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A beverage device is provided for separately storing two beverages and for selectively dispensing the beverages sequentially or in combination. The beverage device includes a cap assembly attached to a conventional drink bottle, the cap assembly having an inner cylindrical housing rotatably nested w

A beverage device is provided for separately storing two beverages and for selectively dispensing the beverages sequentially or in combination. The beverage device includes a cap assembly attached to a conventional drink bottle, the cap assembly having an inner cylindrical housing rotatably nested within an outer cylindrical housing. The housings are generally hollow and present apertures which facilitate the dispensing or mixing of beverages when properly aligned. The inner housing includes a channel which allows a drink to be drawn through a spout from the bottle by a user upon alignment of apertures between the housings. The inner housing further includes a chamber for storing a beverage until apertures in the inner and outer housings are aligned to release the beverage into the bottle for mixing and dispensing. Alignment of appropriate housing apertures is accomplished by rotation of the inner housing within the outer housing. Rotation of the inner housing also causes the bottom wall of the outer housing to rupture, thus releasing the beverage stored in the inner housing into the bottle for mixing and dispensing. Concurrent alignment of appropriate apertures and rupture of the bottom wall facilitate efficient circulatory mixing of beverage substances. Alternative structures for puncturing the bottom wall of the outer housing or for allowing a fluid flow through the inner and outer housings is disclosed.

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[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A drinking device for attachment to a spout of a container adapted to hold a beverage therein comprising:a first housing;a bore extending through said first housing, said bo

[ Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent is as follows:] [1.] A drinking device for attachment to a spout of a container adapted to hold a beverage therein comprising:a first housing;a bore extending through said first housing, said bore having an open end presented at a top of said first housing;a pair of apertures in said first housing and in communication with said bore;a medial aperture in said first housing and in communication with said bore;means for connecting said first housing to a spout of the container with said first housing depending into the container;a second housing configured for insertion in said bore of said first housing;a bore extending through said second housing having first and second opposed ends, an insertion of said second housing into said first housing causing said second housing bore to cooperate with said first housing to form a chamber in said second housing for containing a substance therein;a chamber aperture in said second housing and in communication with said chamber in said second housing;a channel in said second housing, said channel having first and second ends and presenting a channel aperture in said second housing at said channel first end and an outlet aperture in said second housing at said channel second end;means for coupling said second housing to said first housing in a relative movement of said second housing with said first housing between first and second positions, said first position aligning said channel aperture with said medial aperture in said first housing to communicate said channel with the container for flow of a beverage in the container through said channel and said channel outlet aperture, said second position aligning said channel aperture with one of said pair of apertures in said first housing and said chamber aperture with the other of said pair of apertures in said second housing, said alignment of said chamber aperture providing for a mixture of the beverage in the container with the substance in said chamber of said second housing and a flow path for said mixture through said other of said pair of first housing apertures and said channel aperture aligned therewith, whereby to dispense said mixture from said outlet aperture.