Dual container bottle

• US 20040211742A1
• Filed: 11/05/2003
• Published: 10/28/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Roberts Container Corporation
• Original Assignee: David M. Deans
• Inventors: Deans, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 6,910,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/6
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

A post-mix container provided with an upper container body and a lower container body. The upper container body has a coverable first opening on a proximal end and the lower container body has a coverable second opening on a proximal end. The proximal ends of the upper and lower container bodies may be moved axially toward each other so that covering of the second opening in the lower container body is removed and then the covering of the first opening in the upper container body is removed, after which the contents of the upper and lower container bodies can be mixed with each other.

Claims

1. A dual container bottle comprising:

an upper container body having a proximal end that has a first opening;

a removable first cover for the first opening, said first cover having a protrusion extending through said opening such that said first cover may be pushed into said upper container body if a first force is applied to the protrusion of said first cover;

a lower container body having a second opening at a proximal end, further comprising a collar extending from the second opening wherein said collar is dimensioned to fit within the first opening in said upper container body and said collar also has an interior opening sufficiently large to receive therein the protrusion of said removable first cover;

a removable second cover for the second opening of said lower container body such that said second cover may be pushed into said lower container body if a second force is applied to it, wherein the second force is less than the first force;

wherein, the proximal ends of said upper and lower container bodies may be moved axially toward each other such that, sequentially, first, the protrusion of said first cover enters said collar and comes in contact with said second cover, causing said second cover to be pushed into said lower container body, and, second, said collar comes in contact with said first cover, causing said first cover to be pushed into said upper container body, thereby allowing the contents of the two container bodies to be mixed with each other.