Compartment Patents (Class 215/6)
  • Publication number: 20090020541
    Abstract: The present invention describes an improved plastic drink bottle. By preparing a drink bottle with separate closed internal compartments that allow for access to drinking fluids in one or both closed internal compartments, one may effectively cool beverages and supply more than one beverage in a single drink bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Alan Joseph Bauer
  • Publication number: 20090020542
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transiently-extant drink bottle. The drink bottle is formed from joining two separate closed internal compartments, each compartment capable of holding a unique drinking fluid. Joining of the compartments allows for greater consumer choice in beverage selection as well as cooling of one beverage through its non-contact proximity to a frozen beverage. The transient nature of the proximity of closed internal compartments allows for multiple use and combination of drinking fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 22, 2009
    Inventor: Alen Joseph Bauer
  • Publication number: 20080296246
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottle with a peripheral chamber. The bottle comprises a bottle body, a wall of the bottle body curving inwards thus creating a chamber therein, and a cover of the chamber. The cover can be opened or closed by using a concave depression on the bottle body. The bottle further comprises a container of the chamber so that the chamber can hold a second object in addition to a first object in the bottle body. The bottle is capable of carrying different objects simultaneously. Since the chamber is formed directly from the bottle body, the present invention is simple in structure, easy to manufacture, and low in cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Applicant: AMAZING SQUARE INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
    Inventor: Hua Kuen Chow
  • Publication number: 20080290059
    Abstract: A multi flavor beverage bottle comprises a plurality of flavor packets wherein each flavor packet has an outer layer and an inner layer forming a void therebetween. A lance is perpendicularly interposed between the outer layer and inner layer of each flavor packet wherein the lance further comprises a tapered end for piercing a sidewall of the beverage bottle when the lance is compressed. Webbing is secured between each flavor packet so that the inner layer of the plurality of flavor packets is contiguously secured, to the sidewall of the beverage bottle. Flavoring liquid is contained within each flavor packet so that upon piercing the sidewall of the beverage bottle the flavoring liquid is in fluid communication with the unfavored liquid of the beverage bottle and provides a flavor to the liquid contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Inventor: Zach Benbassat
  • Publication number: 20080272082
    Abstract: A bottle for dispensing products, and in particular a container for dispensing fluids, semi-solid, ointments, gels, paste, creams, powder, and the like. The substances in the container are naturally fed by gravity to a dispensing portion without the need for the dispenser to be placed in a vertical position, upside down position, or inclined position in order to allow the substances to move to the tip of the dispensing portion, all the while maintaining the container in a horizontal orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventor: Marcio Marc Abreu
  • Publication number: 20080230504
    Abstract: A beverage bottle particularly adapted for promotional use having a body portion, a seal portion and promotional product. The body portion having a sidewall portion extending vertically between a neck portion and a base portion, the sidewall portion having a flange portion which peripherally defines a cavity portion. The cavity portion extending a predetermined depth inwardly of the plane of the sidewall portion. The seal portion disposed over the flange portion and cavity portion of the body portion to sealably enclose the cavity portion and provided provided with a pressure sensitive adhesive for sealing the seal portion to the flange portion. The pressure sensitive adhesive adhesive enabling the seal portion to be peeled from and resealed to the flange portion of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventor: Nader Nowzari
  • Publication number: 20080223740
    Abstract: A closure assembly has a closure cap (2) adapted to be fitted to the neck of a container to close the container. The cap (2) has an upper wall (4) and a cylindrical skirt (5) depending therefrom. A reservoir (7) is formed on the underside of the upper wall (4) radially within the skirt (5) and has a dispensing opening (9). A sealing member (3) is fitted into the closure cap (2) to close the dispensing opening in the reservoir. When the assembly is fitted to the container the sealing member fits into the neck of the container with an interference fit such that when the closure cap (2) is removed from the container, the sealing member (3) remains held within the neck of the container and is separated from the closure cap so that the dispensing opening is opened and material contained therein is dispensed into the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Ramsey, Katie Bodnar
  • Publication number: 20080217280
