Multi-Compartment Snack Storage and Dispensing Appliance

A dry food and beverage storage and dispensing appliance for separating and preventing the mixing of a dry food and a liquid beverage while stored in the appliance, and for non-simultaneous dispensing of the dry food and liquid is described, comprising:

• 1) a container with a closed bottom and open top, and comprising:
• a) a rim around the open top, part of the rim at a first height,
• b) a septum intersecting the container from bottom to top, defining a first and second compartment separated by the septum, the septum transitioning to a wall raising above the top of the rim of the container, the wall having (1) a left and right corner, and (2) a top between the left and right corners at a second height above the rim first height,
• c) a left and right ramp connecting the wall second height at the left and right corner to the rim first height of the first compartment;
• 2) a lid with a top surface and a bottom surface, and comprising:
• a) a seal element on the bottom surface, the seal element adapted to make contiguous contact with the top of the container wall, the left and right ramp, and the rim of the first compartment,
• b) a first and second side, the first side defined by the area inside the perimeter of the bottom surface seal element,
• c) a food spout defined by an opening in the lid second side, the perimeter of the opening including a raised rim extending a distance from the lid the top surface,
• d) a moveable door in the second side on the bottom surface, adapted to close and open the food spout opening,
• e) an opening through the first side;
• 3) a straw and valve assembly adapted to pass through the lid first side opening and extending a distance from the lid top surface;
• 4) a connection means to connect the lid and container together.