Preparing beverages containing cannabinoids using beverage containers with polymer matrices

• US 10,392,178 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2015
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zen Potion, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Zen Potion, Inc.
• Inventors: Byun, Seung Young, Sloof, Willem
• Primary Examiner(s): Becker, Drew E
• Application Number:
  US15/305,628
• Publication Number:
  US 20170043932A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,590 Days
• Field of Search: 426115, 426119-120, 426394
• CPC Class Codes: A23L 2/52 Adding ingredients adding preservatives A23L2/44
• CPC Class Codes: A23V 2002/00 Food compositions, function of food ingredients or processes for food or foodstuffs
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/05 Phenols cannabinoids A61K31/658
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 31/352 condensed with carbocyclic rings, e.g. methantheline cannabinoids A61K31/658
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 9/0095 Drinks; Beverages; Syrups; Compositions for reconstitution thereof, e.g. powders or tablets to be dispersed in a glass of water; Veterinary drenches A61K9/0007 takes precedence; eatable gels or foams A61K9/0056; oral mucosa adhesive forms A61K9/006
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 1/0246 Closure retaining means, e.g. beads, screw-threads
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 17/4012 for opening partially by means of a tearing tab
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/08 with provisions for removing or destroying, e.g. to facilitate mixing of contents
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/32 Caps or cap-like covers with lines of weakness, tearing-strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices, e.g. to facilitate formation of pouring openings
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/505 with integral internal sealing means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/32 for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture containers with removable or destructible partitions B65D25/08 ; closures combined with auxiliary containers B65D51/28; in aerosol containers B65D83/682; amalgam capsules A61C5/66; containers for pharmaceutical purposes A61J1/20, A61M5/19; medical syringes A61M3/005, resin cartridges for grouting anchoring-bolts in mines E21D20/026
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3238 with additional means facilitating admixture
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3255 Containers provided with a piston or a movable bottom, and permitting admixture within the container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/804 Disposable containers or packages with contents which are mixed, infused or dissolved in situ , i.e. without having been previously removed from the package B65D65/46 takes precedence; tea infusers A47G19/16; spoons or stirrers comprising beverage additives A47G21/04

Abstract

A beverage container includes a hollow container with a first reservoir and a second reservoir positioned within the hollow container, the first reservoir configured to store an aqueous beverage, the second reservoir sealingly storing one or more polymer matrices that include cannabinoid compounds, the second reservoir being configured to release the one or more polymer matrices into the aqueous beverage subsequent to the second reservoir being opened, the hollow container defining an opening through which a liquid in the hollow container is allowed to egress from the hollow container. The beverage container also includes a closure sealingly and operably coupled with the opening of the hollow container, the closure operably coupled with the second reservoir such that opening of the closure initiates opening of the second reservoir, the closure sealing the opening of the hollow container. Methods of using the beverage container and preparing a beverage containing cannabinoids are also described.

Claims

1. A beverage container for preparing a beverage containing cannabinoids, comprising:

a hollow container with a first reservoir and a second reservoir distinct from the first reservoir, both the first reservoir and the second reservoir positioned within the hollow container, the first reservoir configured to store an aqueous beverage, the second reservoir sealingly storing one or more polymer matrices that include cannabinoid compounds, the second reservoir preventing an exposure of the one or more polymer matrices to the aqueous beverage prior to the second reservoir being opened, the second reservoir being configured to release the one or more polymer matrices stored in the second reservoir into the aqueous beverage subsequent to the second reservoir being opened, the hollow container defining an opening through which a liquid in the hollow container is allowed to egress from the hollow container; and

a closure sealingly and openably coupled with the opening of the hollow container, the closure operably coupled with the second reservoir such that opening of the closure initiates opening of the second reservoir, the closure sealing the opening of the hollow container and preventing egress, from the hollow container, of the aqueous beverage or the one or more polymer matrices stored in the hollow container prior to the closure being opened, the closure allowing egress of the aqueous beverage and the one or more polymer matrices subsequent to the closure being opened, wherein the hollow container is a bottle, wherein;

the closure includes a cap;

the cap includes an object at least partially located within the cap, the cap having one or more protrusions and/or indentations, adjacent to the opening of the hollow container, on an inner surface of the cap, the one or more protrusions and/or indentations defining a neck having a diameter smaller than a representative dimension of the object, the neck preventing egress, from the beverage container, of the object at least partially located within in the cap, the object being sealingly positioned in contact with the one or more protrusions and/or indentations, preventing egress, from the beverage container, of the aqueous beverage or the cannabinoid compounds stored in the beverage container prior to the closure being opened;