    Abstract: The present invention provides a beverage container comprising two separate compartments, a first compartment having an internal volume of 2-50 ml holding an aqueous liquid and a second compartment having an internal volume of 2-50 ml holding an oleogenous liquid, said aqueous liquid and said oleogenous liquid being present in the container in a weight ratio of less than 3:1, said first compartment comprising a first dispensing aperture and said second compartment comprising a second dispensing aperture, wherein the first dispensing aperture and the second dispensing aperture can be simultaneously positioned in the mouth of an average adult human. Unexpectedly, the inventors have discovered that if the aqueous liquid and the olegenous liquid are simultaneously ingested from the beverage container, hardly no fatty mouthfeel is experienced by the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2008
    Publication date: September 11, 2008
    Inventors: Rob Dekker, Adrianus Johannes Louter
  • Publication number: 20080179270
    Abstract: The invention concerns a device comprising a combination: of at least two individual flasks or containers (1, 2) mutually linked by all or part of their undersides (3), and of a removable fixing system (4) essentially comprising a suction cup and/or a rod (6) provided with a hook, while one of said flasks comprises in said underside a cavity which, alone or in combination with a similar cavity located on the underside of another flask of said combination of flasks, defines a recessed space wherein the head of said suction cup and/or said rod provided with a hook can penetrate and remain force- or spring-locked, with the possibility of being eventually rotated and separated by a simple manual effort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2006
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Applicant: FORUS CONCEPTS TECHNOLOGIQUES
    Inventor: Thierry Thibaut
  • Publication number: 20080169259
    Abstract: A sports bottle with concentrate cup removably coupled thereto by a female coupling ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Inventors: Steven D. Nelson, Leona I. Nelson
  • Publication number: 20080142466
    Abstract: A bottle assembly having an enclosed storage volume for a potable liquid material and an opening for removing the liquid material from the bottle with closure means located on the opening. Between the closure means for the opening and the opening of the bottle there is provided a first set of co-operating elements of re-moveable attachment. A second set of co-operating elements of re-moveable attachment means is then provided between the closure means and a storage portion on the bottle for storing the closure means when liquid is being removed through the opening. A method of removing a potable bottle cap and storing it on said bottle while in use is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Kenneth Mark Balitski
  • Publication number: 20080142465
    Abstract: A collapsible insert having one or more chambers and at least one weakened area is disclosed. Edible ingredients are placed in the chambers, and the edible ingredients are released through the weakened area when the collapsible insert collapses. A bottle having a removable cap that can hold the collapsible insert also can be provided. The collapsible insert collapses when the removable cap is placed on the bottle so that the edible substance is released through the weakened area into the bottle. The collapsible member can also have an extending tube that fits into a neck of the bottle, exposing the collapsible insert. When the cap is placed on the bottle, it collapses the collapsible insert to release the ingredients into the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Donald Spector
  • Publication number: 20080142520
    Abstract: A dual compartment container, such as a drink bottle, including a container body as a primary compartment for receiving and storing matter, having a mouth, a base and a side wall. The sidewall is substantially cylindrical except for a portion of the side wall that is indented into the container body that forms a recess on the outer surface of the container body. The dual compartment container also has an arcuate rotating cover structured and arranged to rotate from an open position, overlying an arcuate portion of the side wall, to a closed position, overlying the recessed portion of the side wall. The auxiliary side compartment is formed in the recess on the outside of the side wall between the side wall and the rotating cover. The rotating cover is guided in its rotation between the open and closed positions by a channel and following member. Preferably, a locking mechanism is included to lock the rotating cover in open and closed positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Linda S. Morgan
  • Patent number: 7387623
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is provided comprising a vial having (a) a first chamber that is substantially filled with an injectable pharmaceutical formulation; (b) a second chamber that is substantially empty but for a gaseous medium; (c) a septum, impermeable to the gaseous medium, separating the first and second chambers; and (d) actuating means effective to bring the formulation and the gaseous medium into contact by breach of the septum such that the gaseous medium acts as an effective headspace for agitation of the formulation. The formulation comprises an aqueous medium, a drug in solid particulate form in a therapeutically effective amount suspended in the medium, and one or more wetting and/or suspending agents in an amount effective to provide controlled flocculation of the drug, at least one ingredient of the formulation being susceptible to oxidative degradation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Pfizer Inc.
