U.S. patent application number 13/968226 was filed with the patent office on 2015-02-19 for two nested and interlocked beverage containers.
The applicant listed for this patent is Sheng Ming Wang. Invention is credited to Sheng Ming Wang.
Application Number | 20150048002 13/968226 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 52466051 |
Filed Date | 2015-02-19 |
United States Patent
Application |
20150048002 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang; Sheng Ming |
February 19, 2015 |
Two Nested and Interlocked Beverage Containers
Abstract
The present invention discloses a beverage container 13, having
a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap to
contain a carbonated drink, a beverage container 10, having a donut
shape upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of
aluminum foil to contain a mixed juice, the beverage container 10
nesting on top of the beverage container 13, the removable threaded
cap keeping the two nested beverage containers interlocked, and a
desired cocktail punch produced through mixing the carbonated drink
and juice inside the beverage container 13.
Inventors: |
Wang; Sheng Ming; (Tarpon
Springs, FL) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Wang; Sheng Ming |
Tarpon Springs |
FL |
US |
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Family ID: |
52466051 |
Appl. No.: |
13/968226 |
Filed: |
August 15, 2013 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
206/505 |
Current CPC
Class: |
B65D 21/0238
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
206/505 |
International
Class: |
B65D 21/02 20060101
B65D021/02 |
Claims
1. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers comprise a
beverage container having a circular upper orifice for receiving a
removable threaded cap, a beverage container having a donut shape
upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of
aluminum foil, the beverage container having the donut shape upper
orifice nested on top of the beverage container having the circular
upper orifice, both beverage containers centered around two
overlapped longitudinal axes, and the threaded cap keeping the two
nested beverage containers interlocked.
2. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1,
wherein the two overlapped longitudinal axes comprises a
longitudinal axis of the beverage container having the circular
upper orifice and a longitudinal axis of the beverage container
having the donut shape upper orifice.
3. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1,
wherein the beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice
comprises a thickened circular inner ring, a thickened circular
outer ring, said two circular rings centered around the
longitudinal axis and lied on a plane, comprising the donut shape
upper orifice, an inner cylindrical sidewall, centered around the
longitudinal axis, coincided and joined with the circular inner
ring, an outer cylindrical sidewall, centered around the
longitudinal axis, coincided and joined with the circular outer
ring, a cylindrical through hole, and a donut bottom.
4. The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice of
claim 3, wherein the donut bottom comprises an inner curved wall
forming a smaller circle, coincided and joined with the inner
cylindrical sidewall, an outer curved wall forming a larger circle,
coincided and joined with the outer cylindrical sidewall.
5. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1,
wherein the beverage container having the circular upper orifice
comprises a threaded neck, centered around a longitudinal axis,
said threaded neck comprising the circular upper orifice, a smaller
upper cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis,
a larger lower cylindrical sidewall, centered around the
longitudinal axis, a curved top joining the smaller upper
cylindrical sidewall and the larger lower cylindrical sidewall, and
a container bottom.
6. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1,
wherein the removable threaded cap further defined as similar to a
conventional tamper-proof soda bottle cap comprises an upper
cylindrical cap, a middle circular break joint, a lower circular
skirt, and an annular flange extended away from a peripheral edge
of the upper cylindrical cap to form an outer circular edge.
7. The cylindrical through hole of claim 3, is a cylindrical void
formed by the inner circular ring and the inner cylindrical
sidewall having a diameter measured at a narrowest distance.
8. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is larger
than a diameter of the threaded neck.
9. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is larger
than a diameter of the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall.
10. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is smaller
than a diameter of the larger lower cylindrical sidewall.
11. The diameter of cylindrical through hole of claim 7, is smaller
than a diameter of the outer circular edge of the annular
flange.