the beverage container includes one or more inner sidewalls of the bottle, one or more inner sidewalls of the cap, an inner bottom surface of the bottle, and a separation layer, positioned inside the beverage container and adjacent to the one or more protrusions and/or indentations, and between the object and the bottom surface;

the first reservoir is defined by the separation layer, the bottom surface, at least a portion of the one or more inner sidewalls of the bottle, and at least a portion of the one or more inner sidewalls of the cap; and

the second reservoir is defined at least by the object, at least a portion of the one or more protrusions and/or indentations, and the separation layer.

2. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the separation layer has a shape of a cup.

3. The beverage container of claim 1, wherein the one or more polymer matrices include one or more of:

polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, polyoxazoline, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl-pyrrolidone polyvynylacetate copolymer, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyurethane, poloxamer, polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer, pectin, chitosan, polycarbophil, alginate, hyaluronan, agar, dextran, pullulan, polyglycolide, and poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide).

4. A method for preparing a beverage containing cannabinoids, comprising:

providing the beverage container of claim 1; and

opening the closure of the beverage container and releasing the one or more polymer matrices to the aqueous beverage.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the closure is opened within a predefined time before consumption of the cannabinoid compounds.

6. A beverage container for preparing a beverage containing cannabinoids, comprising:

a hollow container with a first reservoir and a second reservoir distinct from the first reservoir, both the first reservoir and the second reservoir positioned within the hollow container, the first reservoir configured to store an aqueous beverage, the second reservoir sealingly storing one or more polymer matrices that include cannabinoid compounds, the second reservoir preventing an exposure of the one or more polymer matrices to the aqueous beverage prior to the second reservoir being opened, the second reservoir being configured to release the one or more polymer matrices stored in the second reservoir into the aqueous beverage subsequent to the second reservoir being opened, the hollow container defining an opening through which a liquid in the hollow container is allowed to egress from the hollow container; and

a closure sealingly and openably coupled with the opening of the hollow container, the closure operably coupled with the second reservoir such that opening of the closure initiates opening of the second reservoir, the closure sealing the opening of the hollow container and preventing egress, from the hollow container, of the aqueous beverage or the one or more polymer matrices stored in the hollow container prior to the closure being opened, the closure allowing egress of the aqueous beverage and the one or more polymer matrices subsequent to the closure being opened, wherein the hollow container is a bottle, wherein;

the closure includes a cap;

the cap defines a through hole;

the cap has a first wall and a second wall on an inner surface of the cap, wherein the first wall has a first wall diameter and the second wall has a second wall diameter larger than the first wall diameter;

the cap includes an object at least partially located within the cap, adjacent to the opening of the hollow container, on an inner surface of the cap, the first wall preventing egress, from the beverage container, of the object at least partially located within the cap, the object being sealingly positioned in contact with the first wall and the second wall, preventing egress, from the beverage container, of the aqueous beverage or the cannabinoid compounds stored in the beverage container prior to the closure being opened;

the beverage container includes one or more inner sidewalls of the bottle and an inner bottom surface of the bottle;

the first reservoir is defined by the bottom surface of the bottle, at least a portion of the one or more inner sidewalls of the bottle, and at least a portion of the cap; and

the second reservoir is located between at least a portion of the first wall and at least a portion of the second wall.

7. The beverage container of claim 6, wherein the second wall includes one or more protrusions and/or indentations for releasably positioning the object in contact with the first wall and the second wall.

8. The beverage container of claim 6, wherein the one or more polymer matrices include one or more of:

polyethylene oxide, polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose polyoxazoline, polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, polyvinyl-pyrrolidone polyvynylacetate copolymer, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyurethane, poloxamer, polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl acetate-polyethylene glycol graft copolymer, pectin, chitosan, polycarbophil, alginate, hyaluronan, agar, dextran, pullulan, polyglycolide, and poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide).

9. A method for preparing a beverage containing cannabinoids, comprising:

providing the beverage container of claim 6; and

opening the closure of the beverage container and releasing the one or more polymer matrices to the aqueous beverage.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the closure is opened within a predefined time before consumption of the cannabinoid compounds.