Multiple container device

• US 10,167,104 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Issued: 01/01/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canister Shotglass, LLC
• Original Assignee: Andrew Gregory Levin, Justin Grant Altus
• Inventors: Altus, Justin Grant, Levin, Andrew Gregory
• Primary Examiner(s): Grano, Ernesto
• Application Number:
  US13/969,934
• Publication Number:
  US 20140048505A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,961 Days
• Field of Search: 206219, 206221, 206541, 215 2, 215 6, 215 10, 215 111, 215227, 215228, 215DIG 7, 215DIG 8, 220 401- 408, 220 232- 2391, 22020306, 220212, 220303, 220500-557, 220574, 220575, 220680-693, 220695, 220697, 220699-701, 220705, 220724-728, 220735, 220736, 220916, 222 83, 426 85, 426120, 604416
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/04 Multi-cavity bottles
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/265 between planar parts B65D47/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

A multiple container device having a bottom container with a first base, a top member with first openings, and a first wall extending between the first base and the top member, a top container having a second base comprising second openings and a second wall extending from the second base, and an intermediate wall extending either upwardly from the upper rim of the first wall or downwardly from the lower rim of the second wall. The intermediate wall is configured for slidably receiving the container that is not attached thereto therethrough. The device also including guides and tracks disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the container received within the intermediate wall such that motion of the top container with respect to the bottom container is restricted to between an open position and a closed position.

Claims

1. A container device comprising:

a first container comprising a first base, a top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member, the top member comprising one or more first openings;

a second container comprising a second base and a second circumferential wall extending from the second base, the second base comprising one or more second openings;

a cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall extending from a first one of a first portion of the first container including the top member or a second portion of the second container including the second base, the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall adapted for slidably receiving a second one of the first portion and the second portion such that substantially all portions of facing surfaces of the top member and the second base abut each other and such that the first container and the second container are rotatable with respect to each other; and

at least one corresponding guide and track disposed on an interior vertical surface of the intermediate circumferential wall and an exterior vertical surface of the second one of the first portion and the second portion,

wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are configured to restrict a rotary motion of the first container and the second container with respect to each other between an open position and a closed position,

wherein the one or more first openings and the one or more second openings substantially overlap in the open position to define at least one passage between the first container and the second container, and wherein the one or more first openings and the one or more second openings are non-overlapping in the closed position,

wherein abutting portions of the facing surfaces have corresponding shapes, the corresponding shapes being substantially corresponding parabolic surfaces, and

wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are arranged to exert force against each other so as to cause substantially all portions of the facing surfaces of the top member and the second base to be pressed together to create a seal between the first container and the second container in at least the closed position.

2. The device of claim 1 wherein, the first circumferential wall and the second circumferential wall are cylindrical.

3. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the intermediate circumferential wall are flush with at least a portion of outer surfaces of a one of the first container and the first container corresponding to the first of the first portion and the second portion.

4. The device of claim 1 wherein the track comprises a horizontal track section with both extremities thereof being closed.

5. The device of claim 4 wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are structurally configured to achieve a snap fit as the guide reaches the horizontal extremities of the horizontal track section.

6. The device of claim 4 wherein the track comprises a vertical track section extending from the midpoint of the horizontal track section with a free end thereof being open.

7. The device of claim 6 wherein the vertical track section is configured such that the guide squeezes past the extremity of the vertical track section into the horizontal track section so as to minimize the chance of accidental disassembling of the top and bottom containers.

8. The device of claim 4 wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are structurally configured to achieve a snap fit as the guide reaches the horizontal extremities of the horizontal track section.

9. The device of claim 4 wherein the track comprises a vertical track section extending from the midpoint of the horizontal track section with a free end thereof being open.

10. The device of claim 1 wherein one of the first container and the second container corresponding to the first of the first portion and the second portion received within the intermediate circumferential wall extends beyond an open end of the intermediate circumferential wall.

11. The device of claim 1 wherein each of the first openings and second openings are substantially triangular in shape.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein, the first circumferential wall, the second circumferential wall, and the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall are cylindrical.

13. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall are flush with outer surfaces of the second one of first container and the second container.

14. The device of claim 1 wherein the track comprises a horizontal track section with both extremities thereof being closed.

15. The device of claim 1 wherein the second one of the first container and the second container extends beyond the opening of the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall when received within the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall.

16. The device of claim 1 wherein, each of the first opening and second openings is substantially triangular in shape.

17. A container device comprising:

a first container comprising a first base, a top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member, the top member comprising a plurality of first openings;

a second container comprising a second base and a second circumferential wall extending upwardly from the second base, the second base comprising a plurality of second openings;

a cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall extending from a first one of a first portion of first container including the top member or a second portion of the second container including the second base, the cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall adapted for slidably receiving a second one of the first portion and the second portion such that substantially all portions of facing surfaces of the top member and the second base abut each other and such that the first container and the second container are rotatable with respect to each other; and

a plurality of guides and tracks disposed on an interior vertical surface of the intermediate wall and an exterior vertical surface of the wall of the second one of the first container and the second container that is received within the intermediate wall,

wherein the plurality of guides and tracks are configured to restrict a rotary motion of the first container with respect to the second container about a longitudinal axis between an open position and a closed position,

wherein in the open position the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are aligned so as to provide a passage between the first container to the second container, and wherein in the closed position the plurality of first openings and the plurality of second openings are non-overlapping,

wherein abutting portions of the facing surfaces have corresponding shapes, the corresponding shapes being substantially corresponding parabolic surfaces, and

wherein corresponding ones of the plurality of guides and tracks are arranged to exert force against each other so as to cause substantially all portions of the facing surfaces of the top member and the second base to be pressed together to create a seal between the first container and the second container in at least the closed position.

18. A container device comprising:

a first container comprising a first base, a top member, and at least one first wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a first container space, the top member comprising one or more first openings;

a second container comprising a second base and at least one second wall extending upwardly from the second base so as to form a second container space, the second base comprising one or more second openings;

at least one intermediate wall extending from a first one of the first container or the second container and comprising an opening for receiving a second one of the first container and the second container such that an outer surface of the top member and an outer surface of the second base abut each other to yield abutting surfaces; and

at least one corresponding guide and track disposed on an interior vertical surface of the at least one intermediate wall and an exterior vertical surface of the second one of the first container and the second container, wherein the at least one corresponding guide and track are configured such that a motion of the first container and the second container with respect to each other causes the abutting surfaces to transition between at least one open position and at least one closed position,

wherein the one or more first openings and the one or more second openings are arranged in the at least one open position so as to connect the first container space and the second container space, and wherein the one or more first openings and the one or more second openings are arranged in the closed position to substantially isolate the first container space from the second container space,

wherein the abutting surfaces have corresponding shapes, the corresponding shapes being substantially corresponding parabolic surfaces, and

wherein at least one corresponding guide and track are arranged to exert force against each other so as to cause the substantially all portions of the abutting surfaces to be pressed together to create a seal between the first container and the second container in at least the closed position.