US 2008/0110899 A1 · Dispensing container for two beverages

Abstract

A serving container for selectively dispensing one of two beverages includes a container body having an upper open mouth at the top and a vertically disposed partition to divide the container body into a pair of laterally disposed left and right compartments to hold two different beverages. The partition has a horizontally disposed sealing edge at the top between the compartments. A removable cover has a cooperating sealing surface adapted to engage the edge of the partition to form a seal that prevents mixing of the contents of the compartments when the cover is secured to the mouth of the container. A pair of selectively operable left and right valves are mounted in the cover to permit a beverage held in a selected storage compartment of the container to flow into either of two separate transfer chambers when a corresponding one of the valves is in an open position. From the transfer chambers the beverages flow through a pair of separate forwardly and upwardly extending passages that terminate in separate outlet nozzles located on the front of the cover above the rim of the container or if desired on a front portion of the container body below the cover.

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Dependent claims

A beverage dispensing container with two compartments for beverages, said container comprising,

a container body having a vertically disposed partition therein to divide the container into a pair of laterally spaced apart side-by-side beverage storage compartments terminating in an upper open mouth surrounded by a rim,
a cover closing the mouth of the container body, said cover including a pair of spaced apart top and bottom walls with a peripheral sidewall connected therebetween,
said cover having a pair of separate transfer chambers therein for beverages held within the container body,
said cover having left and right valve ports, each communicating with one of the transfer chambers therein,
a pair of selectively operable left and right valves, each mounted in the cover for independent movement to open or close one of the valve ports to permit a beverage held in a selected storage compartment of the container to flow through one of the ports into one of the transfer chambers when a corresponding one of the valves is in an open position,
the chambers and ports comprising a left chamber and the port that are separated from a right chamber and port to prevent beverages flowing from the storage compartments from becoming mixed together while in the cover and the cover having a pair of forwardly extending passages each terminating in an outlet nozzle located on the front of the cover and at an elevation above the rim of the container,
such that one transfer chamber communicates with only one such passage so as to direct the flow of a beverage from each transfer chamber out through one of the nozzles in the cover to permit liquid passing through the valves port of a selected valve to be dispensed from the container through a selected nozzle.

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In the combination of a beverage-dispensing container having two storage compartments for beverages and a removable cover with two selectively operable valves therein each communicating with one of the compartments in the container, said container comprising,

a container cover having a pair of transfer chambers extending forwardly therein,
a container body having a pair of beverage outlet ducts that are aligned with said transfer passages when the cover is attached to the container body, said outlet terminating in outlet nozzles that are positioned on the front side of said dispensing container,
each beverage outlet duct communicating interiorly of the cover with only one of the valves such that mixing of beverages entering the outlet ducts from the transfer chambers of the cover is prevented within the cover,
whereby during use a selected one of two separate visibly beverage streams of the beverage can be observed by a user to flow from the ducts that extend from the front of the container body for enabling a user to confirm that the beverage being dispensed is the beverage that was selected by the user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dispensing container for two beverages

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Dispensing container for two beverages

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