Compartmentalized dispensing lid for beverage container

• US 9,102,441 B1
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bradley Orvik
• Original Assignee: Bradley Orvik
• Inventors: Orvik, Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): Hicks, Robert J
• Application Number:
  US14/081,239
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 220/253, 220/523, 220/524, 220/23.86, 220/23.83, 220/703, 220/694, 220/62.22, 220/62.18, 220/592.2, 220/592.17, 220/592.16, 206/217, 206/223, 206/535, 206/539, 206/538, 222/136, 222/135, 222/144, 222/144.5
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 3/18 of rigid material
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/2205 Drinking glasses or vessels A47G19/23 takes precedence

Abstract

A compartmentalized dispensing lid and a beverage container having a lid with a platform and a domed structure equipped with decanter mechanism and a plurality of compartments. The lid is fastenable to a beverage container, where the decanter mechanism enables a user to drink liquids housed within the beverage container. The plurality of compartments are each partitioned to hold and separate various dietary supplements from each other and from the liquid held within the beverage container. The dome and platform arrangement enables selectively dispersing a supplement of a certain compartment into the liquid of the beverage container to create a mixture that is consumed through the decanter mechanism.

Claims

1. A compartmentalized holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:

a translucent, cylindrical dome, comprising;

a dome base having a planar bottom surface and a convex top surface;

a drink compartment disposed on said top surface, having an open bottom;

a plurality of storage compartments disposed on said top surface, each having an open bottom; and

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wherein each storage compartments and said drink compartment are arranged to adjoin each other but are separated by a partition;

a channel disposed at a central location of said bottom surface of said dome;

a plurality of fill tubes, each having a tubular shape, extending from a top of each storage compartment;

a mouth aperture extending from a top of said drink compartment;

a plastic, circular platform, comprising;

a disk member having a flat top surface;

a platform aperture located at a position to align with either one of said storage compartments or said drink compartment when said dome is placed over top of said platform; and

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a pivot aperture located at a position to align and engage said channel when said dome is placed over top of said platform;

a pivot pin, wherein;

said pivot pin slidably inserts between said engagement of said channel and said pivot aperture when said dome is placed over top of said platform; and

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arrangement of said pivot pin, said pivot aperture, and said channel enables rotation of said dome relative to said platform while securing said dome to said platform;

an apron, comprising an annular member extending perpendicularly from said platform;

wherein said dome, when engaged with said platform, is placed on top of an ancillary container such that said apron extends over perimeter edges of said ancillary container;

wherein rotation of said dome relative to said platform enables selective alignment of said platform aperture with one of said storage compartments, thereby facilitating fluid communication between an interior space of said storage compartment and an interior space of said ancillary container; and

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wherein rotation of said dome relative to said platform enables selective alignment of said platform aperture with said drink compartment, thereby facilitating fluid communication between an interior space of said drink compartment and an interior space of said ancillary container.

2. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said drink compartment has a circular sector cross section configuration.

3. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein each storage compartment has a circular sector cross section configuration.

4. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein each partition is provided with a groove about a perimeter edge thereof.

5. The apparatus recited in claim 4, further comprising a rubber seal ring fitted into each of said groove.

6. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising at least one storage cap to cover and protect a fill tube.

7. The apparatus recited in claim 6, wherein each storage cap is provided with raised annular seal grooves to enable securement of said storage cap to a top of said fill tube via an interference fit.

8. The apparatus recited in claim 6, further comprising a fastening mechanism to hingedly affix each storage cap to a top of each fill tube.

9. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising a plastic drink cap to cover and protect said mouth aperture.

10. The apparatus recited in claim 9, wherein said drink cap is provided with raised annular seal grooves to enable securement of said drink cap to a top of said mouth aperture via an interference fit.

11. The apparatus recited in claim 9, further comprising a fastening mechanism to hingedly affix said drink cap to a top of said mouth aperture.

12. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising:

a spring washer disposed about said pivot pin and situated between said dome and said platform; and

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wherein said spring washer places tension on said dome and said platform to provide better securement of said dome with said platform and facilitate better rotational motion of said dome relative to said platform.

13. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising a fastening mechanism to removably secure said apron to a mouth portion of said ancillary container.

