Fruit flavoring in the image of a fruit portion stored with a vessel for flavoring a fluid
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A47J-031/00
B65D-025/08
출원번호
UP-0549979
(2006-10-17)
등록번호
US-7798056
(2010-10-11)
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/ 주소
Kramer, James F.
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3인용 특허 :
13
초록▼
An assembly and method are provided for storing and dispensing a soluble substance, such as a flavoring, into a liquid. A useful application of the subject invention includes the case where lime-flavored liquid is contained in a foam artificial lime stored in the neck of a beer bottle, attached to a
An assembly and method are provided for storing and dispensing a soluble substance, such as a flavoring, into a liquid. A useful application of the subject invention includes the case where lime-flavored liquid is contained in a foam artificial lime stored in the neck of a beer bottle, attached to a beer bottle or can, or attached to the 6-pack or 12-pack carton. The artificial lime may be retrieved from the neck or a protective covering and acted upon so it diffuses the lime-flavored liquid into the beer when it is inserted into the beer bottle. Alternately, juice from the artificial lime may be squeezed into the beer, or the artificial lime may be simply retrieved and discarded. Rather than needing to buy a natural lime, cut it up and push a wedge into a beer bottle, an artificial lime, or a packaged natural lime, may be stored directly in or with the beer bottle and placed in functional contact with the beer at time of consumption.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for storing a soluble substance with a beverage vessel containing a liquid and mixing said soluble substance with said liquid, said apparatus comprising: a dispensing unit comprising a breachable container for containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosur
What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus for storing a soluble substance with a beverage vessel containing a liquid and mixing said soluble substance with said liquid, said apparatus comprising: a dispensing unit comprising a breachable container for containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosure enclosing at least a portion of said breachable container, and a container support removably in contact with said beverage vessel or said dispensing unit is held by pressure in said beverage vessel, wherein said foam enclosure controls the rate of release of said soluble substance upon breaching of said breachable container. 2. An apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said foam enclosure is the shape and color of a portion of a natural lemon or lime, said soluble substance is lemon or lime juice or has lemon or lime flavoring and said liquid is beer, water or tea. 3. An apparatus according to claim 2 further including a cap and a beverage vessel, wherein said shape of said foam enclosure is the shape of a portion of a natural lime, said dispensing unit is separably connected to said attachment member and said beverage vessel is glass or plastic. 4. An apparatus for storing a soluble substance with a beverage vessel containing a liquid and mixing said soluble substance with said liquid, said apparatus comprising: a dispensing unit comprising a breachable container for containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosure enclosing at least a portion of said breachable container, and an attachment member connected to said dispensing unit for breaching or retrieving said dispensing unit or maintaining said dispensing unit at a predetermined elevation in said beverage vessel when said beverage vessel is in a substantially vertical orientation, wherein said foam enclosure controls the rate of release of said soluble substance upon breaching of said breachable container. 5. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said vessel is a bottle and said dispensing unit and said attachment member are proportioned to be supported in the neck of said beverage bottle above said liquid and not in contact with said liquid when said beverage bottle is in a substantially vertical orientation. 6. An apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a cap for sealing said beverage vessel. 7. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said cap secures said attachment member to said beverage vessel. 8. An apparatus according to claim 7 wherein said attachment member has a loop or disk for retrieving said dispensing unit when said cap is removed from said beverage vessel, said loop or disk secured to said beverage vessel by said cap. 9. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said attachment member is affixed to said cap. 10. An apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said attachment member is separably connected to said dispensing unit or said cap. 11. An apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said attachment member and said breachable container are a single member said single member comprises a scored area for separating or said breachable container fits into a cavity of said attachment member. 12. An apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said breachable container is separably connected to said attachment member. 13. An apparatus for storing a soluble substance with a beverage bottle containing a liquid and mixing said soluble substance with said liquid, said apparatus comprising: a beverage bottle having a neck; a dispensing unit in said neck comprising a breachable container for containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosure enclosing at least a portion of said breachable container, a container support removably in contact with said beverage vessel or said dispensing unit is held by pressure in said beverage vessel, wherein said foam enclosure when connected to said support is separable from said support and controls the rate of release of said soluble substance upon breaching of said breachable container; and a cap sealing said beverage bottle. 14. An apparatus according to claim 13 further comprising an attachment member connected to said dispensing unit for breaching or retrieving said dispensing unit or maintaining said dispensing unit at a predetermined elevation in said beverage bottle when said beverage bottle is in a substantially vertical orientation. 15. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said beverage bottle contains beer, tea or water and said soluble substance is a lime or lemon flavored liquid. 16. An apparatus according to claim 13, wherein said dispensing unit is the shape of a portion of a natural lime and said soluble substance is lime flavored and said liquid is beer. 17. An apparatus for storing a soluble substance with a beverage bottle containing a liquid and mixing said soluble substance with said liquid, said apparatus comprising: a beverage bottle having a neck; a dispensing unit outside and attached to said beverage bottle, said dispensing unit comprising a breachable container for containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosure enclosing at least a portion of said breachable container, a container support removably in contact with said beverage vessel or said dispensing unit is held by pressure in said beverage vessel, wherein said foam enclosure, when connected to said support is separable from said support and controls the rate of release of said soluble substance upon breaching of said breachable container; and a cap sealing said beverage bottle. 18. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said dispensing unit is the shape of a portion of a natural lime and said soluble substance is lime flavored and said liquid is beer. 19. An apparatus according to claim 17, wherein said dispensing unit is attached by means of a plastic film, clip, mating member or adhesive. 20. A method for mixing a soluble substance into a liquid employing an apparatus comprising: a beverage vessel containing said liquid; a dispensing unit attached to said beverage vessel and comprising a breachable container containing said soluble substance and a foam enclosure enclosing at least a portion of said breachable container; and a cap sealing said beverage vessel; said method comprising: removing said cap from said beverage vessel; breaching said breachable container whereby said soluble substance is liberated; and introducing said soluble substance into said liquid through said foam enclosure. 21. A method according to claim 20, wherein said foam enclosure controls the rate of release of said soluble substance upon breaching of said breachable container and said introducing comprises inserting said breachable container into said beverage vessel after breaching. 22. A method according to claim 20, wherein said foam enclosure is the shape and color of a portion of a natural lemon or lime.
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