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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2019
Pepsico, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Advait Bhat, White Plains, NY (US);
Girish Nilkanth Deshpande, Carmel, NY (US);
Maximiliano Rodriguez, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Benjamin Joseph Tantanella, New York, NY (US);
Bruno Telesca, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Nathan Daniel Grubbs, West Chester, OH (US);
Ryan Alan Klenke, St. Henry, OH (US);
PepsiCo, Inc., Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A beverage-ingredient cartridge for storing and dispensing beverage ingredients. The cartridge includes a container for storing a first beverage ingredient, and a cap secured within an open upper end of the container that seals the open upper end. The cap includes a storage compartment for storing a second beverage ingredient having a base and a sidewall extending from a the base. A line of weakness defines a separable region of the base, and a column extends from the separable region of the base and is spaced apart from the sidewall. A plastic film is secured to the sidewall and to the column that seals the storage compartment. Upon application of a force to the column, the separable region separates from the base and the plastic film tears such that the storage compartment and container are open to the outside of the beverage-ingredient cartridge.