    Inventor: Steven K. MacLeod
  • Publication number: 20080128378
    Abstract: A beverage bottle consisting of a body portion for containing a liquid beverage, the body portion having a sidewall portion extending between a neck portion and a base portion, a storage compartment forming a cavity within the body portion, the cavity extending from the base portion vertically towards the neck portion of the body portion, and one or more promotional products disposed and stored within the cavity of the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventor: Nader Nowzari
  • Publication number: 20080105639
    Abstract: Fresh ingredients stored in a sealed fresh product dispensing system chamber, which are then dispensed into a beverage or other product container for consumption or usage by simply pressing on the top of the fresh product dispensing system. This allows for a natural and fresh product. It also allows for certain types of products to be introduced which otherwise degrade or lose potency, color, flavor and/or nutritional benefits when products are mixed during the manufacturing process as with ready-to-drink beverages. The system also allows for shipment of products in the fresh product dispensing system to be shipped without water or fluid bottles with reduced cost of shipping. The fresh product dispensing system compartment can also be segmented into several compartments allowing for each ingredient to be stored in an individual segregated compartment prior to usage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2007
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventor: Jack Musetti
  • Patent number: 7357265
    Abstract: The invention discloses a container made of a transparent material. The container is of the type comprising, in one wall, a reserve into which is fixed a hollow sealed insert (4) containing a fluid in which particles can move. The container is characterized in that the insert (4) comprises a body (13) in the form of a dish intended to hold said fluid and a blanking plate (15) provided on the front face of the body (13), which extends beyond this face, forming an annular region (16) around the body (13), in that the reserve has a complementary shape to the insert (4), and in that the rear face (17) of this annular region (16) constitutes the region via which the insert (4) is fixed by bonding into the reserve. The invention can be used in bottles that have an insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Assignee: Wolf Concept S.A.R.L.
    Inventor: Wolfgang P. Zoller
  • Publication number: 20080083691
    Abstract: This invention container comprises a container shell comprising a body portion, adjoining cap portion and enclosed stopper, and an engineered separation site to facilitate separation of body and cap. The stopper has a raised nipple on the stopper, positioned such that a portion of the stopper is enclosed within the body portion and a portion of the stopper is enclosed within the cap portion. When the cap portion is removed from the body portion, a portion of the nipple therefore extends out of the body portion, allowing easy access to the stopper for cleaning or contents removal. In addition, there is an engineered separation site which includes a partial attenuation of the thickness of part of the container wall. Raised gussets are provided to enhance the cooperation between the instant invention and various needle-free connectors known in the art.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventors: Richard Q. Poynter, Peter J. DeCoste
  • Patent number: 7337925
    Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a multi-partitioned body of a tubular container, in which inner space is divided by a partition wall or walls into multiple compartments disposed in a row. Technically, such a multi-partitioned body of a tubular container can be manufactured in a single molding operation, at a low cost, and in as few production steps as possible, causing no seam that spoils the appearance of the multi-partitioned tubular body and allowing the lower end of the body of a tubular container to be pressed flat in a uniform thickness. The tubular body comprises the inner layer 2 and the outer layer 3 unpeelably laminated with each other over some peripheral length or lengths in a certain range or ranges of the ring cross-section. The inner layer 2 can be broken away from the outer layer 3 to form a partition wall or walls 8 that divide the inner space 9 of the tubular body into compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Imaizumi, Shigeo Iizuka
  • Patent number: 7331478
    Abstract: A dual chamber nursery bottle including upper and lower cylindrical shaped chambers disposed on a common axis one above the other and separated from one another by a rotatable valve assembly that is disposed on the common axis and in contact with the upper and lower chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Salma E. Aljadi
  • Publication number: 20070289932
    Abstract: A bottle or container to carry a medicine pill last longer due to having a drying substance in a container and secure container inside of bottle or container in order not to have accidental swallowing of drying substance. Container can also have order eating substance or fragrance. Another benefit of having container secure inside of bottle is to limit the movement of the pill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2006
