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US 12,221,266 B2Granted
Shaker system and method
OwnerJohn Dallager, Steven Mccarthyinventors
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Abstract
A shaker for housing and dispensing food or drink items. The shaker has a top can sitting atop a bottom can. Each can contains a separate component. The top can is removed and its contents are added to the second can. This allows the user to control how much of the contents from the top can are added to the bottom can. A single multi-compartment vessel houses two separate ingredients and prevents their mixing.
Claims18
A system for a shaker, said system comprising:
- an inverted top can sitting atop and coupled to a bottom can;
- wherein said top can comprises a top can lid, and wherein said bottom can comprises a bottom can lid, and wherein said top can lid and said bottom can lid are adjacent when said inverted top can is coupled to said bottom can;
- wherein said top can comprises a first component, and wherein said bottom can comprises a second component;
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- wherein said top can is smaller than said bottom can;
- wherein said top can has a volume of about 100 mL, and wherein said bottom can has a volume of about 12 ounces;
- wherein said top can has an integral first outer diameter located adjacent to said top can lid, and wherein said bottom can has an integral second outer diameter located adjacent said bottom can lid, wherein said first outer diameter is less than said second outer diameter;
- wherein said first outer diameter nests within said second outer diameter via friction when said first can is coupled to said second can;
- wherein said system further comprises an external coupling to couple said top can with said bottom can;
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- wherein said top can lid comprises a diameter, and wherein said bottom can lid comprises a diameter, and wherein the diameter of the top can lid is less than the diameter of the bottom can lid.
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The system of 11 wherein said bottom can comprises a nitrogen blanket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.