# US 10,501,255 B2 · Beverage container with ice storage feature

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- Number: US 10,501,255 B2
- Document ID: US10501255B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/024,893
- Filed: 2018-07-01
- Published: 2019-01-10
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-08
- Applicants: Rachel Kite
- Inventors: Rachel Kite
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501255B2

## CPC

- B65D 81/3211: {coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture}
- A47G 19/2205: {Drinking glasses or vessels (A47G19/23 takes precedence)}
- A47G 19/2288: {with means for keeping liquid cool or hot}
- B65D 25/04: Partitions
- B65D 51/28: with auxiliary containers for additional articles or materials {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)}
- B65D 51/2892: {the element, e.g. a valve, opening an aperture of the auxiliary container (B65D51/2864, B65D51/2878 take precedence)}
- Y02W 30/80: Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging (bio-packaging Y02W90/10)
- 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
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)
- Y02W: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR WASTE MANAGEMENT

## Abstract

In its preferred embodiment, my invention provides a solution for a reusable product that provides the ability to conveniently, effectively and immediately cool a consumable liquid in a container regardless of where you are, without the delay involved by requiring to place any portion of the container into a refrigerator, to increase the time that a cooling agent's (ice) lowered temperature is preserved prior to exposure to the consumable liquid, to provide enhanced cooling impact through direct and maximum surface contact between the cooling agent and consumable liquid, to do so for any liquid the person desires to consume and that is not limited in its design/fit/configuration in order to accommodate a specific commercially available prepackaged container.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A multi-compartmental beverage container comprising:
an upper compartment (100);
a lower compartment (200);
a middle portion (300);
a top (110);
a bottom (210);
a plurality of seals (140);
said middle portion (300) comprises a middle upper (310), a middle lower (320), a orifice disk (330), a ring seal (340), a plurality of fasteners (350), and a plurality of O-rings (380);
said top (110) is connected with and sealed to said upper compartment (100) through a compressive means involving a plurality of said seals (140) and fit with a cover (120) in a sliding arrangement;
said middle upper (310) has a plurality of orifices (360) arranged circumferentially around and in equal distances from a center of said middle upper (310);
said middle upper (310) connects to said upper compartment (100) through a compressive means involving a plurality of said seals (140);
said middle lower (320) has a plurality of orifices (360) arranged circumferentially around and in equal distances from a center of said middle lower (320);
said middle lower (320) connects to said lower compartment (200) through a compressive means involving a plurality of said seals (140);
said lower compartment (200) accommodates attachment to said bottom (210);
said orifice disk (330) and said ring seal (340) are arranged between said middle upper (310) and said middle lower (320) in a concentric fashion;
said ring seal (340) is fastened to said middle upper (310) through a plurality of said fasteners (350);
said middle lower (320)connects with said middle upper (310) through a plurality of hooks (370);
said orifice disk (330) has a plurality of orifices (360) arranged circumferentially around and in equal distances from a center of said orifice disk (330);
a plurality of said O-rings (380) are arranged concentrically around each said orifice (360) in said orifice disk (330) and positioned between said orifice disk (330) and said middle lower (320) thereby forming a compressive seal such that a consumable liquid may be contained separately in said upper compartment (100), whereby ice is configured to be contained separately in said lower compartment (200), and said orifice disk (330) is able to be rotated about a vertical centerline axis (410) of the container by a user of the container causing said plurality of said orifices (360) in said middle upper (310), said middle lower (320) and said orifice disk (330) to be concentric about an alignment axis (400) which passes concentrically through each said orifice (360), or to cause each said orifice (360) to not be in alignment with said alignment axis (400), when each said orifice (360) is concentric about said alignment axis (400) fluid passage between said upper compartment (100) and said lower compartment (200) through said middle portion (300) is supported, thereby causing a cooling of the consumable liquid through direct contact with the ice contained in said lower compartment (200), when each said orifice (360) is not concentric with said alignment axis (400) fluid passage between said upper compartment (100) and said lower compartment (200) through said middle portion (300) is not supported.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The multi-compartmental beverage container described in claim 1, where said top (110) and said middle upper (310) each has a threaded attachment means to connect to said upper compartment (100), and said middle lower (320) and said bottom (210) each has a threaded attachment means to connect to said lower compartment (200).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The multi-compartmental beverage container described in claim 1, where said lower compartment (200) and said bottom (210) are formed as a single piece.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The multi-compartmental beverage container described in claim 1, where said upper compartment (100) and said middle upper (310) are formed as a single piece.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The multi-compartmental beverage container described in claim 1, where said plurality of said orifices (360) are configured concentrically about said alignment axis (400) by a sliding means of movement of said orifice disk (330).