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Inventor: Keun Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 7299936
    Abstract: The present invention provides a beverage bottle comprising an outer bottle (2) and an inner container (4). The inner container holds a first liquid (such an alcoholic spirit or a flavoured concentrate) and the space between the outer container and the inner container holds a second liquid (such as a still or carbonated mixer). The inner container (4) is twisted along its length to resist the flow of the first liquid to ensure that if the contents are consumed directly from the beverage bottle, every mouthful contains substantially the same ratio of first and second liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Votum Enterprise Limited
    Inventors: Manjit C. N. G. Singh, Daljit C. N. G. Singh
  • Publication number: 20070267378
    Abstract: A multi-chambered container having at least two chambers connected by webbing is described, wherein at least one chamber has at least one indentation, each pair of chambers is connected by webbing, at least one pair of chambers connected by webbing includes a non-webbed area, and a grippable portion. The container is useful to supply one or more materials, or to collect one or more materials, and can be indexed for proper correlation with an associated apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: November 22, 2007
    Inventors: Ralph L. Piccinino, Ronald A. Gogle, Tracy L. Finnemore Olson
  • Patent number: 7287487
    Abstract: The present invention provides a portable water bottle, cup and dish assembly and method for humans and pets wherein a readily accessible water bottle and cup are integrally housed within a delivery dish. The portable water bottle, cup and dish assembly provides a bottle removably housed within a central compartment of a cup. In addition, the bottle is removably attached within a delivery dish so that the bottle and the cup are removably housed therein. The cup and the delivery dish are each configured in size and shape to provide access for a human and a pet to drink therefrom, respectively. Optionally, the bottle comprises an insulating internal chamber adapted to insulate the liquid housed therein, keeping the liquid at a constant temperature for a period of time. Alternatively, the cup and/or the delivery dish comprise insulating capabilities adapted to insulate the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Inventor: Marni Markell Hurwitz
  • Patent number: 7287656
    Abstract: The container 10 of the preferred embodiment comprises an outer shell 12 and an inner membrane 14 which cooperatively define a first compartment 16 and a second compartment 18. The first compartment 16 defines a first opening 20, through which the first compartment 16 receives a consumable liquid. The second compartment 18 defines a second opening 22, through which the second compartment 18 receives a second liquid. The first compartment 16 and the second compartment 18 are shaped and arranged such that greater than 50% of the surface area of the second compartment 18 is located adjacent to the first compartment 16. Alternatively, the first compartment 16 and the second compartment 18 may be shaped and arranged such that the first compartment 16 substantially surrounds at least a portion of the second compartment 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Blue Clover Design, LLC
    Inventors: Robert J. Guilford, III, Peter Ethan Staples
  • Patent number: 7258251
    Abstract: A multi-chambered dispensing container which has a unique means for seating the cap portion of the container to the bottle portion of the container. The cap portion can be attached to the bottle portion such that the contents of one chamber of the container do not leak into another chamber. The contents of the container can be dispensed independently or at the same time. The container may also be refilled using alternate refill holes located in the bottle portion of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Inventor: Juan Perez Johnson
  • Patent number: 7252676
    Abstract: An apparatus for adding medicine to a standard baby bottle nipple. The apparatus comprises a nipple that has side measurements to allow a caretaker to place a volume of liquid medicine within the nipple. Then, the medicine can be capped off with a stopper and the nipple attached to a standard baby bottle with milk or formula mixture within it. The stopper does have a small hole to allow the milk or formula to enter the nipple, where it will be consumed with the liquid medicine mixture. However, due to the small nature of the hole in the stopper, the medicine will be consumed in large part before the infant or toddler even begins to consume the milk or formula mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Inventor: Lillie Williams
  • Patent number: 7225937
