Patent Application
20090283491
1. Field of Invention
The invention relates to bottles and more particularly to such a bottle having two or three reservoirs each containing a different material (e.g., cereal, milk, or the like), and the reservoirs being adapted to communicate each other for mixing after pulling off adhesive papers from a funnel mounted on the tops of the reservoirs.
2. Description of Related Art
Conventionally, a bottle has only one reservoir for containing a quantity of liquid (e.g., milk). Also, cereal is sold by bag or container. Sometimes, it is necessary to mix food (e.g., cereal) with liquid (e.g., milk) prior to eat. Hence, for example, an individual has to open a bottle filled with milk, open a container contained with cereal, and pour milk into the container for mixing prior to eat. This is very inconvenient. Further, a bottle and a container are required. Thus, a need for improvement exists.
Moreover, the most pertinent prior art of which this inventor is aware is U.S. Pat. No. 4,856,995 which discloses a multiple reservoir nursing bottle.
It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a multiple reservoir bottle comprising having two or three reservoirs each containing a different material, and the reservoirs being adapted to communicate each other for mixing after pulling off adhesive papers from a funnel mounted on the tops of the reservoirs. The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
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A funnel 20 is adapted to fit on the top edge 101 of the cylinder 10. The funnel 20 comprises a W-shaped bottom having two opposite depending slopes 21, 22, the inverted V-shaped underside of the funnel 20 being adapted to matingly fit over the ridged top of the gable member 11 for retaining the funnel 20 in the cylinder 10. A rectangular opening 201 is formed on each slope (e.g., slope 21 as shown). A longitudinal slat 26 is formed to interconnect the midpoint of the top edge of the opening 201 and the midpoint of the bottom edge of the opening 201. An adhesive paper 24 is releasably provided on the opening 201. The adhesive paper 24 has a top tab 25 extending out of the top edge of the opening 201.
A cylindrical cap 30 has threads 31 on an inner surface of its depending skirt. The threads 31 are adapted to mate with the threaded neck 14 for assembling the bottle as a closed container.
For example, milk is filled in the first reservoir 12, cereal is contained in the second reservoir 13, and the bottle is closed. Next, an individual may open the bottle by removing the cap 30. Next, the individual may tear off the adhesive papers 24 by pulling the tabs 25. Hence, the openings 201 are exposed. Thereafter, the individual may close the bottle again by mounting the cap 30 on the cylinder 10. Next, the individual may slant the bottle to cause milk to flow from the first reservoir 12 to the second reservoir 13 for mixing with the cereal through one opened opening 201, an internal space 23 of the funnel 20, and the other opened opening 201. As a result, the bottle is full of the mixed milk and cereal. Moreover, prior to eat the individual may shake the bottle for more uniformly mixing the milk with the cereal. Note that the provision of the slat 26 can separate fine materials from coarse materials in one reservoir when the material passes the opening 201.
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While the invention herein disclosed has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention set forth in the claims.
