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A device for maintaining ingredients separately within a bottle container of the type having a removable container cap has a sub-container body formed with squeezable plastic outer walls and inner divider walls forming multiple compartments having respective orifices for dispensing the ingredients c

A device for maintaining ingredients separately within a bottle container of the type having a removable container cap has a sub-container body formed with squeezable plastic outer walls and inner divider walls forming multiple compartments having respective orifices for dispensing the ingredients contained therein. Each compartment can be separately opened (by removing a sealing element) and its ingredient can be dispensed into the container by squeezing on corresponding portions of the outer walls. In different embodiments, the device may be formed with the sub-container body in a cylindrical shape, the divider wall aligned with the cylinder axis or transverse to the cylinder axis, and the cylinder body snap-fitted to the underside of the cap or fixed to a collar which is held on the container neck by the cap. In another approach, a device, for use with a can container having a fixed can top and pull tab, has a one or more sub-container vessels held in exterior well(s) recessed in the surface of the container top, and held in place by and protected by the pull tab. When the pull tab is removed and the tab opening is exposed, the sub-container vessel (s) can be removed from the exterior well(s) to dispense their separate ingredients into the container. These improved devices allow multiple ingredients to be safely stored separately from the carrier liquid and conveniently used and controllably metered to the user's tastes.

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[ I claim:] [1.]1. A device for maintaining ingredients separately in an openable container containing a liquid, comprising:a removable container cap for covering an opening into the container having an underside surface facing inwardly into the container;a sub-container body having squeezable plast

[ I claim:] [1.]1. A device for maintaining ingredients separately in an openable container containing a liquid, comprising:a removable container cap for covering an opening into the container having an underside surface facing inwardly into the container;a sub-container body having squeezable plastic outer walls and at least one inner divider wall dividing the interior of the sub-container body into a plurality of compartments,wherein each compartment has a respective dispensing orifice, and an ingredient contained in the respective compartment is controllably dispensed through the orifice by squeezing on a part of the squeezable plastic outer walls corresponding to the compartment,wherein said sub-container body has a proximate end which is mounted to the underside surface of the container cap, and each compartment has a dispensing orifice formed at an end of the sub-container body from which the ingredient can be dispensed into the container when the container cap is removed from the opening into the container; andwherein each dispensing orifice of the respective compartment has an individual sealing tab applied over the orifice so that it can be selectively removed by the user to unseal the orifice and dispense the ingredient from the compartment.