker beverage or liquor such as beer, which is referred to as a “Chaser”, has been popular for well over 200 years.
In the early 1800's a drink called the “Boilermaker” was created where a person would drop a full shot glass of whiskey into a slightly under filled mug of beer and proceed to immediately drink the entire drink with one long draw, not lifting their lips from the mug until the entire beverage was consumed. In 1979 this type of beverage and mixing technique was reintroduced with the combination of Guinness stout as the beer and one half shot of Bailey's Irish Cream and one half shot Jameson Irish Whisky as the liquor and are most commonly referred to as an “Irish Car Bomb”, if a person omits the Bailey's Irish Cream and uses a full shot of Jameson Irish Whisky, the drink is simply called a “Car Bomb”, in either case the technique used to combine the beverages is referred to as a “Bomb”. More recently this type mixing technique or Bomb, has been very popular by filling the larger glass with a beverage such as Red Bull or another energy drink, again slightly under filled, and also having a smaller sized glass, such as a shot glass, filled with a stronger hard liquor such as Jagermeister liqueur. When this Bomb is made with the referenced beverages it is most commonly called a “Jager Bomb”. The disadvantage and hazard to using this bomb technique lies in the fact that the shot glass will make swift contact with consumers teeth and/or lips creating a tooth chipping or lip splitting hazard.
The practice of drinking beer out of a distribution tube that is connected to the bottom of an open toped funnel originated in the late 1960's when plastic funnels and soft tubing became readily available to the general public. This homemade drinking apparatus is commonly referred to as a “Beer Bong”. These original Beer Bongs needed someone to hold the end of the distribution tube above the top of the funnel prior to and during the filling process or as an alternate technique someone may choose to hold their thumb over the end of the distribution tube prior to and during the filling process to prevent the beer from spilling onto the floor. Next the recipient would place the end of the distribution into their mouth with the funnel raised over their head and begin drinking the beer which would be delivered with some additional force and flow due to the increase in head pressure because of the elevation differential, which in turn would allow for a quicker consumption of the beer. More recently Beer Bongs have been produced to include a ball valve at the end of the distribution tube to make the filling procedure much easier and when the recipient turns the valve to the open/on position they can already have their mouth placed over the flow porthole. In either event the use of a Beer Bong would normally require at least two participants for its successful use.
Several valid attempts have been made to construct the ultimate beer bong apparatus however there are several frequent deficiencies in the previous art. The first is the fact that if no valve is present, the person consuming the beverage will find it quite difficult to remove their thumb from the end of the distribution tube while the beverage is under pressure and insert it into their mouth without spilling any beverage. If the person consuming the beverage chooses to quit drinking midstream, replacing ones thumb or quickly changing the elevation of the funnel, as it relates to the elevation of one's mouth, could be quite difficult. Secondly, if a ball type valve is present they are generally operated with two hands, one hand to hold the valve body and one hand to manipulate the lever to either the open/on or closed/off position. These “hardware store” type ball valves are usually made for much higher pressure applications and can be quite difficult to operate because of their required tightness. These ball valves may also be inadvertently left in the open/on position after a beer is consumed only to be discovered once the next beer is being poured through the apparatus and onto the floor. Due to the fact that two hands are typically needed for the ball valve, the main bulk of the apparatus including the funnel containing the beverage, needs to either be held by a stand, wall bracket or a second person. In any event, the previous art has made the simple task of drinking a beer more difficult than need be. Furthermore, the beverage that is to be consumed by a single person is all contained in one common holding area which will not allow for a sequential dosing of multiple beverages. If the beverage that is to be consumed is made up of multiple beverages, those beverages will become mixed during the filling and dispensing process and the recipient will only taste one flavor of the combined mixture.
Although several techniques are currently used to consume both beer and liquor in the same beverage such as a Bomb or at least in the same setting such as in the example of using a Chaser and several variations of the beer bong do exist, no previous art has combined the mixing technique of a Bomb with the public spectacle, excitement, increased pressure and flow rate of a Beer Bong with the smooth finish and aftertaste of a Chaser all with one apparatus.
Accordingly, what remains needed in the art is a beverage dispensing apparatus which provides for simultaneous yet sequential dosing and dispensing of multiple beverages wherein the person consuming the beverage would enjoy high flow rate and pressure along with a variety of flavors all within one drink with a chaser type finish as well as an optional easily operated one hand trigger type valve that when released may return to the closed/off position automatically.
In this current invention a primary beverage collection funnel, with the large open end up and small end facing downward, is designed to hold a secondary beverage collection funnel or funnels, with the same orientation as the first.
Attached to the bottom of the collection funnels are beverage transport tubes, primary and secondary respectively.
The aforementioned beverage transport tubes are then connected to either a beverage combining device which has an integrated one way check valve or to a beverage splitting devise which would then in turn have additional beverage transport tubes connected thereto that are then connected to multiple beverage combining devices which have integrated one way check valves.
