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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Michael Anderson, Hillsboro Beach, FL (US);
Michael Anderson, Hillsboro Beach, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A dispensing capsule has an actuation cap including an internal punch, a cap body including a container connector, an ingredient-storing chamber disposed in the container connector and sealed by a lower sealing member, and an actuator base extending above said container connector. A sealed nozzle is attached to the chamber by a circumferentially disposed flexible actuator. A vented moveable plunger extends downward from the nozzle and is disposed within the chamber. The actuation cap is slidingly engaged with cap body at the actuator base. Upon application of pressure to actuation cap, the internal punch engages the nozzle causing the plunger to displace downward and break the lower sealing member to dispense the ingredients into a target container for mixture. The punch of the actuation cap is also capable of breaking the seal in the nozzle to provide drink-through access to the eventual mixture.