    Abstract: A package system which combines an article and a container in an integrated package with the article secured in nested relationship within a recess of the container. The recess has sufficient depth such that portions of the side walls of the container extend outwardly effectively beyond an exposed surface of the article so as to protect the article against damage. Alternatively, the package system includes a pair of spaced columns which are integrally formed with the side wall of the container and which extend outwardly from the side wall. A recess is formed between the column members which is configured to receive an article in nested relationship within the recess. Methods for securing the article in nested relationship within the recess of the container are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Inventor: Michael D. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 7225938
    Abstract: A dual chamber nursing bottle includes a first chamber, a second chamber, a closure which defines the second chamber, and a valve member which communicates between the first and second chambers to control the flow of fluid from the first chamber to the second chamber and then feed an infant using the nursing nipple which is mounted on the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Inventor: Ruchama Frisch
  • Patent number: 7178523
    Abstract: A bottle contains at least one oxygen chamber allowing a user to breathe pure oxygen by placing their mouth and nose in a facemask contoured to fit the users face. The bottle also holds water so the user can drink clean pure water as well. The oxygen is pressurized allowing more oxygen to be stored in the chambers and to aid the user in getting the oxygen into his or her lungs. The present invention allows a user to drink water and breathe pure oxygen in a safe and convenient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Assignee: Beverage Creations, LLC
    Inventor: Shaam P Sundhar
  • Patent number: 7175037
    Abstract: A segregated container for holding multiple substances including an outer container, and inner container, a sealing member, and a sealing cap. The inner container is at least partially slidably received within the outer container. The sealing member is releasably secured to an upper rim of the inner container so as to define a closed space within the inner container. The sealing cap is sealingly secured to the outer container circular rim so as to secure the inner container within the outer container. The inner and outer containers may each contain a substance, solid or liquid, that is isolated from the other during shipment and storage, and which may be separately accessed for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2007
    Inventor: Jabra Deir
  • Patent number: 7168584
    Abstract: The combined multi goblet represents a set of several separate goblets that can be used for different beverages. The bottom configuration of part-goblets let them stay stably either separately or as a combined set. The combination of part-goblets is formed by setting the bases one on another as layers, as shown on FIG. 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Inventor: Arshak Akopyan
  • Patent number: 7165697
    Abstract: A two-compartment drinking vessel includes an outer drinking vessel having a closed bottom section, a generally vertical sidewall section with an upper rim there around and an open top. Within the outer vessel is an inner, closed bottom, linear vessel with a sidewall section having an upper rim there around and an open top. The interior vessel sidewall section extends essentially diagonally from at or near the outer vessel upper rim to a selected point adjacent the sidewall and bottom sections of the outer vessel. Liquids poured into the outer vessel and inner vessel are separately contained until the two-compartment vessel is tilted to drink. The liquid contained by the inner vessel flows from the two-compartment vessel prior to the liquid contained in the outer vessel flowing therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventor: Joel Checkalski
  • Patent number: 7150369
    Abstract: A dual chamber infant bottle for minimizing contamination of an entire batch of baby formula or milk includes an upper feeding reservoir with a conventional baby bottle nipple coupled to the top end thereof. The lower end of the feeding reservoir includes a base portion having an opening therethrough for receiving fluid from a storage reservoir. A valve assembly is removably disposed between the storage reservoir and feeding reservoir for allowing selective flow therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Inventor: Kimberly C. Fryar
  • Patent number: 7140504
    Abstract: A separable two-component drinking system comprising an upper component with a tapering side wall and a cylindrical lower axial extension, the side wall and the lower extension having a common central axis; and a lower component with a generally annular lateral extension and an upper aperture for the receipt of the axial extension during use, the lower component and the upper component sharing the same common central axis when coupled for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Inventor: Sharon Baron
  • Patent number: 7077291
