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US 8,541,037 B2Granted
Packaged bottle beverage having an ingredient release closure with improved additive release and method and apparatus thereof
AssigneeGeorgia Crown Distributing Co.
InventorJames Clayton Bell
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Abstract
A packaged bottle beverage has a base component of the beverage in a container wider vacuum separate from an additive in a sealed compartment of an ingredient release closure. Upon opening the sealed compartment, suction is created forcing the additive to quickly and thoroughly exit the ingredient release closure, a region of relatively higher pressure, and flow into the base component in the container, a region of relatively lower pressure.
Claims20
A packaged bottled beverage comprising:
- a beverage comprising a base component and an additive;
- a container comprising an opening for receiving a closure and a vessel containing said base component;
- an ingredient release closure comprising a sealed compartment containing said additive, a release mechanism for dispensing the additive, and attaching means for attachment to said opening of said container;
- said attaching means of said ingredient release closure being attached to said opening of said container,
- wherein said base component is contained under vacuum in said container and separated from said additive in said sealed compartment, and a cross-sectional shape of said vessel in a label panel area of said vessel is intentionally altered by vacuum pressure forces exerted on said vessel.
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A packaged bottled beverage comprising:
- a beverage comprising a base component and an additive;
- a container comprising an opening for receiving a closure and a vessel containing said base component;
- an ingredient release closure comprising a sealed compartment containing said additive, a release mechanism for dispensing the additive, and attaching means for attachment to said opening of said container;
- said attaching means of said ingredient release closure being attached to said opening of said container,
- wherein said base component (i) comprises water, (ii) is contained under vacuum in said container, and (iii) is separated from said additive in said sealed compartment, and a cross-sectional shape of said vessel in a label panel area of said vessel is intentionally altered by vacuum pressure forces exerted on said vessel.
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A packaged bottled beverage comprising:
- a beverage comprising a base component and an additive;
- a container comprising an opening for receiving a closure and a vessel containing said base component;
- an ingredient release closure comprising a sports closure comprising a sealed compartment containing said additive, a release mechanism for dispensing the additive, and attaching means for attachment to said opening of said container;
- said attaching means of said ingredient release closure being attached to said opening of said container,
- wherein said base component (i) comprises water, (ii) is contained under vacuum in said container, and (iii) is separated from said additive in said sealed compartment, and a cross-sectional shape of said vessel in a label panel area of said vessel is intentionally altered by vacuum pressure forces exerted on said vessel.
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