Beverage container with secondary internal dispensing chamber

摘要

An internal chamber incorporated with the cap of a container, for example, a disposable beverage bottle. The internal chamber has an internal bore designed to hold a powder or liquid that can be released into the container. The chamber is inserted into a bottle or similar container when the cap is placed over the opening. A push-button on the top of the cap advances an actuator within the internal bore to push a diaphragm out of the distal end outlet port in the chamber to release the ingredient(s) within the internal chamber into the container. The diaphragm also has two or more peripheral guide rails to ensure that it remains aligned with the chamber housing during those movements. Alternative embodiments utilize a dome cover over the push-button. In use, the cap of the container can be removed, which will simultaneously remove the chamber, allowing the liquid in the container to be consumed or decanted.

主权项

1. A dispensing receptacle comprising:
a container having an interior cavity and an opening that communicates the interior cavity to the exterior of the container; a closure mechanism having a top cap wall contiguous with a side skirt and an exterior surface and an interior surface, wherein the interior surface of the side skirt has one or more coupling features for complementary attachment to the opening in the container, a flexible control mechanism integrated as part of the top cap wall, where the control mechanism is temporarily deformed during operation; a sealable interior chamber comprising a continuous wall that extends from a first end to a second end with an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein,
the first end is fixedly attached and integral with the interior surface of the closure mechanism, such that the control mechanism is encompassed with the first end; andthe second end extends into the interior cavity of the exterior housing, wherein the second end defines at least one outlet port; a removable sealing partition positioned at or near the outlet port that seals the outlet port, and a linear actuator having a first end fixedly attached to the control mechanism and a second end fixedly attached to the sealing partition, such that operation of the control mechanism causes the line actuator to temporarily remove the sealing partition from the outlet port and where the control mechanism automatically returns the sealing partition to the outlet port when no longer deformed.