Beverage container having built-in infuser and passive cooling element
A hydration bottle that is capable of infusing and cooling a beverage. The hydration bottle includes a container, a lid, an infuser chamber that detachably attaches to the lid, a filter component positioned between the infuser chamber and the lid, and a cold pack that detachably attaches to the bottom end portion of the infuser chamber. The hydration bottle provides both infusion and cooling, only infusion, or no infusion/cooling depending on whether or not the infuser chamber and/or the cold pack are attached. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
1. A bottle for infusing and cooling a beverage comprising:
a container having an opening;
a lid that detachably attaches to the opening, the lid having a sipping hole to allow liquid flow and a first mating portion formed on a bottom face of the lid, inward of an outer periphery of the lid, and around the sipping hole;
an infuser chamber for holding a flavor solid, the infuser chamber having a top end portion, wall portion, and a bottom end portion, the top end portion detachably engages with the first mating portion of the lid so as to secure the infuser chamber to the lid, the wall portion having a plurality of openings to allow liquid flow into the infuser chamber, and the bottom end portion having 1) a base to keep the flavor solid contained within the infuser chamber and 2) a second mating portion;
a filter component positioned between the top end portion of the infuser chamber and the sipping hole of the lid, and having a first state that keeps the flavor solid from exiting the infuser chamber but allows liquid to flow out of the sipping hole, and a second state that allows removal of the flavor solid from the infuser chamber; and
a cold pack that detachably engages with the second mating portion to secure the cold pack to the bottom end portion of the infuser chamber.
2. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the first mating portion in the lid is threaded.
3. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the second mating portion in the infuser chamber is threaded.
4. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the cold pack attaches to an inside surface of a tubular section of the infuser chamber below the base, through a bottom open end of the infuser chamber.
5. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the base of the infuser chamber has a plurality of holes to allow liquid flow when the cold pack is detached from the infuser chamber.
6. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the filter component is directly attached to the infuser chamber and rotates about an axis that bisects a top open end of the infuser chamber.
7. The bottle of claim 1 further comprising a cap to seal the sipping hole.
8. The bottle of claim 1 wherein the cold pack comprises non-toxic freezer gel enclosed in a case.
9. The bottle of claim 1 wherein an outside surface of the case of the cold pack has a plurality of ridges for ease of gripping and twisting the cold pack by a user.