Drink container with holder for used concentrate packet

A disposable drink system comprising a container, a packet containing a concentrate which when exposed to a liquid makes a drinkable liquid product, a holder supported by said drink container, and an elongated element coupled to said packet within said drink container and operative to move said packet in said drink container from the exterior of said drink container, said holder having an opening thereto positioned such that said packet may be moved by said elongated element into said holder through said opening without removing said packet from said drink container, said opening and at least a portion of said holder adjacent thereto being exposed to be contacted by the liquid in said container during normal use thereof, said holder being constructed to substantially inhibit liquid flow through said packet when in said holder and said holder is in said container with liquid in said container.

A disposable drink container and a holder therein into which a packet may be moved from the interior of said drink container, the packet containing or having contained a concentrate which with the liquid makes a drinkable liquid product when exposed to the liquid, said holder defining a compartment having an opening in said container sized to allow the packet to enter said compartment from the interior of said container, said opening and at least a portion of said compartment adjacent thereto being exposed to be contacted by the liquid in said drink container during normal use thereof, said compartment being sized to receive the packet in a compressed state thereof and thereby substantially inhibit the flow of liquid through the packet when in said compartment and when said holder is in said container with liquid in said container and said holder is positioned such that the packet may be moved to pass through the opening and enter in and be engaged by said compartment without removing the packet from said container.

A disposable drink system comprising a container, a packet of a concentrate with which a liquid makes a drinkable liquid product when exposed to the liquid, and a holder in said container into which said packet may be moved, said packet having a flexible element connected thereto, said holder having an opening in said container, said opening and at least a portion of said holder adjacent thereto being exposed to be contacted by the liquid during normal use of said drink container, said opening being sized to allow said packet and its flexible element to be passed therethrough from the interior of said container, said flexible element passing through said opening into said holder and passing out of said holder through another opening thereto and being accessible outside of said container, whereby said flexible element may be grasped and used to move said packet into and through said opening into said holder, said holder being positioned such that said packet may be moved to pass through said opening and enter said compartment without removing said packet from said container, and said holder being constructed to engage and compress said packet when said packet is moved therein and thereby substantially inhibit the flow of liquid through said packet when in said holder and said holder is in said container with liquid in said container.

A disposable drink container and a holder therein having a compartment into which a packet may be moved from the interior of said drink container, the packet containing or having contained a dissolvable or non-dissolvable concentrate which with a liquid makes a drinkable liquid product when exposed to the liquid, the packet having a flexible element connected thereto, said holder having a first opening in said container sized to allow the packet and its flexible element to be passed therethrough from an exterior or said holder into said compartment and a second opening sized to permit the flexible element but not the packet to pass therethrough and be accessible outside of said container, and said holder being positioned such that when the flexible element passes through said first and second openings and is accessible outside of said drink container, the flexible element may be grasped and used to move the packet into said compartment through said first opening without removing the packet from said container, said holder being constructed to substantially inhibit liquid flow through the packet when the packet is in said holder and said holder is in said container with liquid in said container.

A disposable drink system comprising a drink container, a packet of a concentrate which with a liquid makes a drinkable liquid product when exposed to the liquid and a holder having a compartment in said container into which said packet may be moved, said packet having a flexible element connected thereto, said holder having a first opening in said container sized to allow said packet and its flexible element to be passed therethrough from an exterior of said holder to an interior of said holder and a second opening sized to permit said flexible element but not said packet to pass therethrough, said flexible element passing through said first and second openings and being accessible outside of said holder, and said holder being positioned such that said flexible element may be grasped and used to move said packet into said compartment through said first opening without removing said packet from said container, said holder being constructed to substantially inhibit liquid flow through the packet when in said holder and said holder is in said container with liquid in said container.

A holder for a spent packet containing or having contained a concentrate used to make a drink product with liquid in a drink container and means for engaging said holder with the drink container such that a substantial portion of said holder is positioned exposed in the drink container to be contacted by liquid in the container during normal use of the container, the spent packet having a flexible element connected thereto and said holder being constructed to pass said flexible element in and out of said holder such that a portion of the flexible element passing out of said holder may be grasped and used to move the packet into engagement with said holder without removing the packet from the container, said holder being constructed to substantially inhibit liquid flow through the packet when the packet is engaged by said holder and said holder is in the container with liquid in the container.

A packet containing a concentrate which when exposed to a liquid makes a drinkable liquid product and a holder engaged or engageable with a drink container and into engagement with which said packet may be moved from the interior of the drink container, said packet having a flexible element connected thereto, and means for engaging said holder with the drink container such that a substantial portion of said holder is in the drink container exposed to be contacted by the liquid in the container during normal use thereof, said flexible element passing in and out of said holder and being movably coupled thereto such that when said holder is engaged with the drink container, a portion of said flexible element passing out of said holder may be grasped and used to move said packet into engagement with said holder without removing said packet from the container, and said holder being constructed to substantially inhibit liquid flow through the packet when in said holder and said holder is in the container with liquid in the container.