The aforementioned integrated one way check valve contained within the beverage combining device prevents the backflow of beverages up the secondary beverage transport tube or tubes which in turn prevents the beverage from backflowing out of the open top of the secondary collection funnel or funnels.
Attached to the bottom of the beverage combining device is a beverage transport tube.
Attached to the bottom of the beverage transport tube is a trigger type valve that has the option of being either locked into the open/on position or the trigger type valve may be used in such a way that when the trigger is released, it returns to the closed/off position automatically.
Attached to the outlet port of the trigger type valve is a mouthpiece.
There is a great need for a such an invention to be delivered to the marketplace. This current invention will improve the flavor of classic mixed drinks because of its unique delivery method and it will help create flavor combinations never before available with previous art. This apparatus will also reduce risks associated with the classic Bomb drinking technique while at the same time increase the excitement experienced by the participants as well as create a fun spectacle for those who witness its use.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThis present invention includes an apparatus and a process for mixing two or more beverages and dispensing the same for one or more consumer(s). It is comprised of a primary beverage collection funnel, with the large open end up and small end facing downward, is designed to hold a secondary beverage collection funnel or funnels, with the same orientation as the first. Attached to the bottom of the collection funnels are beverage transport tubes, primary and secondary respectively. The beverage transport tubes are then connected to either a beverage combining device which has an integrated one way check valve or to a beverage splitting devises which would then in turn have additional beverage transport tubes connected thereto that are then connected to multiple beverage combining devices which have integrated one way check valves. The integrated one way check valve contained within the beverage combining device prevents the backflow of beverages up the secondary beverage transport tube or tubes which in turn prevents the beverage from backflowing out of the open top of the secondary collection funnel or funnels. Attached to the bottom of the beverage combining device is a beverage transport tube. Attached to the bottom of the beverage transport tube is a trigger type valve that has the option of being either locked into the open/on position or the trigger type valve may be used in such a way that when the trigger is released, it returns to the closed/off position automatically. And attached to the outlet port of the trigger type valve is a mouthpiece.
The following description relates to the illustrated, exemplified and preferred embodiments of the invention. Some of the particular parts of the invention that are disclosed are not necessary to create and use the invention in all of its embodiments, and some of the particular embodiments that are described have equivalents that may be substituted to achieve the same function of the invention.
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Claims
1. A fluid dispensing apparatus, comprising of primary and secondary funnels attached to each other in such a way as to allow independent collection and isolation of different fluids, each said funnel is connected to a fluid transport tube, said fluid transport tubes may be then connected to an inverted Y which would act as a fluid splitting device which would in turn be connected to additional fluid transport tubes, selected fluid transport tubes are then connected to a Y which is used as a combining assembly with an integrated check valve, in turn the Y is connected to a fluid distribution tube which is connected to an optional trigger type valve.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein two or more funnels, large open mouth facing upwards and small end facing downward are attached to one another in such a way that they can be filled individually with different fluids.
3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the small end of said funnels are each connected to their own respective fluid transport tubes.
4. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein each said fluid will largely remain within the confines of said funnel and respective fluid transport tubes.
5. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the said fluid transport tubes may be connected to the top of an inverted Y so as to split a fluid from a single fluid transport tube into multiple fluid transport tubes.
6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein 2 or more of the said fluid transport tubes each containing a different liquid are all connected to the top of a Y that acts as a fluid combining device.
7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the bottom of said Y is connected to a combined fluid transport tube.
8. A fluid dispensing apparatus, comprising of primary and secondary funnels, each said funnel is connected to a fluid transport tube, fluid transport tubes are then connected to a Y which is used as a combining assembly with an integrated check valve which contains a ball and a pin and utilizes a fluid transport tube, in turn this Y is connected to a fluid distribution tube which is connected to an optional trigger type valve.
9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the body of the Y acts as the exterior structure for a integrated check valve containing a ball and a pin.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising of said fluid transport tube acting as an upper seat and seal for said check valve ball and said pin acting as bottom support for said check valve ball. Said check valve stops flow of fluid traveling upwards towards the secondary funnel(s).
11. A fluid dispensing apparatus, comprising of primary and secondary funnels, each said funnel is connected to a fluid transport tube, fluid transport tubes are then connected to a Y, in turn the Y is connected to a fluid distribution tube which is then connected to an optional trigger type valve with an optional auto off feature and an optional mouth piece.
12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the trigger type valve is attached to the lower end of the fluid distribution tube.
13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the trigger type valve has the option of being either locked into the open/on position or the trigger type valve may be used in such a way that when the trigger is released, it returns to the closed/off position automatically.
14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the trigger type valve has the option of having attached to the outlet port, a mouth piece.
Type: Application
Filed: Nov 10, 2010
Publication Date: May 10, 2012
Inventor: Don L. Claps
Application Number: 12/943,019