12. Two nested and interlocked beverage containers of claim 1,
wherein the the beverage container having the donut shape upper
orifice nested on top of the beverage container having the circular
upper orifice not only positions the upper cylindrical sidewall
inside the cylindrical through hole, but also positions the
circular upper orifice, received the removable threaded cap
entirely above the donut shape upper orifice, received the donut
shape seal of aluminum foil.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] There are three main types of bottled beverages by the ways
of preservation--1) drinks containing fruit juices, teas, etc. with
preservatives; 2) drinks containing fruit juices, teas, etc.,
pasteurized; and 3) carbonated soft drinks using carbon dioxide and
low PH to prevent bacteria growth. It is popular in any birthday,
prom, etc. parties to offer some custom-blend "cocktail punch" by
blending different kind of carbonated soft drinks, flavored drinks,
fruit juices, fresh ingredients, and ice together in proportion in
a serving container. It is a time consuming process in preparing
& making such a cocktail punch, and it requires knowledge to
blend optimum mixture of all ingredients in right proportion to
have a tasty drink. In the present beverage industry there were no
premixed cocktail punches in the same container containing major
portion of carbonated soft drinks with smaller portion of
pasteurized or preservatives-added drinks. The reason for that is
the mixture of carbonated soft drinks with pasteurized or
preservatives-added drinks for an extended time (shelf time) would
cause certain bacteria growth (yeast and certain lactic acid
bacteria) existed in the carbonated beverage with the nutrients of
sugar in the pasteurized beverage, and the bacteria growth results
in the production of spoilage, haze, sediment, off-flavors, and
gas.
[0002] Multi-chamber bottles are already on the market and used as
vessels for multi-components with multi closures. Some patents such
as U.S. Pat. No. 3,590,989, U.S. Pat. No. 3,658,204, U.S. Pat. No.
3,705,661, U.S. Pat. No. 3,732,999, U.S. Pat. No. 3,741,383, U.S.
Pat. No. 3,920,120, U.S. Pat. No. 4,078,701, U.S. Pat. No.
4,235,343, U.S. Pat. No. 4,795,028, U.S. Pat. No. 5,050,757, U.S.
Pat. No. 5,065,875, U.S. Pat. No. 5,158,191, U.S. Pat. No.
5,189,892, U.S. Pat. No. 5,316,159, U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,813, U.S.
Pat. No. 5,366,089,U.S. Pat. No. 5,467,877, U.S. Pat. No.
5,586,656, U.S. Pat. No. 5,664,671, U.S. Pat. No. 5,765,725, U.S.
Pat. No. 5,782,358, U.S. Pat. No. 5,881,868, U.S. Pat. No.
5,992,677, U.S. Pat. No. 6,550,647, U.S. Pat. No. 6,626,308, U.S.
Pat. No. 6,989,168, U.S. Pat. No. 7,998,397, U.S. Pat. No.
7,896,180, U.S. Pat. No. 8,172,079, U.S. Pat. No. 8,376,135, U.S.
Pat. No. 8,439,228, U.S. Pat. No. 8,025,168 B2, and U.S.
2012/0168400 A1 all have multi-chambers positioned either side by
side, top and bottom, or a container with a recessed chamber on the
sidewall or at bottom for storing another container. But none of
the designs have one container like a donut nested over another
container like a bowling pin and interlocked with a locking device,
which said locking device in my invention is a threaded removable
cap.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The present invention relates to two plastic beverage
containers with unique shape for nesting and interlocking with one
another and having different drink contents. One of the beverage
container has a circular upper orifice for receiving a removable
threaded cap and the other beverage container has a donut shape
upper orifice for receiving a removable donut shape seal of
aluminum foil. The beverage container having a circular upper
orifice is to contain a carbonated drink (but not limited to), and
the beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice is to
contain a pasteurized juice (but not limited to). The ratio of the
volume of carbonated drink to the volume of the pasteurized juice
is according to a particular mixing ratio of a desired cocktail
punch.
[0004] At the time of bottling, the beverage container having the
donut shape upper orifice is filled with the pasteurized juice and
sealed with the seal of aluminum foil, following that the sealed
container with juice is nested over the empty beverage container
having the circular upper orifice, then while the two containers
being nested, the empty beverage container is filled with the
carbonated drink and capped with the threaded cap, and said
threaded cap keeps the two nested beverage containers
interlocked.
