Patent ID: 8376135
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for housing and selectively adding a secondary substance to a primary liquid housed within an initially sealed primary container comprising a thin-walled, conventional beverage can-like hull, comprising: a housing containing the secondary substance; a frangible seal initially maintaining said secondary substance within said housing; attachment means for mechanically attaching and fluidly sealing said housing to the hull of the primary container in an orientation that places said frangible seal proximal to the hull of the primary container, and an actuable penetrator disposed at least partially within said housing and proximal to said frangible seal, yet originally fluidly isolated from both said primary liquid in said primary container and said secondary substance in said housing, and movable from a first position within said housing to a second position breaching through both said frangible seal and through the hull of the primary container while maintaining said attachment means in a surrounding relationship with respect to said penetrator at the location of penetration of the hull of the primary container; wherein moving said penetrator from said first position to said second position also causes said penetrator to puncture the hole of the primary container, thereby allowing said secondary substance to mix with the primary liquid of said primary container, and said penetrator being selectively removable from said housing for allowing mixed flow of said primary liquid and said secondary substance through said an opening in said housing at the position where said penetrator was located before removal.