Bicameral container

• US 3,156,369 A
• Filed: 09/19/1962
• Issued: 11/10/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1962
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Donald R. Bowes, Paul E. Regan Jr
• Original Assignee: Donald R. Bowes, Paul E. Regan Jr
• Inventors: Bowes, Donald R., Regan, Paul E. Jr.
• Application Number:
  US04/224,629
• Time in Patent Office: 783 Days
• US Class Current: 206/222
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/285 ruptured by a sharp element, e.g. a cutter or a piercer
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Claims

1. A BICAMERAL PACKAGE COMPRISING MIXING CONTAINER HAVING A POURING NECK PRESENTING A MOUTH PORTION, A CUP FITTING IN SAID NECK AND ADAPTED TO BE SLIDABLY REMOVED THEREFROM, SAID CUP HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PERIPHERAL FLANGE FITTING OVER SAID MOUTH PORTION, SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGE HAVING A GREATER DIAMETER THAN SAID MOUTH PORTION AND OVERLAPPING THE PERIPHERAL EDGE OF SAID MOUTH PORTION, A REMOVABLE AND REPLACEABLE CAP ADAPTED TO FIT OVER AND MECHANICALLY ENGAGE SAID NECK REMOVABLY AND REPLACEABLY, SAID CAP HAVING A SHOULDER CONTACTING THE FLANGE ON SAID CUP AND PRESSING IT DOWNWARDLY TOWARD SAID MOUTH PORTION TO FORM A SEAL WHEN THE CAP IS FULLY ENGAGED WITH SAID NECK, SAID CAP HAVING AN INWARDLY EXTENDING RIDGE PORTION SPACED BELOW SAID SHOULDER AND FORMING THEREWITH A RETAINING RECESS FOR RECEIVING THE OVERLAPPING PORTION OF THE PERIPHERAL FLANGE OF SAID CUP AND RETAINING THE CUP IN THE CAP WHEN THE CAP IS REMOVED FROM THE NECK, AND A PLUNGER FITTING IN SAID CUP AND BEING DISPLACEABLE TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP TO REMOVE A PORTION OF THE CUP, SAID CAP HAVING A RELATIVELY RIGID FRANGIBLE TOP SECTION ABOVE SAID PLUNGER AND SAID FRANGIBLE SECTION BEING ADAPTED TO BE BROKEN TO PERMIT ACCESS TO THE PLUNGER FOR DISPLACING THE PLUNGER TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP TO REMOVE A PORTION OF THE CUP AND ALLOW THE CONTENTS OF THE CUP TO BE MIXED WITH THE OTHER CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER WHILE THE CAP IS IN POSITION ON THE NECK OF THE CONTAINER, SAID FRANGIBLE SECTION COMPRISING A REMOVABLE PORTION HAVING A TRANSVERSE DIMENSION LESS THAN THE TRANSVERSE DIMENSION OF THE TOP OF THE PLUNGER SO THAT THE PLUNGER CANNOT BE DISPLACED FROM THE CUP THROUGH THE OPENING LEFT IN THE TOP OF THE CAP BY DISPLACEMENT OF THE REMOVABLE PORTION, THE TOP OF THE PLUNGER HAVING A TRANSVERSE DIMENSION GREATER THAN THE INSIDE DIAMETER OF THE CUP FOR PREVENTING THE PLUNGER FROM BEING REMOVED FROM THE CUP THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF THE CUP, WHEREBY THE CAP CONTAINING THE CUP AND THE PLUNGER MAY BE REMOVED EASILY FROM THE POURING NECK BY UNSCREWING THE CAP FROM THE NECK TO ALLOW SOME OF THE MIXTURE TO BE POURED FROM THE MIXING CONTAINER AND THE MIXING CONTAINER MAY BE RECLOSED BY SCREWING THE CAP BACK ON THE POURING NECK AND THE CUP AND THE PLUNGER RETAINED THEREIN TO COMPLETE THE CLOSURE.