Container

• US 10,457,454 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2017
• Issued: 10/29/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kuo-Cheng Wu
• Original Assignee: Kuo-Cheng Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Kuo-Cheng
• Primary Examiner(s): Reynolds, Steven A.
• Application Number:
  US15/696,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20190071226A1
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• Field of Search: 206219, 206221, 206222
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 41/04 Threaded or like caps or cap-like covers secured by rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/2864 the element being a plug or like element closing a passage between the auxiliary container and the main container
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/72 for edible or potable liquids, semiliquids, or plastic or pasty materials

Abstract

An improved container includes a body, a cap, and operating sets movably inserted into the body. The body has a first accommodation area for accommodating a main material. The cap has a bottom wall, a side wall extending from the bottom wall to enclose a second accommodation area, and a partitioning wall dividing the second accommodation area into accommodation rooms. Each operating set has a shank, two ends of which are respectively formed with a head protruding from the cap and a sealing plate engaging with the partitioning wall for sealing each accommodation room. Pressing any selected one head allows the selected sealing plate to separate from the partitioning wall so that at least selected one second material of the selected accommodation room enters the first accommodation area for mixing different materials in the body and increasing variability and selectivity of using the improved container.

Claims

1. An improved container comprising a body with an engagement end, a cap connected to said body, and a plurality of operating sets penetrating through said cap and movably inserted into said cap respectively,

said body including a first opening enclosed by said engagement end and covered by said cap and a first accommodation area extending downwards from said first opening for accommodating a main material,

said cap including a bottom wall, a side wall extending outwards from said bottom wall for engaging with said engagement end, a second accommodation area enclosed by said bottom wall and said side wall, and a partitioning wall extending outwards from said bottom wall to divide said second accommodation area into a plurality of independent accommodation rooms serving for accommodating second materials,

each of said plurality of operating sets including a shank movably inserted through a corresponding opening formed in said bottom wall of said cap into a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms, a sealing plate connected to one end of said shank for engaging with said partition wall, and a head connected to another end of said shank and disposed outside of and separated from said cap,

each of said sealing plates engaging with said partition wall at a corresponding engagement position to seal a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms and to prevent said corresponding accommodation room from communicating with said first accommodation area, said sealing plates allowing said accommodation rooms to communicate with said first accommodation area upon separation from said partitioning wall.

2. The improved container as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of operating sets includes a protecting unit removably fitted to said shank and extending from said head to said bottom wall of said cap and thereby impeding movement of said head when said sealing plate of said operating set is placed at said engagement position.

3. The improved container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said heads of said plurality of operating units are on a same level when said sealing plates of said operating sets are respectively placed at said engagement position.

4. The improved container as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plurality of operating sets are configured to be simultaneously actuable.

5. An improved container comprising a body with an engagement end, a cap connected to said body, and a plurality of operating sets penetrating through said cap and movably inserted into said cap respectively,

said body including a first opening enclosed by said engagement end and covered by said cap and a first accommodation area extending downwards from said first opening for accommodating a main material,

said cap including a bottom wall, a side wall extending outwards from said bottom wall for engaging with said engagement end, a second accommodation area enclosed by said bottom wall and said side wall, and a partitioning wall extending outwards from said bottom wall to divide said second accommodation area into a plurality of independent accommodation rooms serving for accommodating second materials,

each of said plurality of operating sets including a shank movably inserted through a corresponding opening formed in said bottom wall of said cap into a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms, a sealing plate connected to one end of said shank for engaging with said partition wall, a head connected to another end of said shank and disposed outside of and separated from said cap, and a protecting unit removably fitted to said shank between said head and said cap, said plurality of operating sets being configured to be simultaneously actuable,

each of said sealing plates engaging with said partition wall at a corresponding engagement position to seal a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms and to prevent said corresponding accommodation room from communicating with said first accommodation area, each of said protecting units extending from a corresponding one of said heads to said bottom wall of said cap and thereby impeding movement of said corresponding head when each said sealing plate is placed at said corresponding engagement position, said sealing plates allowing said accommodation rooms to communicate with said first accommodation area upon separation from said partitioning wall.

6. The improved container as claimed in claim 5, wherein said heads of said plurality of operating units are on a same level when said sealing plates of said operating sets are respectively placed at said engagement position.

7. An improved container comprising a body with an engagement end, a cap connected to said body, and a plurality of operating sets penetrating through said cap and movably inserted into said cap respectively,

said body including a first opening enclosed by said engagement end and covered by said cap and a first accommodation area extending downwards from said first opening for accommodating a main material,

said cap including a bottom wall, a side wall extending outwards from said bottom wall for engaging with said engagement end, a second accommodation area enclosed by said bottom wall and said side wall, and a partitioning wall extending outwards from said bottom wall to divide said second accommodation area into a plurality of independent accommodation rooms serving for accommodating second materials,

each of said plurality of operating sets including a shank movably inserted through a corresponding opening formed in said bottom wall of said cap into a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms, a sealing plate connected to one end of said shank for engaging with said partition wall, a head connected to another end of said shank and disposed outside of and separated from said cap, and a protecting unit removably fitted to said shank between said head and said cap,

each of said sealing plates engaging with said partition wall at a corresponding engagement position to seal a corresponding one of said plurality of accommodation rooms and to prevent said corresponding accommodation room from communicating with said first accommodation area, each of said protecting units extending from a corresponding one of said heads to said bottom wall of said cap and thereby impeding movement of said corresponding head when each said sealing plate is placed at said corresponding engagement position, said sealing plates allowing said accommodation rooms to communicate with said first accommodation area upon separation from said partitioning wall.

8. The improved container as claimed in claim 7, wherein said heads of said plurality of operating units are on a same level when said sealing plates of said operating sets are respectively placed at said engagement position.