    Abstract: The present invention provides a package assembly that incorporates a foamable topping under pressure and provides the consumer with a fresh, foamed topping when the package is opened. In one version, the topping material is carried under pressure on top of the liquid contents of the package, and foams when the package is opened. In other versions the topping is carried within the cap or cover of the package, and is selectively dispensed by the consumer after the package has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Inventors: Scott A. Bell, James E. Hawes
  • Patent number: 7055706
    Abstract: A drink bottle has a side wall and a floor together forming an interior drink space, an array of tubes extending away from the floor, defining an downwardly open compartment and a plurality of windows, having upper ends in fluid communication with the drink space at the floor, and having lower ends remote from the floor. A hollow base ring spaced from the floor is attached to the lower ends and in fluid communication through the tubes with the drink space. A container adapted to hold ice is fitted inside the compartment and removable from the compartment through the base ring. This container is visible from outside through the windows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2006
    Assignee: Eisvogel Nutzeis GmbH
    Inventor: Ingo Kurs
  • Patent number: 7036684
    Abstract: A diagonally divided bottle in accordance with the preferred embodiments preferably has a greater width than depth. The bottle includes an outer wall, a diagonal inner wall and a bottom wall. The outer wall and the bottom wall cooperate to form an interior divided by the inner wall. The inner wall intersects the outer wall and to the bottom wall to form a fluid tight seal between the divided interior, with the divided interior defining separate interior chambers. The inner wall is arranged at an angle diagonal to a plane tangential to the front of the bottle such that products contained in each interior chamber are simultaneously viewed when the bottle is observed from the front of the bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Inventors: Ken S. Hantman, Ray Lindsey, Chris S. Hantman
  • Patent number: 6989168
    Abstract: A container for vending single servings of beverages and snack foods, includes a liquid-impermeable wall providing a compartment for the beverage. An inside section of the wall defines a recess isolated from the compartment and open to the container exterior at the bottom. Near the upper end of the recess, the inside wall diameter is decreased in steps, to frictionally engage a leading edge region of a snack-food cartridge or other product inserted into the recess. A pull tab between the cartridge and the recess is accessible to remove the cartridge. Alternatively, a cartridge wrapper can be shaped to provide a pull tab component. The preferred snack-food cartridge includes a compliant thin film or foil wrapping surrounding a stack of cookies, a bar, or other snack food. In alternative arrangements, the container has a vertical slot for viewing a cartridge inserted into the recess, or is formed with horizontal top and bottom wall sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Inventor: Lonnie J. Fahey
  • Patent number: 6951275
    Abstract: Packaging device allowing two or more products that are mixed at the time of use thereof to be expended in a single package, including a package differentiated in two or more enclosures, one of them provided with an openable stopper, separated by a movable stoppering partition and each filled with one of the products to be contained separately in the package and with a gaseous fluid compatible with each of said products, the gaseous fluid being substantially subject to pressures different from normal atmospheric pressure, which pressures exert an equal force on opposite faces of the internal movable stoppering partition, maintaining a balance between both enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Inventor: Rosa Elena Serra Galdos
  • Patent number: 6945416
    Abstract: An item is stored by placing the item within an opaque sleeve with opposed open ends and inserting into each of the open ends a bottle holding a consumable liquid. The bottles fit snug within the sleeve and each bottle is independently removable from the sleeve and reinsertable therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Inventor: Robert C. Manno
  • Patent number: 6920991
    Abstract: A multi-chambered container assembly including a two-piece adapter having a base and a hollow member that cooperate to open and close a passage between a first chamber provided by a bottle and a second chamber formed in the hollow member. The base defines a first opening and has a substantially semi-spherical concave wall surrounding the first opening, and the hollow member includes a substantially semi-spherical convex wall that pivotably (slidably) fits within the concave wall of the base. The hollow member is snap-coupled to the base using a pair of pins and a pair of cam grooves that facilitate movement of the hollow member between a closed (first) position and an open (second) position. The base can be integrally formed onto the bottle to provide a two-piece multi-chambered container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Insta-Mix, Inc.
