Beverage container and cap
AssigneePepsiCo, Inc.
InventorsCarlos Hernan Marina, Michel Alvarez
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Abstract
A reusable beverage container that includes a vessel having an upper end defining an upper opening and that is configured to store a beverage. The reusable beverage container further includes a cap that is removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, and the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge. The cap of the reusable beverage container includes a lower shell defining a lower opening, an upper shell removably securable to the lower shell, and a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell.
Claims20
A reusable beverage container, comprising:
- a vessel having an upper end that defines an upper opening, wherein the vessel is configured to store a beverage;
- a cap removably securable to the upper end of the vessel, wherein the cap is configured to receive and completely enclose a beverage-ingredient cartridge, the cap comprising:
- a lower shell having an upper end and a lower end, wherein the lower end defines a lower opening;
- an upper shell removably securable to the upper end of the lower shell;
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- a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell,
- wherein the lower shell comprises an inner seal arranged on an interior surface of the lower shell, and wherein the inner seal is configured to form a seal with the beverage-ingredient cartridge when the beverage-ingredient cartridge is positioned within the lower shell and in contact with the inner seal so as to prevent liquid from passing through the lower opening and into an interior volume of the cap outside of the beverage-ingredient cartridge.
A reusable beverage container, comprising:
- a vessel having an opening and configured to store a beverage;
- a cap removably securable to the vessel to seal the opening, wherein the cap comprises:
- a lower shell defining a lower opening such that an interior volume of the cap is connected with an interior volume of the vessel, and wherein the lower shell is configured to receive a beverage-ingredient cartridge containing a beverage ingredient;
- a cartridge opener extending from the lower shell that is configured to contact the beverage-ingredient cartridge received by the lower shell such that when a force is applied to the beverage-ingredient cartridge, the cartridge opener dispenses the beverage ingredient from the beverage-ingredient cartridge into the vessel;
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- an upper shell removably securable to an upper end of the lower shell,
- wherein the lower shell comprises an inner seal arranged on an interior surface of the lower shell, and wherein the inner seal is configured to form a seal with the beverage-ingredient cartridge when the beverage-ingredient cartridge is received by the lower shell and in contact with the inner seal so as to prevent liquid from passing through the lower opening and into an interior volume of the cap outside of the beverage-ingredient cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.