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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2021
Cirkul, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Raymond John Ring, Iii, Alexandria, VA (US);
Abraham Maclean, Arlington, VA (US);
Giacomo Fornasini, Bethesda, MD (US);
Heather Roach, Fairfax, VA (US);
Mark Lyons, Ashburn, VA (US);
Cirkul, Inc., Tampa, FL (US);
Abstract
A beverage apparatus, hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly. The dispensing assembly can retain a vessel or pod. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a receptacle member that is provided in the shape of a volcano or cylinder. The receptacle member can serve to house a pod. A skirt structure can be mounted to a lower portion of the beverage apparatus. The skirt can be flexible so as to accommodate for reciprocal movement of the pod, in a dispense event. Related features are disclosed.