Beverage pod
AssigneeVejo IP AG
InventorsChristoph Bertsch, Werner Balkau
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Abstract
A container includes a receptacle to hold nutrients and other food contents for a smoothie. The container is used with a larger vessel such as a blender into which the capsule is inserted and into which water or other fluid is poured. When the blender is closed, the container opens to release its contents for blending with the fluid into a delicious, healthful smoothie. The container may have a cover with opening flaps and relatively movable elements that pivot the flaps open when opposite forces are applied to the container by the larger vessel.
Claims20
An apparatus for making a delightful beverage from a drink mix concentrate and a fluid within a vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- a closed container defining a cup-shaped receptacle with an interior space and having a top end with a cover over an open mouth opposite a closed bottom end along a vertical axis, wherein the mouth has a size perpendicular to the vertical axis at least as wide as the bottom end perpendicular to the vertical axis;
- a drink mix concentrate disposed in the interior space, wherein the drink mix concentrate is pourable;
- wherein the closed container restricts the drink mix concentrate to the interior space of the receptacle until a first force and a second force are applied to separate areas of the container;
- wherein when the closed container is placed within a compartment of a larger vessel, the cover is adapted to form an opening to an interior of the larger vessel from application of both the first force applied to the top end and the second force applied to the bottom end without cutting or puncturing the cover;
- wherein the first force and the second force are equal in magnitude and between 25 N and 75 N;
- and
- wherein the opening allows the drink mix concentrate to pour therethrough into the interior of the larger vessel under force of gravity, wherein:
- the container includes a side wall extending between the first outer surface and the second outer surface;
- the top end includes a first rim;
- the first force is applied only to the first rim;
- and
- the bottom end includes a second rim;
- the second force is applied only to the second rim;
- and
- application of the first force to the first rim and the second force to the second rim causes the container to deform.
An apparatus for making a delightful beverage from a drink mix concentrate and a fluid within a vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- a closed container defining a cup-shaped receptacle with an interior space and having a top end with a cover over an open mouth opposite a closed bottom end along a vertical axis;
- a drink mix concentrate disposed in the interior space, wherein the drink mix concentrate is pourable;
- wherein the container restricts the drink mix concentrate to the interior space of the cup-like receptacle;
- wherein when the container is placed within a compartment of a larger vessel, the cover is adapted to form an opening to an interior of the larger vessel from application of a first force applied to the top end and a second force applied to the bottom end without cutting or puncturing the cover;
- and
- wherein the opening allows the drink mix concentrate to pour therethrough into the interior of the larger vessel under force of gravity, wherein:
- the container includes a side wall extending between the top end and the bottom end,
- the top end includes a first rim;
- the first force is applied only to the first rim;
- and
- the bottom end includes a second rim;
- the second force is applied only to the second rim;
- and
- application of the first ramie of force to the first rim and the second range of force to the second rim causes the container to deform.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.