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US 9,314,126 B2Granted
Beverage container having built-in infuser and passive cooling element
AssigneeTabletops Unlimited, Inc.
InventorDaryoosh Molayem
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Abstract
A hydration bottle that is capable of infusing and cooling a beverage. The hydration bottle includes a container, a lid, an infuser chamber that detachably attaches to the lid, a filter component positioned between the infuser chamber and the lid, and a cold pack that detachably attaches to the bottom end portion of the infuser chamber. The hydration bottle provides both infusion and cooling, only infusion, or no infusion/cooling depending on whether or not the infuser chamber and/or the cold pack are attached. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
Claims9
A bottle for infusing and cooling a beverage comprising:
- a container having an opening;
- a lid that detachably attaches to the opening, the lid having a sipping hole to allow liquid flow and a first mating portion formed on a bottom face of the lid, inward of an outer periphery of the lid, and around the sipping hole;
- an infuser chamber for holding a flavor solid, the infuser chamber having a top end portion, wall portion, and a bottom end portion, the top end portion detachably engages with the first mating portion of the lid so as to secure the infuser chamber to the lid, the wall portion having a plurality of openings to allow liquid flow into the infuser chamber, and the bottom end portion having 1) a base to keep the flavor solid contained within the infuser chamber and 2) a second mating portion;
- a filter component positioned between the top end portion of the infuser chamber and the sipping hole of the lid, and having a first state that keeps the flavor solid from exiting the infuser chamber but allows liquid to flow out of the sipping hole, and a second state that allows removal of the flavor solid from the infuser chamber;
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- a cold pack that detachably engages with the second mating portion to secure the cold pack to the bottom end portion of the infuser chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.