[0005] At the time of consumption, uncap the carbonated beverage
container, undo nesting and remove the pasteurized juice beverage
container, peel off the seal of aluminum foil, pour the pasteurized
juice into the carbonated drink container to mix with the
carbonated drink, and produce the desired cocktail punch.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] My invention discloses two nested and interlocked plastic
beverage containers comprise a beverage container having a circular
upper orifice for receiving a removable threaded cap, a beverage
container having a donut shape upper orifice for receiving a
removable donut shape seal of aluminum foil, a method of nesting of
the two beverage containers, centered around two overlapped
longitudinal axes, said two overlapped longitudinal axes being two
longitudinal axes of the two beverage containers, and a locking
device, said locking device being the removable threaded cap keeps
the two nested beverage containers secured in their interlocked
position.
[0007] The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice
comprises a thickened circular inner ring, a thickened circular
outer ring, said two circular rings centered around the
longitudinal axis and lied on a plane, comprising the donut shape
upper orifice, an inner cylindrical sidewall, coincided and joined
with the circular inner ring, an outer cylindrical sidewall,
coincided and joined with the circular outer ring, a cylindrical
through hole, formed by the circular inner ring and the inner
cylindrical sidewall, and a donut bottom. The donut bottom
comprises an inner curved wall forming a smaller circle, coincided
and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall, an outer curved
wall forming a larger circle, coincided and joined with the outer
cylindrical sidewall.
[0008] The beverage container having the circular upper orifice
comprises a threaded neck, centered around the longitudinal axis,
said threaded neck comprising the circular upper orifice for
receiving the removable threaded cap, a smaller upper cylindrical
sidewall; centered around the longitudinal axis, a larger lower
cylindrical sidewall, centered around the longitudinal axis, a
curved top joining the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall and the
larger lower cylindrical sidewall, and a container bottom.
[0009] The removable threaded cap further defined as similar to a
conventional tamper-proof soda bottle cap comprises an upper
cylindrical cap, a middle circular break joint, a lower circular
skirt, and a flange extended a width radically away from a
peripheral edge of the upper cylindrical cap, said flange being
molded together with the upper cylindrical cap in
manufacturing.
[0010] The cylindrical through hole has a diameter larger than a
diameter of the threaded neck, has the diameter larger than a
diameter of the smaller upper cylindrical sidewall, has the
diameter smaller than a diameter of the larger lower cylindrical
sidewall, and has the diameter smaller than a sum of a diameter of
the upper cylindrical cap and two times the width of the
flange.
[0011] The method of nesting of the two beverage containers not
only positions the upper cylindrical sidewall inside the
cylindrical through hole, but also positions the circular upper
orifice, received the threaded cap entirely above the donut shape
upper orifice, received the donut shape seal of aluminum foil.
[0012] The beverage container having the circular upper orifice is
filled with both a volume of carbonated drink and a volume of CO2
gas. The beverage container having the donut shape upper orifice is
filled with a volume of pasteurized juice. The ratio of the volume
of carbonated drink to the volume of the pasteurized juice is
according to a particular mixing ratio of a desired cocktail
punch.
[0013] Both containers are made of plastic by conventional molding
process used for plastic bottles, but they can be made of glass or
other composites as well. The making of the containers, filling of
beverage, gas, sealing, and capping are the same methods as
commonly used in the present drinks industry.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
[0014] FIG. 1--is a center line vertical cross section of two
nested beverage container, filled with contents, sealed or capped
in accordance with an embodiment of a present invention through an
axis along a line 1-1 of FIG. 2.
[0015] FIG. 2--is a horizontal cross section of the two nested
beverage containers of FIG. 1 along a line 2-2 of FIG. 1.
[0016] FIG. 3--is a center line vertical cross section of an empty
beverage container having an upper circular orifice in accordance
with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0017] FIG. 4--is a center line vertical cross section of a
threaded cap in accordance with an embodiment of the present
invention through an axis along a line of 4-4 of FIG. 5.