    Inventor: James W. Holley, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6913777
    Abstract: A portable, single-use container for separately containing a first and second consumable products. The container includes a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a spout. The spout facilitates dispensing of a contained first consumable product from the first compartment. The second compartment, in turn, tapers at an upper portion thereof to form a mouth. The mouth facilitates dispensing of a second consumable product from the second compartment. The first and second compartments are assembled to one another in a side-by-side fashion such that the spout abuts the mouth. With this configuration, during use, a first consumable product and a second consumable product can be dispensed from the container in close proximity to one another for convenient consumption. In one preferred embodiment, the first compartment contains a volume of milk and the second compartment contains a quantity of cereal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: General Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: John P. Rebhorn, Stephen P. Belko, Pamela A. Hodulik
  • Patent number: 6857530
    Abstract: A package for companion products has two containers (102, 104), each comprising a mating formation (408, 502) protruding in a direction toward the other container and defining a mating surface facing at an angle to the direction of protrusion and engaging the mating surface of the other container. Each container has a generally flat bottom and a center of gravity in vertical alignment with the generally flat bottom, whereby each container can stand independently of the other container. The shape of each container is the same as the other, and the containers are attached to one another. The shape enables the mating surfaces to be brought into engagement with one another by movement in a plane parallel to the bottoms of the containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: Graham Packaging Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Sheldon Yourist
  • Publication number: 20040226904
    Abstract: A package system which combines an article and a container in an integrated package with the article secured in nested relationship within a recess of the container. The recess has sufficient depth such that portions of the side walls of the container extend outwardly effectively beyond an exposed surface of the article so as to protect the article against damage. Alternatively, the package system includes a pair of spaced columns which are integrally formed with the side wall of the container and which extend outwardly from the side wall. A recess is formed between the column members which is configured to receive an article in nested relationship within the recess. Methods for securing the article in nested relationship within the recess of the container are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Inventor: Michael D. Schroeder
  • Patent number: 6814229
    Abstract: A bottle adapter includes a connector having a containment region for holding a composition and an internal threaded portion that engages threads on a bottle neck and has an opening in fluid communication with the containment region. An upper end of the connector has an aperture that is in fluid communication with the containment region. The adapter also includes a first seal for sealing an opening in the threaded portion and a second seal for sealing the aperture. In use a removal of the first seal permits fluid communication between the containment region and fluid in the bottle, permitting the formation of a mixture. A removal of the second seal permits the mixture to be dispensed. Methods for storing a composition for subsequent mixing with a fluid and for delivering a mixture of a composition and a fluid are also addressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Belle Bottles LLC
    Inventor: Allison Seckler
  • Publication number: 20040211742
    Abstract: A post-mix container provided with an upper container body and a lower container body. The upper container body has a coverable first opening on a proximal end and the lower container body has a coverable second opening on a proximal end. The proximal ends of the upper and lower container bodies may be moved axially toward each other so that covering of the second opening in the lower container body is removed and then the covering of the first opening in the upper container body is removed, after which the contents of the upper and lower container bodies can be mixed with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: David M. Deans
  • Publication number: 20040211743
    Abstract: A beverage bottle is provided, with a sidewall detail representing a gemstone, in which the gemstone representation is carried by and secured to the sidewall of the bottle, either directly on the surface thereof, or in a recess thereof, with or without a setting, with the gemstone representation preferably having a plurality of facets for reflecting light outwardly of the gemstone and thereby suggesting a quality product in the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2004
    Publication date: October 28, 2004
    Inventor: John A. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20040206717
    Abstract: The present invention provides a beverage container having a plurality of compartments so that each compartment may hold a separate beverage or the same beverage, thus providing a consumer to select for consumption the beverage in one of the compartments and preserve the temperature of the beverage in the other compartment for later selection. The compartments may be configured in a vertically separated embodiment or a horizontally separated embodiment. The invention further provides a compartmentalized travel container for prolonged and selective consumption of liquids in order to facilitate heat or cold retention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Matthew B. Flies, D. Chad Strickland
  • Publication number: 20040206716
    Abstract: The stick of single-dose plastic bottles comprises a plurality of bottles (1) connected together separably by at least two rows of tabs (3, 5) at the base or foot of the stick, and in another, remote position, and the rupture lines (3C, 5A) for separating and using the bottles are not aligned. This stiffens the stick so that it resists deformations which would otherwise be possible along coaxial rupture lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Marcello Rogai, Federigo Rogai