Instant dissolving supplement delivery mechanism
OwnerAndrew Marschinventor
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Abstract
The invention is a mechanism, sized for insertion into a commercially-available water bottle, for instantaneously producing a water-based beverage without spillage that comprises a concentrate fully encompassed by an instantaneously dissolvable water-soluble film with water-soluble access members about the film that have a faster water-dissolution rate than the film. The film is thick enough to retain the concentrate when at room temperature and not in contact with water, but thin enough to dissolve very quickly, e.g. within five seconds, when contacted with water.
Claims20
An instant dissolving delivery mechanism comprising:
- an indissoluble and dispersible concentrate fully encompassed within an immediately dissolvable water-soluble film, the water-soluble film having at least one water-soluble access member therewithin, the at least one water-soluble access member having a water dissolution rate higher than the water dissolution rate of the water-soluble film, the at least one access member being adapted to allow the concentrate to escape the film prior to the dissolution of the film when the film is contacted with water, the at least one access member is of a thickness sufficient to retain the concentrate within the film when not in contact with water, the film being of a thickness sufficient for structural integrity when not in contract with water and adapted to dissolve within five seconds of water contact.
An instant dissolving delivery mechanism of cylindrical shape and having two opposite ends, the mechanism comprising:
- a nutritional supplement concentrate fully encompassed within a film comprising a starch-based emulsion containing lecithin, glycerol and at least one glycerol-based oil, the film forming the cylindrical shape;
- wherein the film of a thickness sufficient for structural integrity when not in contact with water and adapted to dissolve within 5 seconds of water contact,
- wherein the water-soluble film is in the range of about 0.0005 and 0.015 inches thick, and
- wherein the cylindrical shape has a diameter of about 0.75 to about 1.16 inches,
- two water-soluble access members, one residing at an opposite end of the cylindrical shape;
- wherein each access member has a water dissolution rate higher than the water dissolution rate of the film,
- wherein each access member is specifically adapted to allow the concentrate to escape the film prior to the dissolution of the film when the film is contacted with water, and
- wherein the access member has a diameter of about 0.75 inches and a thickness of about 0.25 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.