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US 6,886,686 · App. 10/709,062 · Granted May 3, 2005

Dispensing capsule for a liquid container

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,886,686
App. No.
10/709,062
Granted
May 3, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A two piece sealed capsule that is inserted into a liquid bearing container wall or neck of a bottle, said capsule being a receptacle for sealably containing a liquid and/or dry material and a dispenser for releasing the material when desired into the container. The top of the capsule is depressed manually forcing a plunger tube connected to the bottom of the capsule to rip away the bottom and side portion dispensing the material. The present invention allows the use of materials that would discolor, degrade or interact with other substances when added to the contents of the bottle, to remain stable and/or inactive until the time of use.

Claims (15)

1. A capsule that contains liquid and/or dry material to be subsequently dispensed into a container comprising:

a capsule body that is impervious to liquid;

said capsule body, including a first member and a second member, said second member moveable mountable in said first member;

said capsule first member body having a top opening and a sealed closed bottom with lines of weakening and a vertical plunger tube connected thereto;

said second member having a sealed closed top and an open bottom; and

said first and second members in a first mode are sealed forming said capsule body preventing any liquid or dry material from escaping from the capsule body.

2. A capsule as in claim 1 , wherein:

said first member is cylindrical and said second member is cylindrical; and

the inside diameter of said first member being larger than the outside diameter of the said second member.

3. A capsule as in claim 2 , wherein:

said first member side cylindrical wall and said sealed bottom having a joined area of weakened material around its periphery, for rupture by said second member engaging said plunger tube.

4. A capsule as in claim 2 , wherein:

said first member inside wall has a sealing means that engages said second member.

5. A capsule as in claim 1 , wherein:

said second member having a removeable area to form an aperture for inserting a straw.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2022
From: ANDEBOH HOLDINGS, FLP
To: GACERS LLC
Reel/Frame 059834/0014 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2007
From: VISION INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTS, INC.
To: ANDEBOH HOLDINGS, FLP
Reel/Frame 020227/0875 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation In Part 1060587300 · Nov 3, 2003
Continuation In Part 1015546100 · May 24, 2002
Related Publication 20040188282A1 · Sep 30, 2004