Abstract:
This is directed to systems, processes, machines, and other means that allow an individual to store food, liquid and medicine in a single container. The invention can provide safely segregated compartments such that there is no cross-contamination between the food, liquid and medicine.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to provisional patent application number 61/437,637. 
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       FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    This invention relates to beverage containers. 
       BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0006]    Beverage containers have existed for a long time. However, the number of people who require food, medicine and liquid at a single time in a convenient manner has posed new challenges to this field. A beverage container that can contain medication in a medically safe manner and food in such a way to prevent cross contamination between the food and liquid has been elusive as indicated in the background art. 
       BACKGROUND ART 
       [0007]    The Nelson U.S. Pat. No. 7,798,346 teaches a bottle with a removable portion that can be used to carry a concentrate that can be combined with liquid to form a sports beverage. It does not teach a plurality of segregated compartments, and, to the contrary, teaches a manner of combining contents in compartments. 
         [0008]    The Betras U.S. Pat. App. No. 2006/0102580 teaches a container that can contain both ice and liquid such that the ice keeps the liquid cool. The present invention avoids this teaching and seeks to avoid combining the contents in the segregated portions in any way. 
         [0009]    The de Francesco U.S. Pat. App. No. 2006/0201900 teaches a bottle with segregated compartments. However, it teaches a method of storing promotional articles which fails to explain how to store medicine or food in a safe manner. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0010]    Methods, systems, and other means are provided for a beverage container. In accordance with some embodiments a beverage container comprises a lid with a compartment such that medicine can be stored in the lid. The beverage container further comprises a compartment which can be easily screwed to a bottle such that the bottle can hold liquid segregated from the dry storage in the compartment. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0011]    Having thus described the invention in general terms, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein: 
           [0012]      FIG. 1 : is a perspective view of the invention. 
           [0013]      FIG. 2 : is an exploded view of the invention. 
           [0014]      FIG. 3 : is a section view of the invention taken about line  3 - 3  in  FIG. 1 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0015]    Embodiments of the present invention overcome many of the obstacles associated with storing food, medicine and a beverage in a single bottle, and now will, be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings that show some, but not all embodiments of the claimed inventions. Indeed, the invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout. 
         [0016]      FIG. 1  shows the disclosed beverage container. On the top of the bottle  14  is a lid comprising a compartment, lid with compartment  12 , which is mechanically coupled to lid pivot  10 . Lid with compartment  12  is mechanically coupled to bottle  14  as shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         [0017]    Bottle  14  comprises twist/lock receiver  18  which further comprises twist/lock tab  26 . Container  24  comprises twist/lock groove  28 . Twist/lock grove  28  can be joined with twist/lock tab  26  to mechanically couple bottle  14  to container  24  as shown in  FIG. 2 . 
         [0018]    In other embodiments, lid pivot  10  is a spout, such that the beverage in bottle  14  can be consumed by uncapping as opposed to twisting lid with compartment  12 . 
         [0019]      FIG. 2  shows the disclosed invention in more detail. As noted above, lid with compartment  12  which is mechanically coupled to lid pivot  10  and comprises a first bottle thread can be mechanically coupled to bottle  14  with a first mechanical couple. Bottle  14  comprises second bottle thread  16  which forms the second mechanical couple when a user twists lid with compartment  12  (and thus the first bottle thread) onto second bottle thread  16 . 
         [0020]    Bottle  14  comprises twist/lock receiver  18  which further comprises twist/lock tab  26  as noted above. Bottle  14  can be mechanically coupled with container  24  by a second mechanical couple. The second mechanical couple requires twist/lock tab  26  can fit outside twist/lock groove  28  and turned until it is flush with twist/lock attachment  22  creating a water resistant seal as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
         [0021]    Bottle  14  can be manufactured in a number of methods known in plastic working arts such as machine molding, (injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding, etc.). 
         [0022]      FIG. 3  shows a section view of the invention. Lid with compartment  12  is shown mechanically coupled to lid pivot  10  and bottle thread  16  is shown creating a tight seal between lid with compartment  12  and bottle  14 . This tight seal is important since a user may use the lid to store medicine and the medicine much be completely segregated from the liquid. This can be done by making the lid from medical grade plastic of a sufficient thickness such that the liquid in bottle  14  cannot permeate into lid with compartment  12 . 
         [0023]    Bottle  14  comprises twist/lock receiver  18  which is used to mechanically couple bottle  14  with container  24  as noted above. Here, seal  20  is formed when twist/lock receiver  18  is flush with twist/lock attachment  22 . Seal  20  prevents any liquid from entering container  24 , thus solving the contamination problem explained above. Seal  20  can be any conventional method of complete separation between liquids and solids. 
         [0024]    Variations on the embodiments shown here include alternate ways of designing twist/lock receiver  18 , twist/lock attachment  22  and lock attachment  22  which make the device more aesthetic, economical or environmentally friendly. Users could also add lanyards, hooks and loops to make the device more portable.