MULTIPLE CONTAINER DEVICE

• US 20140048505A1
• Filed: 08/19/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canister Shotglass, LLC
• Original Assignee: Justin Grant Altus
• Inventors: ALTUS, Justin Grant, LEVIN, Andrew Gregory
• Granted Patent: US 10,167,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 215/6
• 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

Disclosed is a dual container device comprising a bottom container comprising a first base, a top member comprising one or more first openings, and a first wall extending between the first base and the top member, a top container comprising a second base comprising one or more second openings, and a second wall extending from the second base, 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 for slidably receiving the container that is not attached thereto therethrough, and 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 dual container device comprising:

a bottom container comprising a first base, a circular top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a closed container, the top member comprising one or more first openings;

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

a cylindrical intermediate circumferential wall extending either upwardly from an upper rim of the first circumferential wall or downwardly from the lower rim of the second circumferential wall, the intermediate wall for slidably receiving a one of the top container and the bottom container that is not attached thereto through an open end thereof such that, a top surface of the top member and a bottom surface of the second base abut each other; and

at least one corresponding guide and track disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate circumferential wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the one of the top container and the bottom container such that a rotary motion of the top container and the bottom container with respect to each other, is restricted to an open position where the first openings and the second openings are aligned so as to allow the passage of a beverage between the top container and the bottom container and a closed position where the first openings and second openings overlap to substantially seal off the bottom container from the top container.

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

3. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the intermediate circumferential wall is flush with at least a portion of outer surfaces the top container and the bottom container.

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 1 wherein the one of the first container and the second container received within the intermediate circumferential wall extends beyond the open end of the intermediate circumferential wall.

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

11. The device of claim 1 wherein, the at least one first wall, the at least one second wall, and the at least one intermediate wall are cylindrical.

12. The device of claim 1 wherein outer surfaces of the at least one intermediate wall are flush with outer surfaces of the first container and the second container.

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

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. The device of claim 1 wherein the other of the first container and the second container received within the intermediate wall extends beyond the opening of the intermediate wall.

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

9. A dual container device comprising:

a bottom container comprising a first base, a circular top member disposed opposite to the first base, and a first circumferential wall extending between the first base and the top member so as to form a closed container, the top member comprising a plurality of first openings;

a top container comprising a circular 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 either upwardly from the upper rim of the first wall member or downwardly from the lower rim of the second wall member, the intermediate wall for slidably and removably receiving the container that is not attached thereto through the open end thereof such that, the top surface of the top member and the bottom surface of the second base abut each other; and

a plurality of guides and tracks disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the container that is received within the intermediate wall such that, the rotary motion of the top container with respect to the bottom container, or vice versa, about the longitudinal axis of the dual container device is restricted to between an open position, where the first and the second openings are aligned so as to allow the passage of a beverage from the top container to the bottom container and vice versa, and a closed position where, the plurality of first and second openings overlap sealing off the bottom container.

10. A dual 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 one of the first container or the second container and comprising an opening for receiving an other 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 surface of the at least one intermediate wall and an exterior surface of the other 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 first openings and the 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 first openings and the second openings are arranged in the closed position to substantially isolate the first container space from the second container space.