Attachment for a beverage container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12338044-B2
Application number	US-202318107803-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2023
Priority date	Nov 24, 2017
Publication date	Jun 24, 2025
Grant date	Jun 24, 2025

Abstract

An attachment for a beverage container may include a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container. The cap includes an opening. The attachment also include a tube passing through the cap. A beverage in the beverage container can flow through the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also includes a container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid. The container includes an opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the opening in the cap. The attachment also comprises a restrictor between the opening of the container and the tube, such that the liquid begins to exit the opening in the cap before the beverage begins to exit the opening in the cap.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A beverage dispensing system comprising:
an attachment comprising a cap attached to a beverage container opening in a beverage container, the cap comprising a cap opening and a tube passing through the cap, wherein the cap opening is located proximate to a first end of the tube, and a second end of the tube is located within the beverage container with the cap attached to the beverage container, such that the attachment is configured for a beverage contained in the beverage container to flow through the tube and out of the cap opening, the cap further comprises a liquid container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid, the liquid container comprising a liquid container opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the cap opening, the cap further comprises a restrictor between the liquid container opening and the tube for controlling and restricting the flow of the liquid from the liquid container into the tube, the cap further comprising a second restrictor within the tube, the restrictor, the second restrictor, and the tube configured such that the liquid begins to exit the cap opening before the beverage begins to exit the cap opening; and
the beverage container comprising the beverage container opening, wherein the attachment is attached to the beverage container opening.

2. An attachment for a beverage container, the attachment comprising:
a cap configured to attach to an opening in the beverage container, the cap comprising an opening;
a tube passing through the cap, wherein the opening in the cap is located proximate to a first end of the tube, and a second end of the tube is configured to be located within the beverage container when the cap is attached to the beverage container, such that a beverage contained in the beverage container flows through the tube and out of the opening in the cap;
a container attached to the tube and configured to hold a liquid, the container comprising an opening to allow the liquid to flow from the container into the tube and out of the opening in the cap; and
a restrictor between the opening of the container and the tube to have at least one function selected from the group consisting of controlling and restricting the flow of the liquid from the container into the tube, the restrictor and the tube configured such that the liquid begins to exit the opening in the cap before the beverage begins to exit the opening in the cap,
wherein
the attachment further comprises a second restrictor within the tube to control and/or restrict the flow of the beverage through the tube and out of the opening in the cap, wherein the second restrictor is a non-return valve.

Assignees

• Nestle Sa

Inventors

• Le Reverend Benjamin
• Breton Olivier
• Cavin Virgile
• Brulhart Sarah

Classifications

• B65D81/3244

  arranged parallel or concentrically and permitting simultaneous dispensing of the two materials without prior mixing (B65D35/22, B65D81/325 take precedence) · CPC title

• G01F11/08

  of the diaphragm or bellows type · CPC title

• G01F11/04

  of the free-piston type · CPC title

• B65D81/3227 Primary

  arranged parallel or concentrically and permitting simultaneous dispensing of the two materials without prior mixing (B65D81/325 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B65D1/323

  the container comprising internally a dip tube through which the contents pass · CPC title