# US 10,501,237 B2 · Beverage container

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- Number: US 10,501,237 B2
- Document ID: US10501237B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/625,791
- Filed: 2017-06-16
- Published: 2017-11-30
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2011-11-18
- Assignees: Mocktail Beverages Inc.
- Applicants: Mocktail Beverages Inc.
- Inventors: William D. Gamelli
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501237B2

## CPC

- B65D 43/02: Removable lids or covers (with means for piercing, cutting, or tearing a frangible inner closure B65D51/22)
- A47J 43/27: for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers (mechanically driven A47J43/042)
- B01F 33/50111: {Small portable bottles, flasks, vials, e.g. with means for mixing ingredients or for homogenizing their content, e.g. by hand shaking}
- B65D 47/122: {Threaded caps}
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES
- B01F: MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING (mixing paints B44D3/06)

## Abstract

The disclosed beverage container can be a prepackaged hermetically sealed beverage container prefilled with a ready for consumption beverage for retail sale and can include three pieces, a cap, dome and vessel. The pieces can be screwable together. The dome piece can contain a strainer. The consumer can separate the dome from the vessel and add ice to the beverage to cool the beverage prior to consumption, and can strain the ice from the beverage before drinking it directly from the top opening of the dome, after it has been resealed to the vessel.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A prepackaged hermetically sealed beverage container prefilled with a ready for consumption beverage for retail sale, comprising:
a vessel, having a sidewall, a closed end, an open end bounded by the sidewall, the open end having a threading complementary to the threading of a dome, the vessel containing the ready for consumption beverage;
the dome, having a generally domed shape with opposed top and bottom openings having respective smaller and larger diameters, the top opening being substantially smaller than the open end of the vessel, comprising:
threading adjacent to the bottom opening to secure the dome to the vessel, and the bottom opening further configured with a first seal arrangement between the vessel and the dome, sealed for retail sale, sealing and maintaining integrity of the ready for consumption beverage in the vessel until opened by a consumer;
a strainer, fixed to an upper portion of the dome; and
threading adjacent to the top opening of the dome complementary to the threading of a cap; and
the cap, having a closed end, an open end, and threading adjacent to the open end to secure the cap to the dome, and further configured with a second seal arrangement spaced above the first seal arrangement between the cap and the dome sealing the top opening of the dome, sealed for retail sale, sealing and maintaining integrity of the beverage container until opened, the dome being sealed at the bottom and top openings by the first and second seal arrangements, the ready for consumption beverage being a beverage that is hermetically sealed within the beverage container and having a retail sale shelf life.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, further comprising a mechanism configured to indicate tampering with the seal arrangements.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1 in which the first seal arrangement includes a first seal member sealing between the dome and the vessel, and the second seal arrangement includes a second seal member sealing between the cap and the dome.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The container of claim 3, in which the first and second seal arrangements include shrink wrap film.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the beverage container further contains a non-carbonated soft-drink.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, wherein the ready for consumption beverage includes alcohol.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1 in which the first seal arrangement includes a seal applied across the open end of the vessel, the dome having an interior chamber that is hermetically sealed by the first and second seal arrangements, and from interior regions of the vessel.

### Claim 8

A prepackaged hermetically sealed beverage container prefilled with a ready for consumption beverage for retail sale, comprising:
a vessel containing the ready for consumption beverage, having a sidewall, a closed end, and an open end bounded by the sidewall;
the dome, having a generally domed shape with opposed top and bottom openings having respective smaller and larger diameters, the top opening being substantially smaller than the open end of the vessel, comprising:
the bottom opening further configured with a first seal arrangement between the vessel and the dome, sealed for retail sale, for sealing and maintaining the integrity of the ready for consumption beverage in the vessel until opened by a consumer, the first seal arrangement including a seal applied across the open end of the vessel;
a strainer, fixed to an upper portion of the dome; and
a cap having a closed end and an open end, and further configured with a second seal arrangement spaced above the first seal arrangement between the cap and the dome sealing the top opening of the dome, sealed for retail sale, sealing and maintaining integrity of at least an upper portion of the beverage container until opened, the dome having an interior chamber that is hermetically sealed by the first and second seal arrangements, and from interior regions of the vessel, the ready for consumption beverage being a beverage that is hermetically sealed within the beverage container and having a retail sale shelf life.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The container of claim 8, in which the first and second seal arrangements include shrink wrap film.

### Claim 10 (depends on 8)

The container of claim 8, in which the seal across the open end of the vessel is a metal closure.

### Claim 11 (depends on 8)

The container of claim 8, in which the seal across the open end of the vessel is a foil seal.

### Claim 12 (depends on 8)

The container of claim 8 in which the dome is securable to the vessel, and the cap is securable to the dome, by mating threads.

### Claim 13

A method of preparing, bottling, and packaging a ready for consumption beverage in a prepackaged hermetically sealed beverage container for distribution, sale, and consumption, comprising:
filling a volume of beverage into a vessel, the vessel having a sidewall, a closed end, an open end bounded by the sidewall, the open end having threading complementary to the threading of a dome;
mounting the dome to the vessel, the dome having a generally domed shape with opposed top and bottom openings having respective smaller and larger diameters, the top opening being substantially smaller than the open end of the vessel, comprising:
threading adjacent to the bottom opening, to securely screw the dome to the vessel, the bottom opening further configured with a first seal arrangement between the vessel and the dome, sealed for retail sale, sealing and maintaining the integrity of the beverage in the vessel until opened by the consumer;
a strainer, fixed to an upper portion of the dome; and
threading adjacent to the top opening of the dome complementary to the threading of a cap;
securing the cap to the dome and sealing for retail sale with a second seal arrangement spaced above the first seal arrangement between the cap and the dome sealing the top opening of the dome, sealing and maintaining integrity of the beverage container until opened, the cap having a closed end, an open end, and threading adjacent to the open end, the dome being sealed at the bottom and top openings by the first and second seal arrangements, the beverage being hermetically sealed within the beverage container and having a retail sale shelf life.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, further comprising a mechanism to indicate tampering with the seal arrangements.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13 wherein the first seal arrangement includes a first seal member sealing between the dome and the vessel, and the second seal arrangement includes a second seal member sealing between the cap and the dome.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, in which the first and second seal arrangements include shrink wrap film.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the beverage is a non-carbonated soft-drink.

### Claim 18 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the ready for consumption beverage includes alcohol.

### Claim 19 (depends on 13)

The method of claim 13, wherein the first seal arrangement includes a seal applied across the open end of the vessel, the dome having an interior chamber that is hermetically sealed by the first and second seal arrangements, and from interior regions of the vessel.