Patent ID: 9242773
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A dispensing capsule, comprising: a cap body having an outer race, an ingredient storage chamber, an upper sealing member, and a lower sealing member; a hollow plunger slidingly disposed within said chamber; an actuating cover disposed at a top portion of said cap body comprising a flexible actuator and an internal punch, said internal punch disposed on an underside of said flexible actuator; wherein said top portion of said cap body includes a drinking spout and defines a pass-through access channel from said storage chamber through said spout; wherein said hollow plunger includes a nozzle having one or more slots such that said hollow plunger does not interfere with said pass-through access channel of said cap body, said nozzle including a concave upper surface; and wherein said flexible actuator is configured to deform downward causing said internal punch to puncture said upper sealing member and engage said concave upper surface of said nozzle of said hollow plunger, causing a distal end of said hollow plunger to puncture said lower sealing member, dispensing an ingredient stored in said ingredient storage chamber.