INSTA-MIX CUP

• US 20190315550A1
• Filed: 04/11/2019
• Published: 10/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2018
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Alejandro Romo, Guadalupe Romo
• Original Assignee: Alejandro Romo, Guadalupe Romo
• Inventors: Romo, Alejandro, Romo, Guadalupe
• Application Number:
  US16/382,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20190315550A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/27 for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers mechanically driven A47J43/042
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/04 Partitions
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3216 Rigid containers disposed one within the other
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3222 with additional means facilitating admixture
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/816 into which liquid is added and the resulting preparation is retained, e.g. cups preloaded with powder or dehydrated food
• CPC Class Codes: C12G 3/06 with flavouring ingredients

Abstract

The present invention relates to an inventive apparatus and a method for creating mixed drinks on-the-go. The apparatus includes two or more chambers for storing pre-measured ingredients separately. The apparatus also includes a mechanism for mixing the separated ingredients at a desired time. The mechanism ensures that the drink is mixed only at a time that the user desires and around the time that the user intends to consume the mixed drink.

Claims

1. An apparatus for separately storing ingredients for making a mixed beverage and for mixing the various ingredients together to make a mixed beverage, the apparatus comprising:

an exterior cup configured to hold a volume of liquid in an interior volume;

an interior cup configured to couple with the exterior cup in a nesting configuration and a shaker-cup configuration;

a partition within an interior volume of the interior cup, the partition subdividing the interior volume of the interior cup into at least two sub-chambers, each sub-chamber configured to separately house at least one ingredient for making a mixed beverage; and

a removable closure mechanism configured to prevent ingredients in one sub-chamber from mixing with ingredients in another sub-chamber when the closure mechanism is in a closed position, the removable closure mechanism further configured to permit ingredients in one sub-chamber to mix with ingredients in another sub-chamber when the closure mechanism is in an open position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the exterior cup is further comprised of a rim that disposed around opening of the exterior cup, and the interior cup is further comprised of a rim that is disposed around the opening of the interior cup.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a lid, wherein the lid may be removably attached to the exterior cup'"'"'s rim.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising a lid, wherein the lid may be removably attached to the interior cup'"'"'s rim.

5. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the interior cup fits within the interior volume of the exterior cup when the cups are coupled in a nesting configuration.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the rim of the interior cup extends beyond the rim of the exterior cup when the interior cup is placed within the interior volume of the outer cup in a nesting configuration.

7. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the rim of the exterior cup couples to the rim of the interior cup when the cups are coupled in a shaker-cup configuration.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the interior cup is outside the interior volume of the exterior cup in a shaker-cup configuration.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the cups form leak proof seal when the cups are coupled in a shaker-cup configuration.

10. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein ingredients housed in a sub-chamber may travel to the interior volume of the exterior cup when the cups, coupled in a shaker-cup configuration, are shaken together by a user, the shaking causing the ingredients in the sub-chambers to mix with each other along with material that may have be placed in the interior volume of the exterior cup.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the removable closure mechanism is comprised of a removable barrier that is removably affixed to a portion of the interior cup.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the removable closure mechanism is affixed to a portion of interior cup via a removable adhesive.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the removable closure mechanism is comprised of a removable barrier that is removably affixed to a portion of the partition.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the removable closure mechanism is affixed to a portion of the partition via a removable adhesive.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the partition is removable from the interior volume of the interior cup.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a coupling enclosure enables the exterior cup to couple with the interior cup in a shaker-cup configuration.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the coupling enclosure couples to the exterior cup on one end and the exterior cup on the other end.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the coupling enclosure is further comprised of at least one pass-through aperture that permits ingredients to travel between the two cups when the cups are in a shaker-cup configuration and shaken together.

19. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each sub-chamber is vacuum sealed to preserve the freshness of ingredients that may be housed within the sub-chamber.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein each sub-chamber is pre-filled with at least one ingredient.

21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a first sub-chamber is pre-filled with a spirit ingredient.

22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a second sub-chamber is pre-filled with at least a liquid mixer ingredient.

23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a third sub-chamber is pre-filled with at least a dry mixer ingredient.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the exterior cup and interior cup are disposable.