Packaging system for storing and mixing separate ingredient components

• US 7,308,915 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2005
• Issued: 12/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: JPro Dairy International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: JPro Dairy International, Inc.
• Inventors: Johns, Garry P., Johns, Corey N.
• Primary Examiner(s): Douglas, Steven O.
• Application Number:
  US11/112,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20060237095A1
• Time in Patent Office: 971 Days
• Field of Search: 141/9, 141/100, 141/329, 141/330, 141/364, 222 80- 91, 222/541.1, 222/541.2, 206219-222
• US Class Current: 141/100
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3211 coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture

Abstract

A packaging system is provided for storing and mixing separate ingredient components. The system includes a first bottle used for storing a first ingredient component which includes a dispensing port disposed on a top end, a mixing port disposed on a bottom end, and a seal integrated within the mixing port. The system also includes a second bottle used for storing a second component ingredient which includes a bottle neck having an opening disposed therein wherein the neck is adapted to be installed into the mixing port of the first bottle. Also, an extended tip is formed on the distal end of the bottle neck. When the bottle neck of the second bottle is installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, the seal from the first bottle is broken by the extended tip from the second bottle establishing fluid communication between the first and second bottles and allowing the ingredient components to mix.

Claims

1. A packaging system for storing and mixing a first ingredient component and a second ingredient component, the packaging system comprising:

a first bottle used for storing the first ingredient component, the first bottle comprising,

a mixing port positioned on a bottom end of the first bottle which includes a mixing orifice disposed there through the bottom end of the first bottle; and

a seal integrated within the mixing port; and

a second bottle used for storing the second ingredient component, the second bottle including,

a conventional bottle spout adapted to be installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, and an extended tip defined by a recessed portion and a recessed shoulder formed on a distal end of the spout,

wherein when the bottle spout of the second bottle is installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, the seal from the first bottle is broken by the extended tip formed on the second bottle, establishing a mixing path between the first and second bottles which allows the first ingredient component to mix with the second ingredient component,

wherein the mixing port comprises;

a flange receiving surface formed on the bottom end of the first bottle, wherein the orifice is centered within the flange receiving surface, and wherein the seal is affixed to the flange receiving surface such that it covers the orifice; and

a threaded female nipple having a flange radially formed thereon an end, wherein the flange is attached to the flange receiving surface from the first bottle by at least one of sonic welding, heat fusion, or adhesive.

2. The packaging system according to claim 1, the flange from the female nipple including a seal recess for unobstructively receiving the seal.

3. A packaging system for storing and mixing a first ingredient component and a second ingredient component, the packaging system comprising:

a first bottle used for storing the first ingredient component, the first bottle comprising,

a mixing port positioned on a bottom end of the first bottle which includes a mixing orifice disposed there through the bottom end of the first bottle; and

a seal integrated within the mixing port; and

a second bottle used for storing the second ingredient component, the second bottle including,

a conventional bottle spout adapted to be installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, and an extended tip defined by a recessed portion and a recessed shoulder formed on a distal end of the spout,

wherein when the bottle spout of the second bottle is installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, the seal from the first bottle is broken by the extended tip formed on the second bottle, establishing a mixing path between the first and second bottles which allows the first ingredient component to mix with the second ingredient component,

wherein the mixing port comprises;

a cylindrical collar formed on the bottom end of the first bottle, wherein the orifice is centered within the collar; and

a threaded insert having the seal affixed to an inner end thereof, wherein the insert is inserted into the collar and bonded to an inside surface thereof by at least one of sonic welding, heat fusion, force-fit or adhesive.

4. The packaging system according to claim 3, the threaded insert further comprising a protruding lip formed within the inner end which is adapted to abut against the protruding shoulder to form a sealed surface.

5. The packaging system according to claim 3, wherein the orifice includes one of a beveled edge or rounded edge formed on a bottom surface thereof to provide extra clearance for the slices when they are pushed in the upright position between the recessed portion defining the extended tip and the orifice.

6. A packaging system for storing and mixing a first ingredient component and a second ingredient component, the packaging system comprising:

a first bottle used for storing the first ingredient component, the first bottle comprising,

a mixing port positioned on a bottom end of the first bottle which includes a mixing orifice disposed there through the bottom end of the first bottle; and

a seal integrated within the mixing port; and

a second bottle used for storing the second ingredient component, the second bottle including a conventional bottle spout having a distal edge adapted to be installed into the mixing port of the first bottle,

wherein when the bottle spout of the second bottle is installed into the mixing port of the first bottle, the seal from the first bottle is broken by the distal edge from the spout of second bottle, establishing a mixing path between the first and second bottles which allows the first ingredient component to mix with the second ingredient component to create a reconstituted beverage or food product, and

wherein the mixing port comprises;

a cylindrical collar formed on the bottom end of the first bottle, wherein the mixing orifice is centered within the collar; and

a threaded insert having the seal affixed to an inner end thereof, wherein the insert is inserted into the collar and bonded to an inside surface thereof by at least one of sonic welding, heat fusion, force-fit or adhesive.

7. The packaging system according to claim 6, wherein a sealed surface is formed between an outer end of the threaded insert and a cap ring formed on the spout of the second bottle.