Granted Patent B2

US 12,600,507 · App. 18/792,324 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Inventor: Pamela Jaderlund (Santa Fe, NM)

B65B3/06

Abstract

Claims (19)

1 . A fluid merging apparatus comprising:

a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a first container coupling portion having an exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall and the second end comprises a second container coupling portion having an exterior sidewall and an interior sidewall, wherein first end is round and has a first prescribed diameter, and the second end is round and has a second prescribed diameter;

a bulb portion positioned between the first end and the second end;

a first valve portion positioned between the bulb portion and the first end; and

a second valve portion positioned between the bulb portion and the second end.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second end further comprises a tube portion extending from the second valve portion past the first end.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first valve portion has a first opening and a second opening, and the second valve portion has a first opening and a second opening.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first and second valve have a directional flow means configured to allow for the flow of liquid from a first container to a second container in a single direction.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the directional flow means includes a check ball valve having a ball portion and a biasing portion.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the biasing portion is a spring.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the directional flow means includes a ball portion biased between a first position and a second position, wherein the first position is a closed position, and the second position is an open position.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein depressing the bulb position moves the first valve into a closed position and the second valve into an open position.

9 . The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein one or more adapter portions can be removably coupled with the one or more of the first end or second end.

10 . A fluid merging apparatus, comprising:

a first end and a second end, wherein the first end comprises a first container coupling portion and the second end comprises a second container coupling portion, wherein the first container coupling portion is removably couplable to a first container and the second container coupling portion is removably couplable to a second container, wherein the first container coupling portion and the second container coupling portion have a plurality of ridges on an interior sidewall configured to form a sealing relationship with the exterior sidewall of a container opening;

a bulb portion positioned between the first end and the second end, wherein the bulb portion is comprised of an elastic material and configured to be moved from an open position to a depressed position; and

a first valve portion positioned between the bulb portion and the first end, wherein the first valve portion is a unidirectional valve configured to allow a fluid within the first container to flow in a single direction to the bulb portion, wherein when the bulb portion is positioned in the depressed position the fluid in the bulb portion is pushed into the second container and seals the first valve portion to prevent the fluid from flowing back into the first container, wherein the bulb portion generates a vacuum to pull the fluid from the first container into the bulb portion.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first valve portion is a check ball valve having a ball portion and a biasing means to move the ball between a first position and second position.

12 . The apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a second valve portion positioned between a second end of the bulb portion and the second container coupling portion.

Continuity (2)

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