Beverage delivery can
AssigneeThe Boston Beer Company
InventorsZebulon Stevens Robbins, III, Charles James Koch, Peter D. Gladstone, Andrew S. Gavrin, Jeewon Jung, Oivind Brockmeier
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Abstract
A beverage delivery can may comprise various configurations. Such configurations may comprise various aperture shapes, sizes, and configurations and various shapes, textures, configurations, and dimensions of the lid and surface of the can. A beverage can may comprise various exterior shapes such as a tapered shape, a faceted shape, a pint glass shape and the like. In embodiments, the beverage can may comprise various types of nucleation devices. In embodiments, various external packaging may be used with one or more beverage delivery cans.
Claims14
A beverage container comprising:
- a body;
- a lid affixed to the body;
- and
- a nucleation device in the body,
- wherein the lid includes a tab operable to puncture the lid and displace a first portion of the lid to form an aperture in the lid,
- wherein the aperture is shaped and sized such that a user's nose can enter the beverage container during beverage consumption,
- wherein a second portion of the lid remains when the container is, and
- wherein the tab and the first portion of the lid are displaced to the inside of the container.
A lid for a beverage container adapted to be affixed to the container, the lid comprising:
- a tab operable to remove a first portion of the lid to form an aperture in the lid, wherein the lid includes movable slats to enable the lid to change from an opaque state to a transparent state, wherein the aperture is shaped and sized such that a user's nose will enter the beverage container during beverage consumption, and wherein a second complementary portion of the lid remains when the container is open;
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- a nucleation device in a body of the beverage container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.