14. The apparatus recited in claim 1, further comprising a seal placed within said apron to form a fluid tight abutment between said apron and said ancillary container.

15. The apparatus recited in claim 14, wherein an inside surface of said apron is provided with a groove that is configured to receive and retain said seal via an interference fit.

16. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said dome is provided with at least one detent to engage a portion of said platform as said dome is rotated to hold said dome in a desired position.

17. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said platform is provided with at least one detent to engage a portion of said dome as said dome is rotated to hold said dome in a desired position.

18. The apparatus recited in claim 1, wherein said platform and said dome are each provided with at least one detent to engage a portion of said dome as said dome is rotated to hold said dome in a desired position.

19. A compartmentalized holding and dispensing apparatus, comprising:

a container, further comprising;

a double-walled encircling sidewall structure, having a double-walled base conjoined with a bottom of said sidewall structure;

an open mouth at a top of said sidewall structure;

an insulating material placed between said double-walled sidewall and said double-walled base;

a coupling mechanism to removably secure an ancillary lid to said open mouth; and

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wherein said sidewall structure and said base define a cavity as an interior of said container;

a translucent, cylindrical dome, comprising;

a dome base having a planar bottom surface and a convex top surface;

at least one dome detent formed into a surface of said planar member;

a drink compartment, having a circular sector cross section configuration and an open bottom, disposed on said top surface;

a plurality of storage compartments, each having a circular sector cross section configuration, disposed on said top surface;

wherein each storage compartments and said drink compartment are arranged to adjoin each other but are separated by a partition; and

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wherein each partition is provided with a partition groove about a perimeter edge thereof;

a partition seal ring fitted into each partition groove;

a channel disposed at a central location of said bottom surface of said dome;

a plurality of fill tubes, each having a tubular shape, extending from a top of each storage compartment;

a mouth aperture extending from a top of said drink compartment;

at least one storage cap to cover and protect a fill tube, wherein each storage cap is provided with raised annular storage cap seal grooves to enable securement of said storage cap to a top of said fill tube via an interference fit;

a first fastening mechanism to hingedly affix each storage cap to a top of each fill tube;

a drink cap to cover and protect said mouth aperture, wherein said drink cap is provided with raised annular drink cap seal grooves to enable securement of said drink cap to a top of said mouth aperture via an interference fit;

a second fastening mechanism to hingedly affix said drink cap to a top of said mouth aperture;

a circular platform, comprising;

a disk member having a flat top surface;

at least one platform detent formed into a surface of said disk member;

a platform aperture located at a position to align with either one of said storage compartments or said drink compartment when said dome is placed over top of said platform;

a pivot aperture located at a position to align and engage said channel when said dome is placed over top of said platform;

a pivot pin, wherein;

said pivot pin slidably inserts between said engagement of said channel and said pivot aperture when said dome is placed over top of said platform; and

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arrangement of said pivot pin, said pivot aperture, and said channel enables rotation of said dome relative to said platform while securing said dome to said platform;

a spring washer disposed about said pivot pin and situated between said dome and said platform, wherein said spring washer places tension on said dome and said platform to provide better securement of said dome with said platform and facilitate better rotational motion of said dome relative to said platform;

an apron, comprising;

an annular member extending perpendicularly from said platform; and

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an apron groove within an inside surface of said annular member;

a third fastening mechanism to removably secure said apron to said open mouth of said container;

an apron seal placed within said apron groove, wherein said apron groove is configured to receive and retain said apron seal via an interference fit;

wherein said dome, when engaged with said platform, is placed on top of said container such that said apron extends over perimeter edges of said container and said apron seal forms a fluid tight abutment between said apron and said container;

wherein rotation of said dome relative to said platform enables selective alignment of said platform aperture with one of said storage compartments, thereby facilitating fluid communication between an interior space of said storage compartment and said cavity of said container;

wherein rotation of said dome relative to said platform enables selective alignment of said platform aperture with said drink compartment, thereby facilitating fluid communication between an interior space of said drink compartment and said cavity of said container; and

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wherein at least one of said platform detent and at least one of said dome detent engage a portion of said dome as said dome is rotated to hold said dome in a desired potion.