Claims
- 1. A prepared sealed package for use with a water heating device having a water inlet and a water outlet for making a hot liquid containing consumable product, said sealed package comprising an upper water containing chamber and a lower edible ingredients containing chamber said edible ingredients requiring reconstitution with water to make the consumable product, said water in said upper chamber and said edible ingredients in said lower chamber being completely separated within the package by a permanent liquid impervious membrane, said sealed package further comprising a water outlet from and attached to said upper chamber and a water inlet attached to said lower chamber, said water inlet and said water outlet of said package having openable seals, said water outlet from said upper chamber and said water inlet to said lower chamber being sized and oriented to fit with said water inlet and said water outlet respectively of the water heating device to provide fluid communication between said package and the water heating device such that upon opening said seals, water flows from the upper chamber out of the package through the water heating device and heated water then flows into the lower chamber of said package enabling the heated water to mix with said edible ingredients to make the consumable product, said upper and lower chambers being secured to one another by a releasable connection and said membrane remaining with said upper chamber upon releasing said connection thereby exposing said consumable product in said lower chamber.
- 2. A prepared package as claimed in claim 1, wherein said package is sealed by being encased within a sealed wrapping and additionally including a utensil trapped within said wrapping in said package.
- 3. A prepared package as claimed in claim 1, wherein said upper and lower chambers are releasably connected by a threaded connection to one another.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/878,961 filed May 6, 1992, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,240,722.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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