Patent ID: 8439228
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A multi-chambered container for selectively storing and dispensing a plurality of items, said multi-chambered container comprising: a predetermined quantity of a first item; a predetermined quantity of a second item; a container having a cavity formed therein, said cavity being adapted to store and isolate said first and second items therein, said container further having a spout formed at a top end thereof and being in fluid communication with said cavity, said container further having first and second mutually exclusive passageways extending from said cavity and terminating at said spout; and means for selectively dispensing one of said first and second items from said spout by channeling said one item along a corresponding one of said first and second passageways while prohibiting another one of said first and second items from being dispensed out from said spout; wherein said selectively dispensing means comprises: a divider statically nested inside said cavity and configured in such a manner that said cavity is bifurcated into a plurality of isolated compartments, each of said isolated compartments being adapted to separately store one of said first and second items; wherein said divider remains at a fixed and stationary position while said selectively dispensing means is toggled between said open and closed positions; wherein said selectively dispensing means further comprises: a cam shaft having a bottom end seated within said spout and further having a top end exposed above said spout, said top end of said cam shaft further being centrally registered above said spout for receiving a user input; a bottom wheel rotatably connected to said spout, said bottom wheel being configured in such a manner that said bottom wheel is intermittently rotated as said cam shaft is continuously rotated; and wherein said first and second passageways are intermittently biased between open and closed positions as said bottom wheel becomes intermittently offset and aligned with said first and second passageways such that said first and second items are intermittently permitted and intermittently prohibited from egressing said spout respectively.