Combination beverage package
AssigneesErie Plastics Corporation, Mike Schecter Associates, Inc.
InventorsNorman P. Wittig, David Groh
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Abstract
A combination beverage package having a primary chamber and a secondary chamber beneath. The primary chamber includes a substantially cylindrical sidewall containment and a bottom closure panel. The secondary chamber below being a detachable substantially cylindrical sidewall containment with a secondary bottom closure panel being spaced apart from the primary closure panel by the secondary substantially cylindrical containment. A complimentary product is placed in the secondary chamber during manufacture and can be removed by the user through detachment of the secondary containment chamber.
Claims14
A two compartment container comprising:
- a primary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, a planar bottom closure member, and a circular member with at least one locking rib, said circular member extending from said planar member in a substantially longitudinally opposite direction from said side wall;
- a secondary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment and a planar bottom closure member;
- means for securing said secondary container to said primary container at a lower end thereof;
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- a handle including a gripping member, said handle formed integrally with said secondary container, attached thereto by at least one severable portion and extending upward from an upper edge of the perimeter sidewall containment of the secondary container;
- whereby said handle can be partially separated from said secondary container, thus enabling said secondary container to be disengaged from said primary container.
A two compartment container comprising:
- a primary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, a planar bottom closure member, and a circular member with at least one locking rib, said circular member being radially inwardly spaced from said perimeter side wall containment and extending from said planar member in a substantially longitudinally opposite direction from said side wall, said at least one locking rib extending in a substantially outward direction from said circular member;
- a secondary container positioned at a lower end of said primary container, said secondary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, a planar bottom closure member, and a plurality of locking ribs formed on an inner surface of the perimeter side wall containment of said secondary container, said ribs being radially spaced apart and extending substantially inward from said side wall, whereby said at least one outward extending locking rib mechanically engages said plurality of inward extending locking ribs, thereby providing a secure mechanical coupling between said primary container and said secondary container;
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- a handle integrally formed with said secondary container, said handle including at least one of said plurality of inward extending locking ribs, such that said handle can be partially separated from said secondary container, thereby disengaging said primary container from said secondary container.
A two compartment container comprising:
- a primary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, a planar bottom closure member, and a circular member with at least one locking rib, said circular member extending from said planar closure member in a substantially longitudinally opposite direction from said side wall, said at least one locking rib extending in a substantially outward direction from said circular member;
- a secondary container positioned at a lower end of said primary container, said secondary container comprising a perimeter side-wall containment, a planar bottom closure member, a plurality of locking ribs formed on an inner surface of said perimeter side wall and extending substantially inward therefrom such that said at least one locking rib of said primary container engages the locking ribs of said secondary container, thereby mechanically coupling said primary container and said secondary container;
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- a longitudinal handle member formed integrally with the perimeter side wall of said secondary container, said handle being substantially parallel to said side wall and extending substantially above the planar member of said primary container;
- whereby said secondary container is disengageable from said primary container by partially severing said handle from the perimeter sidewall of said secondary container, thereby disengaging said locking ribs and thus disengaging said containers.
A two compartment container comprising:
- a primary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, said containment being open at a top end thereof and closed at a bottom end thereof by a planar bottom closure member, said planar member having a circular member formed thereon, said circular member being substantially perpendicular to said planar member and extending in a direction substantially opposite of said top end, said circular member having at least one locking rib formed thereon, said at least one locking rib extending substantially outward from said circular member;
- a secondary container positioned at a lower end of said primary container, said secondary container comprising a perimter sidewall containment, said containment being closed at a bottom end thereof by a planar bottom closure member and closed at a top end thereof by the planar bottom closure member of said primary container, said secondary container having a plurality of radially spaced locking ribs formed on an inner surface of said perimeter side wall, said locking ribs extending in a substantially inward direction from said side wall such that said inward ribs engage said at least one outward locking rib;
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- a longitudinal handle formed integrally with the perimeter sidewall of said secondary container by at least one severable portion, said handle having at least one locking rib formed thereon which extends in a substantially inward direction from said perimeter sidewall, said handle being positioned substantially parallel to said sidewall and extending substantially above the planar member of said primary container;
- whereby said secondary container is disengageable from said primary container by partially severing said handle from the sidewall of said secondary container, thereby disengaging said locking ribs and thus disengaging said containers.
A two compartment container comprising:
- a primary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment, a planar bottom closure panel, and a circular member with at least one locking rib, said circular member extending from said planar member in a substantially longitudinally opposite direction from said side wall;
- a secondary container comprising a perimeter side wall containment and a planar bottom closure panel, said secondary container defining an internal volume;
- means for securing said secondary container to said primary container at a lower end thereof;
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- a handle including a gripping member, said handle formed integrally with said secondary container and attached thereto by at least one severable portion;
- whereby said handle can be partially separated from said secondary container, and wherein said at least one severable portion defines an opening in said secondary container which is sufficient to provide adequate access to said internal volume defined by said secondary container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.