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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2021
Cirkul, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Mark Lyons, Ashburn, VA (US);
Robert Lawson-Shanks, Reston, VA (US);
Abraham Maclean, Arlington, VA (US);
Nolan McCann, Oakton, VA (US);
Jeffrey Whalley, Falls Church, VA (US);
Alex Mathov, Waterford, VA (US);
Cirkul, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
Bottle apparatuses, storage containers used in bottle apparatuses, beverage dispensing apparatuses, and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. A bottle apparatus can include a neck portion; a bottle portion having an upper end and a lower end, the bottle portion defining an internal volume, and the neck portion attached to the upper end of the bottle portion; a base portion attached to the lower end of the bottle portion; a dispense assembly attached to the neck portion, and the dispense assembly providing for outflow of consumable liquid from the bottle portion; and a flow meter assembly disposed within the base portion, and the flow meter assembly monitoring an amount of the consumable liquid that flows out of the dispense assembly.