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US 2022/0017283 A1Published application
Container with nested reservoirs for simultaneous content delivery
AssigneeIn-Can LLC
InventorRobert Lawrence FIDLER
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Abstract
A liquid storage and dispensing device having at least two internal reservoirs to store two discrete liquids and to dispense the two liquids through a single opening without mixing the liquids until exiting the single opening, the device including a container to store a first liquid and a first reservoir mounted under the lid of the container that stores a second liquid, and an opening mechanism on the top that creates a pour opening in the top and removes a seal from the first reservoir to enable simultaneous dispensing of the first and second liquids through the pour opening while maintaining separation of the first and second liquids until they exit the pour opening.
Claims15
A multi-chambered storage and dispensing device for storing and dispensing liquid, comprising:
- a container having at least one sidewall with an exterior, and a bottom, the sidewall and the bottom structured to cooperate to define an interior of the container;
- a top sized and shaped to attach to the container and enclose the interior of the container, the top having an opening mechanism that creates a pour opening in the top that is in fluid communication with the interior of the container;
- a first reservoir depending from the top in the interior of the container, the first reservoir having a wall and a lid on the wall that cooperate to form a sealed first chamber in the first reservoir, the first reservoir including a dispensing opening in the wall that is in fluid communication with the first chamber, and a vent opening in the wall in fluid communication with the first chamber;
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- a seal that is structured to removably attach to the wall of the first reservoir and is sized and shaped to cover the dispensing opening and the vent opening, the seal structured to partially peel away from the wall of the first reservoir to uncover the vent opening and the dispensing opening in response to the opening mechanism creating the pour opening in the top.
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A device for storing and dispensing at least a first liquid and a second liquid, the device comprising:
- a container having an exterior and an interior, and at least one sidewall and a bottom that are structured to define the interior, the interior capable of storing the first liquid;
- a top on the container to enclose the interior of the container, the top having an exterior surface and an interior surface and a ring pull opening mechanism on the exterior surface that is structured to create a pour opening in the top that is in fluid communication with the interior of the container, the ring pull opening mechanism operable to bend a scored portion of the top into the interior of a first container to form the pour opening;
- a first reservoir on the interior side of the top, the first reservoir having a wall and a lid on the wall forming a first chamber in the reservoir, the reservoir including a dispensing opening in fluid communication with a first sealed chamber;
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- a removable seal structured to cover the dispensing opening, the seal sized and shaped to be positioned adjacent the scored portion on the top and to be contacted by the scored portion of the top when the scored portion of the top is bent into the interior of the container and to be partially removed from the first reservoir sufficiently to uncover the dispensing opening while remaining attached to the first reservoir in response to the scored portion of the top bending into the interior of the container.
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A device for storing and dispensing at least a first liquid and a second liquid, the device comprising:
- a container having an exterior and an interior, the interior capable of storing the first liquid;
- a top on the container, the top having an exterior surface, an opposing interior surface, and an opening mechanism on the exterior surface of the top, the top further including a scored portion, and the opening mechanism comprising a ring operable to bend the scored portion of the top into the interior of a first container to form a pour opening in the top to be in fluid communication with the interior of the container;
- a first reservoir having a sidewall with a top edge, a bottom wall on the sidewall, and a sealable lid structured to be attached to the top edge of the sidewall to form a first chamber in the reservoir capable of storing the second liquid, the first reservoir further including a dispensing opening formed in the sidewall adjacent the top edge and a vent opening formed in the sidewall adjacent the top edge, the dispensing opening and the side opening in fluid communication with the first chamber, the first reservoir sized and shaped to be attached to the interior side of the top adjacent the scored portion and without covering the scored portion of the top;
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- a seal structured to be removably adhered to the sidewall of the first reservoir and sized and shaped to cover the dispensing opening and the vent opening, the seal structured to be positioned on the first reservoir adjacent to the scored portion of the top and to be contacted by the scored portion of the top when the scored portion of the top is bent into the interior of the first container and to be partially removed from the first reservoir sufficiently to uncover the dispensing opening while remaining attached to the first reservoir in response to bending of and contact by the scored portion of the top.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.