Pressure point food container, storage, and mixing system

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-08-31
VOGEL MARC +2
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[0049] A further principal object of the present invention is to provide a variety of containers for mixing foods prior to opening the containers, thereby reducing waste and mess.
[0050] A further principal object of the present invention is to provide a variety of containers by which materials which degrade when mixed may be stored and transported separate

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Processed foods, having relatively long shelf life when kept separate from other foods, have a greatly reduced shelf life when they are mixed with water or other fluids, or combined with fresh foods which have not been so treated.
While the inventions disclosed in these prior patents fulfill their respective objectives, these prior patents do not describe or suggest combination of foods prior to opening the container by application of pressure or tension which is transmitted to the container interior to one or more points, lines, or channels in one or-more walls of chambers within the container, thereby opening one or more channels between such chambers through which food, liquids, gels, or solids may travel.
No apparatus in the prior art has been designed to allow easy combin

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[0064] Referring initially to FIG. 1, a first embodiment of the present invention is shown in cross section. In FIG. 1 a container 1 for storing and transporting foods is shown with a closure 2 is situated across top of container 1. With closure 2 in place over top of container 1, separate first compartment 3 and second compartment 4 are created in container 1. Separate first compartment 3 may be created by compartment wall 3a and closure 2 or, in the alternative, separate first compartment 3 may be created by wall 3a and a second wall 3b (not shown) residing under closure 2. Separate second compartment 4 may be created by container wall 4a and backside of wall 3a of separate first compartment 3. Separate first compartment 3 and separate second compartment 4 are closed and sealed, generally after the interior of each compartment is sterilized, and each compartment is filled with a substance, generally separately contained foods in combination with inert gas, such as nitrogen, to ret...

second preferred embodiment

[0068] Referring now to FIG. 3, a second embodiment of the present invention is shown in a top down view drawing. In FIG. 3, lid 21 of the second embodiment also shows a pull tab 22, with a hole or ring 23 extending through an opening a-a near the center of lid 21. Lid 21 may be affixed to a variety of containers of standard size or configuration (not shown), and cover the main compartment of such containers (also not shown).

[0069]FIG. 4 shows lid 21 of FIG. 3 in cross section, with flexible pouch 24 affixed to the underside of lid 21. Pouch 24 in FIG. 4 has a first lobe 24a and a second lobe 24b, and each of these lobes are attached to pull tab 22 near the center of lid 21. In FIG. 4, pull tab 22 has been moved to a vertical position extending from opening a-a near the center of lid 21, having been previously deployed from its storage position against the top of lid 21. Lid 21 is otherwise of standard configuration, having a lip 27 which may be engaged with the edge of the substan...

third preferred embodiment

[0074] Referring now to FIG. 8, a third embodiment of the present invention is shown in a top down view drawing. In FIG. 8, cap 31 is comprised of three separate compartments 32a, 32b, and 32c (also termed herein “dispensing chambers”). The dispensing chambers are bounded at their upper ends by end walls or roofs 33a, 33b, and 33c (as shown in FIG. 9), and each chamber 32a, 32b, and 32c has additional walls between their roofs and their open ends (not shown in FIG. 8). Each chamber 32a, 32b, and 32c is situated as one or more caps over “bosses” (not shown) extending from a fourth connecting chamber 36.

[0075] Turning to FIG. 9, the third embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 8 is shown side view, with one half of the embodiment shown in cross section. FIG. 9 shows two of the three separate dispensing chambers 32a, 32b, and 32c found in FIG. 8, and chamber roofs 33a, 33b, and 33c. In addition, FIG. 9 shows additional chamber walls 34a, 34b, and 34c, each of which walls en...

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Abstract

Closure systems for food containers, and methods for mixing foods in portable containers is disclosed, using new apparatus for closing portable containers to store and transport foods, and new processes for mixing those foods prior to final or on-site dispensing and use, in which the food mixing takes place within the container, generally prior to its opening, as chambers or compartments within a container are opened to other chambers or compartments within the same container by transmission of pressure or tension from the exterior of the container, to one or more points, lines, or channels in one or more walls of chambers within the container, thereby opening one or more channels between such chambers through which food, fluids, or materials may travel.

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TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to closure systems for food containers, and methods for mixing foods in portable containers. More particularly, the present invention relates to a new apparatus and process for closing portable containers, for storing and transporting foods, and mixing those foods prior to final or on-site dispensing and use. The food mixing, like the storage and transport, takes place within the container, generally prior to its opening, as chambers within the container are opened to other chambers within the same container. The food mixing operation may utilize a variety of apparatus, but in each apparatus a user, from the exterior of the container, transmits pressure or tension to one or more points, lines, or channels in one or more walls of chambers within the container. The user thereby opens one or more channels between such chambers through which food, fluids, or other materials may travel. In some apparatus, chambers may ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D25/08
CPCB65D25/087B65D51/2864B65D51/2878
Inventor VOGEL, MARCTORBET, PHILIPSRAMEK, ROGER
Owner VOGEL MARC
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