Claims
- 1. A compartment affixed to a container, said compartment structured and arranged to protectively and accessibly enclose a first substance and to enable association of said first substance with a second substance, said second substance being accessibly contained within the container, said association being for substantially combined use with said second substance.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said first substance comprises either a solid, or a semi-solid, or a liquid or a gas.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said use comprises bodily benefit to a biological organism.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said first substance, alternatingly or substantially concurrently with said second substance, may be either ingested, imbibed or breathed by, or injected into or topically applied to the biological organism.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said first substance comprises any one or any combination of a vitamin, mineral, nutritional or medicinal supplement.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second substance comprises any of a solid, a semi-solid, a liquid or a gas.
- 7. A compartment structured and arranged for temporary enclosure and selective disbursement of an edible supplement that is to be ingested substantially at the same time as and with a beverage dispensed from a container with which the compartment is physically associated.
- 8. The compartment of claim 7, wherein the supplement is formed as either a solid, semi-solid or liquid.
- 9. The compartment of claim 8, wherein the solid comprises a pill, tablet, granule or powder, the semi-solid comprises a paste, cream or gel and the liquid comprises a hydrous or nonhydrous solution.
- 10. The compartment of claim 7, wherein the beverage comprises water.
- 11. A method of securely but temporarily associating an ingestible supplement with a liquid container, comprising:
providing an ingestible supplement within a compartment; providing a liquid within a container; physically associating the supplement and compartment with the liquid and container; wherein the compartment is susceptible to the facile receiving, storing and dispensing of the supplement; wherein the supplement is readily accessible and retrievable from the compartment for use with the liquid; whereby said supplement is ingestible concurrent or alternatingly with the imbibing of the liquid stored within the container.
- 12. The method of claim 11, wherein said compartment is structured and arranged to nest atop a cap of substantially identical form, dimension and material.
- 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the physical association of the cap with the container comprises nesting of the cap atop a dispenser end of the container.
- 14. A novel bodily refreshment dispensing system, comprising:
a vitamin, nutritional, mineral or medicinal supplement; a compartment for temporary storage of the supplement; a beverage, comprising water; and a container for temporary accessible storage of the beverage; wherein said compartment is connected to the container atop the container; and wherein said compartment is structured and arranged to accommodate selective access to the supplement stored therein and selective reclosure of the compartment; wherein said access and reclosure permits imbibing of the beverage concurrent or alternatingly with ingestion or imbibing of the supplement.
CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] Pursuant to the provisions of 35 U. S.C. 119(e), this application claims the benefit of the filing date of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/219,219, filed Jul. 18, 2000, for “SUPPLEMENTAL COMPARTMENT FOR BEVERAGE CONTAINER.”
Provisional Applications (1)
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60219219 |
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