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US 2019/0315550 A1Published application
Insta-mix cup
OwnerAlejandro Romo, Guadalupe Romoinventors
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an inventive apparatus and a method for creating mixed drinks on-the-go. The apparatus includes two or more chambers for storing pre-measured ingredients separately. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for mixing the separated ingredients at a desired time. The mechanism ensures that the drink is mixed only at a time that the user desires and around the time that the user intends to consume the mixed drink.
Claims24
An apparatus for separately storing ingredients for making a mixed beverage and for mixing the various ingredients together to make a mixed beverage, the apparatus comprising:
- an exterior cup configured to hold a volume of liquid in an interior volume;
- an interior cup configured to couple with the exterior cup in a nesting configuration and a shaker-cup configuration;
- a partition within an interior volume of the interior cup, the partition subdividing the interior volume of the interior cup into at least two sub-chambers, each sub-chamber configured to separately house at least one ingredient for making a mixed beverage;
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- a removable closure mechanism configured to prevent ingredients in one sub-chamber from mixing with ingredients in another sub-chamber when the closure mechanism is in a closed position, the removable closure mechanism further configured to permit ingredients in one sub-chamber to mix with ingredients in another sub-chamber when the closure mechanism is in an open position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.