MULTI-CHAMBERED CONTAINER FOR STORING AND MIXING A FIRST AND SECOND SUBSTANCE INTO A COMPOSITION

• US 20100163439A1
• Filed: 06/06/2008
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henry Alfonso Gutierrez Avendano
• Original Assignee: Henry Alfonso Gutierrez Avendano
• Inventors: Gutierrez Avendano, Henry Alfonso
• Application Number:
  US12/451,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20100163439A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 206/219
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/202 Separating means
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2093 Containers having several compartments for products to be mixed
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 9/00 Feeding-bottles in general
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

A multi-chambered container for storing and/or mixing a first substance and a second substance into a composition. The multi-chambered container includes upper chamber having a first end and a second end. A collar is fastened to a nipple to the first end of the upper chamber. A lower chamber is fastened to the second end of the upper chamber. A seal is disposed between the second end of the upper chamber and the lower chamber. A sheet is disposed in an aperture between the seal and the lower chamber. The sheet separates the first substance in the upper chamber from combining with the second substance in the lower chamber. In use, the sheet is removed from the upper chamber through the aperture from a closed separating position, to an open mixing position in which the first substance and second substance are allowed to mix into the composition.

Claims

1. A multi-chambered container for storing, mixing and dispensing a composition, comprising:

an upper chamber having a first end and a second end;

a collar fastening a nipple to the first end of the upper chamber;

a lower chamber fastening to the second end of the upper chamber;

a seal disposed between the second end of the upper chamber and the lower chamber; and

a sheet disposed in an aperture between the seal and the lower chamber, wherein the sheet separates a first substance in the upper chamber from combining with a second substance in the lower chamber, and

wherein in use, the sheet is removed from the aperture between the upper chamber and the lower chamber from a closed separating position, to an open mixing position in which the first substance and second substance are allowed to mix.

2. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the second end of the upper chamber further includes a retaining ridge that extends inward and is adapted to matingly secure the seal thereto.

3. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the lower chamber further includes a rib that extends inward,

wherein when the sheet is in a closed position, separating the first substance from the second substance, the sheet is compressed and secured in place by a peripheral edge of the seal urging the sheet up against the rib, and

wherein when the sheet is removed from the aperture, the seal butts up against the rib and fluidly seals the container from leakage.

4. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the sheet includes a gripping portion and an adhesive.

5. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the seal is integrated as part of the second end of the upper chamber as an integral unit.

6. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the seal is secured to the ridge on the lower chamber.

7. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the ridge includes a recessed portion adapted to receive and secure a portion of the seal in position.

8. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein a construction of the seal is chosen from at least one of:

a ring, a ring including a protrusion and an integrated ring.

9. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein a plurality of seals surround a plurality of aligned perforations formed between a perforated upper chamber wall aligned with a perforated lower chamber wall.

20. The multi-chambered container recited in claim 1, wherein the configuration between the rib, the retaining the ridge, the seal and the sheet, the upper chamber and the lower chamber, can be modified to be adapted in an opposed direction.

10. A multi-chambered device for storing and mixing a composition, comprising:

an first chamber having a closed end defining a first compartment adapted to store a first substance, and an open end including a first fastening mechanism, the first chamber further includes an aperture disposed about one side of the upper chamber;

a second chamber having opening including a second fastening mechanism, and a closed end defining a second compartment adapted to store a second substance, wherein the first fastening mechanism is adapted to matingly secure to the second fastening mechanism of the lower chamber;

a seal is disposed between the first compartment in the upper chamber and second compartment in the lower chamber; and

a sheet disposed between the seal and the open end of the second chamber, the sheet is adapted to separate the first substance in the first chamber from being released, wherein in use, the sheet is removed from the multi-chambered device, from a closed position in which the first substance is sealed within the first compartment, to an open position in which the first substance is allowed to mix with the second substance in the second compartment.

11. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein the first fastening mechanism and the second fastening mechanism are threaded fasteners.

12. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein the closed end of the first or second chamber includes an opening through which the first substance, second substance or the mixed composition may be accessed.

13. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein the seal is combined with the first chamber as an integral unit thereof.

14. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein the seal is secured in place over a ridge protruding inward from the upper chamber and wherein the seal extends outward and compresses the sheet against an edge of the lower chamber.

15. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein the sheet is adhered to an inner surface of the upper chamber.

16. The multi-chambered device recited in claim 10, wherein a peripheral edge of the sheet is adhered to the seal.

17. A chambered cap, comprising:

a housing having a first closed end and a second open end having a fastening mechanism adapted to secure the housing, the chambered cap includes an aperture disposed on the housing;

a compartment within the housing adapted to store a first substance;

a seal disposed between the compartment and the open end of the housing; and

a sheet located in the aperture, wherein in a closed position, a peripheral edge of the sheet is fastened to an inner surface of the housing thereby preventing the first substance in the housing from being released, and wherein in use, the sheet can be removed from the closed position in which the first substance is sealed within the compartment, to an open position in which the first substance is allowed to flow out of the unsealed compartment.

18. The chambered cap recited in claim 17, wherein the sheet is adhered to an inner surface of the housing.

19. The chambered cap recited in claim 17, wherein the closed end of the housing includes an opening through which the mixed composition may be accessed.