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US 11,952,258 B2Granted
Flavoring dispenser for a beverage container
AssigneeNumaac LLC
InventorJoshua Vandenburg
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Abstract
A flavor dispenser adapted to be attached to the top of a beverage container, for example a beer can, is provided. The flavor dispenser includes one or more easily fillable flavor containers, and passages that allow the one or more flavorings to be mixed with the beverage by the user and discarded with the beverage container.
Claims20
A flavoring dispenser for a beverage comprising:
- a semicircular or circular ridge defining an arc and adapted to secure the flavoring dispenser on the rim of a container of the beverage;
- at least a first favoring compartment, the first flavoring compartment being defined at least partially by a first elevated region of the beverage flavoring dispenser that at least partially extends around the arc defined by the ridge, and a second elevated region that extends from a first point on the arc defined by the ridge to a second point on the arc defined by the ridge, the second elevated region comprising at least a first passage;
- at least one film having a first film region and a second film region, and at least one separation line dividing at least a portion of the first film region and the second film region, the first film region adapted to enclose one or more contents of the flavoring dispenser and the second film region adapted to being removed in order to expose at least the first passage and allow the one or more contents of the flavoring dispenser to be dispensed and consumed with the beverage.
A method of making a flavoring dispenser comprising:
- adding at least one flavoring component to a first flavoring compartment of an unsealed flavoring dispenser, the unsealed flavoring dispenser comprising:
- a semicircular or circular ridge defining an arc and adapted to secure the flavoring dispenser on the rim of a container of the beverage;
- the first flavoring compartment being defined at least partially by a first elevated region of the beverage flavoring dispenser that at least partially extends around the arc defined by the ridge, and a second elevated region that extends from a first point on the arc defined by the ridge to a second point on the arc defined by the ridge, the second elevated region comprising at least a first passage;
- attaching at least one film to the unsealed flavoring dispenser, the at least one film having a first film region and a second film region, and at least one separation line dividing at least a portion of the first film region and the second film region, the first film region adapted to enclose one or more contents of the flavoring dispenser and the second film region adapted to being removed in order to expose at least the first passage and allow the one or more contents of the flavoring dispenser to be dispensed and consumed with the beverage.
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