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Water container cap for holding additives to water

  • US 8,464,633 B2
  • Filed: 04/05/2012
  • Issued: 06/18/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A supplement dispensing closure couplable to an outlet of a container housing a liquid, the closure comprising:

  • a supplement retention portion and a liquid flow pathway extending through the supplement retention portion, the liquid flow pathway being configured to guide a liquid exiting the container through the outlet through the supplement retention portion when the closure is coupled to the container, the supplement retention portion comprising an open upper portion and a perforated supplement support platform that are together configured to retain a dissolvable supplement body as the liquid flows through the supplement retention portion and dissolves the dissolvable supplement body, and an open lower portion including a filter retainer projection, the open lower portion comprising a first connector portion and the open upper portion comprising a second connector portion, the first connector portion being couplable to the outlet of the container;

    a cap portion selectively couplable to and removable from the second connector portion, the cap portion including an open lower portion;

    a first filter selectively attachable to the supplement retention portion by pressing the first filter upward into the open lower portion and forcing the first filter onto the filter retainer projection; and

    a second filter receivable inside the open lower portion of the cap portion.

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