Single handed container for mixing foods

US6641854B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KELLOGG COMPANY · US

Inventors

• Mark Douglas Gerhart · Westminster, US
• Edward J. O'Brien · Haddonfield, US
• Simon Gainey · Media, US
• Robert Guldi · Kalamazoo, US
• Brian L. Wagner · Ypsilanti, US
• Mike Richmond · Kalamazoo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 29, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 4, 2003
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D81/3227
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention discloses a method and an apparatus for a food container which includes an inner member (which can be a cup or a bottle) for holding a particulate food; an outer member (which can be a second cup or a second bottle) adapted to receive the inner member, with a space between the inner and the outer members, for a liquid food; where the inner member interlocks with the outer member and openings are provided for the discharge of the liquid food; and the particulate food and the liquid food can be consumed simultaneously by tilting the container towards the mouth of the user to discharge or withdraw particulate food from the inner member and liquid food from the outer member through the aperture.