Multi-compartment snack storage and dispensing appliance

A dry food and beverage storage and dispensing appliance for separating and preventing the mixing of a dry food and a liquid beverage while stored in the appliance, and for non-simultaneous dispensing of the dry food and liquid, the appliance comprising:

• (a) a container with a closed bottom and open top, and comprising:
• i) a rim around the open top, part of the rim at a first height,
• ii) a wall intersecting the container from bottom to top, defining a first and second compartment separated by the wall, the wall having (1) a left and right edge, and (2) a top extending to a height above the rim first height from its left to right edge,
• iii) a left and right ramp connecting the left and right edge of the top of the wall to the rim of the first compartment,
• (b) a lid with a top surface and a bottom surface, and comprising:
• i) a seal element on the bottom surface, the seal element adapted to make contiguous contact with the top of the container wall, the left and right ramp, and the rim of the first compartment,
• ii) a first and second side, the first side defined by the area inside the perimeter of the bottom surface seal element,
• iii) a food spout defined by an opening in the lid second side, the perimeter of the opening including a raised rim extending a distance from the lid the top surface,
• iv) a moveable door in the second side on the bottom surface, adapted to close and open the food spout opening,
• v) an opening through the first side,
• (c) a straw and valve assembly adapted to pass through the lid first side opening and extending a distance from the lid top surface;
• (d) a connection means to connect the lid and container together.

A multi-compartment food and beverage storage and dispensing appliance adapted for non-simultaneous dispensing of the food and the beverage, one-hand operation, and leak-free use, comprising:

• (1) a cup comprising a dividing wall creating a first and second compartment side-by-side, wherein the wall is non-linear, and wherein the center of the wall is off-center from the cup center,
• (2) a lid with a top outside surface and a bottom inside surface, the inside surface comprising a divider adapted to match the dividing wall of the bottom cup, the lid comprising:
• (a) a first section on one side of the divider aligned with the first compartment, and a second section on the other side of the divider aligned with the second compartment,
• (b) an oval shaped first opening through the first section positioned in a first corner of the first section, and a spout raised from the top outside surface around the first opening, the first opening and raised spout adapted for the flow of cereal pieces comprising a substantially elliptically shaped cross section, and the spout with a top edge with a crested profile adapted for sealing one's lips around the top of the spout,
• (c) a door on the bottom inside surface, movable between (i) a closed position which closes the first opening in the first corner of the first section, and (ii) an open position in the second corner of the first section,
• (d) a door moving lever on the top outside surface, the lever with a hub at the center of the lid and connected to the door,
• (e) wherein the area of the first opening of the first section permits the positioning of the door in said both closed and open positions,
• (f) a second opening through the second section,
• (g) a normally closed valve connected to the second opening, the normally closed valve with a first straight part extending a distance up from the top outside surface, and a second straight part angled at a first angle away from the center of the lid, the second straight part substantially parallel to the long oval axis of the spout, and wherein the normally closed valve is rotatable within the second opening to change the first angle to a different angle.