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Granted Patent B2
US 9,346,602 · App. 14/601,197 · Granted May 24, 2016

Cocktail glass

Inventor: Joshua Gitta (Lowell, MA)
B65D81/3211
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,346,602
App. No.
14/601,197
Granted
May 24, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a mixing apparatus comprising a connector container and a first container, said connector container being adapted to said first container forming a connection area between said connector container and first container, wherein said connection area contains a barrier between said connector and first containers, wherein said barrier is capable of preventing the passage of a substance contained in the connector or first container, wherein, upon user intervention, said barrier is capable of allowing the passage of a substance contained in the connector or first container.

Claims (19)

1. A mixing apparatus comprising:

a connector container, a first container, and a second container,

a first connection area formed when said connector container is coupled to said first container,

a second connection area formed when said connector container is coupled to said second container,

wherein said first connection area contains a first barrier between said connector container and said first container,

wherein said second connection area contains a second barrier between said connector container and said second container,

wherein said first barrier is arranged to prevent the passage of a substance contained in the connector container or the first container,

wherein said second barrier is arranged to prevent the passage of a substance contained in the connector container or the second container,

wherein the inner surface of said connector container comprises a first puncturing member and a second puncturing member,

wherein said first puncturing member is configured to puncture said first barrier and said second puncturing member is configured to puncture said second barrier upon rotation of said connector container relative to said first container or said second container, allowing the passage of a substance contained in the first container or the second container.

2. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein liquid cannot pass through the first barrier or the second barrier.

3. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said connector container is attached to said first container using interlocking spiral grooves and said connector container is attached to said second container using interlocking spiral grooves.

4. The mixing apparatus of claim 3 , wherein an initial rotation of said connector container relative to said first container or to said second container causes the containers to remain connected and a further rotation causes said first barrier or said second barrier to be punctured by the puncturing members.

5. The mixing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein said first connection area or said second connection area contains an indicator to alert a user that continued rotation will allow a substance to pass through the first barrier or the second barrier.

6. The mixing apparatus of claim 5 , wherein said indicator consists of a protrusion on one container that fits inside an indentation of another container.

7. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first container contains a removable member that allows a user to access a substance inside said first container.

8. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first barrier or said second barrier is edible.

9. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said connector container is cylindrical in shape.

10. The mixing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said first container contains a proximal end and a distal end relative to said connector container, and the distal end has a larger circumference relative to a circumference of the proximal end.

Continuity (2)
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