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Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,829 · App. 17/541,015 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Kits for combining consumables and methods of use thereof

Inventors: Steven J. Sculler (Boynton Beach, FL); Ola Gambari (New York, NY)
Assignee: MSZ Education Services, LLC
A47J31/002G01F19/00
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Patent No.
US 12,349,829
App. No.
17/541,015
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A kit includes a mixing vessel having a filling opening configured to allow the mixing vessel to be filled therethrough; and a plurality of indicia disposed on the mixing vessel, wherein the plurality of indicia are positioned and spaced so as to define a plurality of parts of the mixing vessel therebetween, and wherein the plurality of indicia are sequentially labeled with dimensionless labels; and a recipe including an identification of a plurality of ingredients and sequential filling instructions for adding the plurality of ingredients of the recipe to the mixing vessel in a sequential manner, wherein each sequential filling instruction has a corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients, and wherein each sequential filling instruction indicates a labeled indicia on the mixing vessel corresponding to a fill level of contents of the mixing vessel following addition of the corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients.

Claims (34)

1. A kit, comprising:

a plurality of different sized mixing vessels, each including:

a filling opening configured to allow each mixing vessel to be filled therethrough when each mixing vessel is oriented in a filling orientation; and

a plurality of indicia disposed on each mixing vessel, wherein the plurality of indicia are positioned and spaced so as to define a plurality of parts of the mixing vessel therebetween when viewed while each mixing vessel is oriented in the filling orientation, and wherein the plurality of indicia are sequentially labeled, wherein at least some of the plurality of indicia for each mixing vessel are the same but correspond to different volumes for each mixing vessel while representing the same relative ratio of a partial volume to a whole volume of each mixing vessel; and

a recipe including an identification of a plurality of ingredients and sequential filling instructions for adding the plurality of ingredients of the recipe to any of the mixing vessels in a sequential manner, wherein each sequential filling instruction has a corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients, and wherein each sequential filling instruction indicates a labeled indicia on each mixing vessel corresponding to a fill level of contents of each mixing vessel following addition of the corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients.

2. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parts of each mixing vessel are uniformly sized.

3. The kit of claim 2 , wherein each mixing vessel includes between 2 and 200 parts.

4. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of parts of each mixing vessel are non-uniformly sized.

5. The kit of claim 4 , wherein the first plurality of the parts of one mixing vessel includes between 2 and 200 of the parts of the one mixing vessel having the first size, and wherein the second plurality of the parts of the second mixing vessel includes between 2 and 200 of the parts of the second mixing vessel having the second size.

6. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each mixing vessel is configured to dispense contents thereof when each mixing vessel is positioned in a dispensing orientation that is different from the filling orientation.

7. The kit of claim 6 , wherein the filling opening is oriented on a top of each mixing vessel when each mixing vessel is positioned in the filling orientation, and wherein the filling opening is oriented on a side of each mixing vessel when each mixing vessel is positioned in the dispensing orientation.

8. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the recipe is a recipe for one of a beverage, a sauce, a marinade, a spice mixture, or a powdered drink mixture.

9. The kit of claim 1 , wherein each mixing vessel is one of an open-topped bottle, a closable bottle, a pitcher, a glass, a cup, a measuring cup, or a bowl.

10. The kit of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the parts of each mixing vessel has a volume that is between 5 milliliters and 500 milliliters.

11. The kit of claim 1 , wherein the recipe is included in a reference guide comprising a plurality of recipes.

12. The kit of claim 11 , wherein the reference guide comprises a computerized reference guide.

13. The kit of claim 11 , wherein the reference guide comprises a physical item.

14. The kit of claim 13 , wherein the physical item includes at least one blank user-fillable recipe template.

15. The kit of claim 13 , wherein the physical item includes a material that is selected to prevent damage if the physical item becomes wet.

16. A method, comprising:

providing a plurality of different sized mixing vessels, each including:

an opening configured to allow each mixing vessel to be filled therethrough each the mixing vessel is oriented in a filling orientation; and

a plurality of indicia disposed on each mixing vessel, wherein the plurality of indicia are positioned and spaced so as to define a plurality of parts of each mixing vessel therebetween when viewed while each mixing vessel is oriented in the filling orientation, and wherein the plurality of indicia are sequentially labeled, wherein at least some of the plurality of indicia for each mixing vessel are the same but correspond to different volumes for each mixing vessel while representing the same relative ratio of a partial volume to a whole volume of each mixing vessel;

providing a recipe, including an identification of a plurality of ingredients and sequential filling instructions for adding the plurality of ingredients of the recipe to any of the mixing vessels in a sequential manner, wherein each sequential filling instruction has a corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients, and wherein each filling instruction indicates a labeled indicia on each mixing vessel corresponding to a fill level of contents of the mixing vessel following addition of the corresponding one of the plurality of ingredients;

orienting each mixing vessel in the filling orientation;

adding an amount of a first one of the plurality of ingredients to each mixing vessel until each mixing vessel is filled to the labeled indicia indicated by a first one of the sequential filling instructions that corresponds to the first one of the plurality of ingredients; and

adding an amount of a second one of the plurality of ingredients to each mixing vessel until each mixing vessel is filled to the labeled indicia indicated by a second one of the sequential filling instructions that corresponds to the second one of the plurality of ingredients.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

orienting each mixing vessel in a dispensing orientation that is different from the filling orientation; and

dispensing contents of each mixing vessel from each mixing vessel in the dispensing orientation.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the plurality of ingredients is a liquid.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the plurality of ingredients is a solid.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the solid is ice.

21. The method of claim 16 , wherein at least one of the plurality of ingredients is a powder.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2024
From: HUNGRY FAN BRAND, LLC
To: MSZ EDUCATION SERVICES, LLC DBA BOLD IDEATION
Reel/Frame 069551/0778 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2022
From: SCULLER, STEVEN J.; GAMBARI, OLA
To: HUNGRY FAN BRAND, LLC
Reel/Frame 059833/0090 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63121014 · Dec 3, 2020
Related Publication 20220175173A1 · Jun 9, 2022
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