Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Beverage ingredient pod
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Application No.: US16003686Application Date: 2018-06-08
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Publication No.: US11235920B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Keyonna Anderson , Girish Nilkanth Deshpande , Bruno Telesca , Michael I. Custer , Thierry Jean Robert Fabozzi , Jae Young Jeon , Brent Lindberg , Jenna Walsh
- Applicant: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US NY Purchase
- Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee: PepsiCo, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Purchase
- Agency: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
- Main IPC: B65D81/32
- IPC: B65D81/32 ; B67D3/00 ; B65D85/804 ; A47J31/40

Abstract:
A beverage ingredient pod for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a liquid-ingredient chamber, a solid-ingredient chamber, a frangible membrane between and separating the liquid-ingredient chamber and the solid-ingredient chamber, and a rigid piercer that extends to a point toward the frangible membrane. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient pod, a portion of the pod collapses and drives the rigid piercer through the frangible membrane. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient pod into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.
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