Chemical additive package
View Patent ↗An additive package for storing automotive treatment chemicals. Additive components can be combined and added to a vehicle cooling or other system to enhance or repair system performance in a motor vehicle, and stop and prevent leaks.
1. A package comprising:
a bottle including a body defining an interior volume of the bottle and an opening extending into the interior volume of the bottle;
a container arranged to extend into the interior volume of the bottle, the container including a tube defining an interior volume of the container, an opening extending into the tube, and a hanger for coupling the container to the bottle to suspend the tube in the interior volume of the bottle; and
a cap arranged to engage the bottle to cover the openings into the interior volumes of the bottle and the container, the cap including a compartment and a cover for closing an opening into an interior volume of the compartment;
wherein the interior volume of the compartment is defined by an annular side wall and a base wall coupled to the annular side wall, wherein the opening into the interior volume of the compartment is located on a first side of the base wall, and wherein an opposing second side of the base wall is configured to face towards the opening extending into the interior volume of the bottle when the cap is coupled with the bottle; and
wherein the interior volume of the bottle is arranged to hold a first additive component, the interior volume of the container is arranged to hold a second additive component, the interior volume of the compartment is arranged to hold a third additive component, and the interior volumes of the bottle, container, and compartment are in fluid isolation relative to one another when the bottle, container, and cap are coupled together.
2. The package of claim 1 , wherein the bottle further includes a neck coupled to the body by a shoulder to space the neck radially inward of an outer surface of the body, the neck defining the opening into the interior volume of the bottle.
3. The package of claim 2 , wherein the tube is arranged to extend through the opening of the neck of the bottle and the hanger is arranged to couple with the neck to suspend the tube in the interior volume of the bottle.
4. The package of claim 3 , wherein the hanger includes at least one pour-spout aperture formed therethrough to extend into the opening of the neck.
5. The package of claim 4 , wherein the cap is arranged to couple to the neck of the bottle and engage the container to form seals to the opening of the tube and opening of the neck to provide fluid isolation between the interior volume of the bottle and interior volume of the container.
6. The package of claim 2 , wherein an outer diameter of the cap substantially matches an outer diameter of the body of the bottle.
7. The package of claim 6 , further comprising a hinge coupled between the compartment and the cover, the hinge positioned to allow rotation of the cover relative to the compartment and retain the cover on the compartment.
8. The package of claim 1 , wherein the hanger includes at least one pour-spout aperture formed therethrough to extend into the opening of the bottle.
9. A method of assembling a package comprising:
inserting a container at least partially into an opening extending into an interior volume of a bottle, the container including a tube defining an interior volume of the container and formed to include an opening and a hanger coupled to the tube for supporting the tube, and the bottle including a body and a neck coupled to the body;
coupling the hanger of the container to the neck of the bottle; and
coupling a cap to the bottle over the tube, the cap including a compartment and a cover for closing an opening into an interior volume of the compartment;
wherein the interior volume of the compartment is defined by an annular side wall and a base wall coupled to the annular side wall, wherein the opening into the interior volume of the compartment is located on a first side of the base wall, and wherein an opposing second side of the base wall is configured to face towards the opening extending into the interior volume of the bottle when the cap is coupled with the bottle.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the interior volumes of the bottle, container, and compartment are in fluid isolation relative to one another when the bottle, container, and cap are coupled together.
11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising filling the bottle with an additive component prior to inserting the container at least partially into the bottle.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising filling the bottle with a first additive component and filling the tube with a second additive component simultaneously after coupling the container to the bottle.
13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising filling the bottle with an additive component after inserting the container at least partially into the bottle.
14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising filling the compartment with an additive component before coupling the cap to the bottle.
15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising filling the compartment with an additive component after coupling the cap to the bottle.