[0018] FIG. 5--is a top view of the threaded cap.
[0019] FIG. 6--is a center vertical cross section of an empty
beverage container having a donut shape upper orifice in accordance
with an embodiment of the present invention through an axis along a
line 6-6 of FIG. 7.
[0020] FIG. 7--is a top view of the beverage container of FIG.
6.
[0021] FIG. 8--is an exterior elevation of FIG. 1 labeled with
advertisements.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE REFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0022] FIGS. 1 & 2 are shown that two nested and interlocked
beverages containers comprise a beverage container 10, having a
donut shape upper orifice 11, sealed with a seal of aluminum foil
12, and a beverage container 13, having a circular upper orifice
14, capped with a threaded cap 15, and a nesting of the two
beverage containers 10 and 13, centered around two overlapped
longitudinal axes of 40a, 40b. They also shows the beverage
container 13, filled with a carbonated drink 16, to a liquid level
17, and a CO2 gas 18, and the beverage container 10, filled with a
pasteurized juice 19.
[0023] FIGS. 1 & 2 are further shown that the nesting of two
beverages containers 10 and 13, positions a smaller upper
cylindrical sidewall 22, of the beverage container 13, inside an
inner cylindrical sidewall 21, of the beverage container 10.
[0024] FIG. 1 is further shown that the nesting of two beverages
containers 10 and 13, positions the circular upper orifice 14,
capped with the threaded cap 15, entirely above the donut shape
upper orifice 11, sealed with the seal of aluminum foil 12. It also
shows the threaded cap 15, keeping the beverage container 10, in an
interlocked position from separating from the beverage container
13.
[0025] FIG. 3 is shown that the empty beverage container 13, having
the circular upper orifice 14, comprises a threaded neck 23,
centered around a longitudinal axis 40a, the smaller upper
cylindrical sidewall 22, centered around the longitudinal axis 40a,
a larger lower cylindrical sidewall 24, centered around the
longitudinal axis 40a, a curved top 25, joining the smaller upper
cylindrical sidewall 22, and the larger lower cylindrical sidewall
24, and a container bottom 26.
[0026] FIG. 4 is shown that the threaded cap 15, comprises an upper
cylindrical cap 27, a middle circular break joint 28, a lower
circular skirt 29, and a flange 30, extended radically away from a
peripheral edge of the upper cylindrical cap 27.
[0027] FIG. 5 is shown a top view of the threaded cap 15, having a
smaller circular projection 31, of the upper cylindrical cap 27,
and a larger circular projection 32, of the flange 30.
[0028] FIGS. 6 & 7 are shown that the beverage container 10,
having the donut shape upper orifice 11, lied on a plane 41,
comprises a thickened circular inner ring 33, a thickened circular
outer ring 34, the inner cylindrical sidewall 21, an outer
cylindrical sidewall 20, and a donut bottom 36.
[0029] FIGS. 6 & 7 are further shown the circular inner ring
33, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical sidewall 21,
and the circular outer ring 34, coincided and joined with the outer
cylindrical sidewall 20, all centered around a longitudinal axis
40b. FIG. 6 is also shown the donut bottom 36, comprising a curved
inner wall 37, coincided and joined with the inner cylindrical
sidewall 21, and a curved outer wall 38, coincided and joined with
the outer cylindrical sidewall 20.
[0030] FIGS. 6 & 7 are further shown the circular inner ring
33, and the circular outer ring 34, comprising the donut shape
upper orifice 11, and the circular inner ring 33, and the inner
cylindrical sidewall 21, comprising a cylindrical through hole 35,
said the cylindrical through hole 35, having a diameter smaller
than a diameter of the larger circular projection 32, of FIG.
5.
[0031] FIG. 8 is shown the exterior elevation of the beverage
container 10, nested over the beverage container 13, secured in
their interlocked position by the threaded cap 15, and received
couple of advertising labels 39.
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