Patent Publication Number: US-2017361985-A1

Title: Supplement Container System

Description:
(b) CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
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     (c) STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
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     (d) THE NAMES OF THE PARTIES TO A JOINT RESEARCH AGREEMENT 
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     (f) STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY THE INVENTOR OR JOINT INVENTOR 
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     (g) BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to supplement container devices and more particularly pertains to a new supplement container device for holding a plurality of health supplements separate from each other. 
     (h) BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing including a perimeter wall that has top edge and a bottom edge. The top edge defines an upper opening extending into the housing. The bottom edge defines a lower opening extending into the housing. A dividing wall is positioned within the housing and is spaced from the top and bottom edges. The dividing wall divides an interior of the housing into an upper portion adjacent to the top edge and a lower portion adjacent to the bottom edge. A plurality of upper compartment walls is attached to and extends upwardly from the dividing wall and divides the upper portion into a plurality of upper compartments. A plurality of lower compartment walls is attached to and extends downwardly from the dividing wall and divides the lower portion into a plurality of lower compartments. A lower cover releasably engages the bottom edge and closes the lower opening. An upper cover releasably engages the top edge and closes the upper opening. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       (i) BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of a supplement container system according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a broken cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure taken along line  3 - 3  of  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 4  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure taken along line  4 - 4  of  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 5  is a top perspective view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     (j) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new supplement container device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the supplement container system  10  generally comprises a housing  12  including a perimeter wall  14  that has top edge  16  and a bottom edge  18 . The top edge  16  defines an upper opening  20  extending into the housing  12 . The bottom edge  18  defines a lower opening  22  extending into the housing  12 . The perimeter wall  14  has a height from the bottom edge  18  to the top edge  16  that is less than 10.0 inches. The perimeter wall  14  may have a cylindrical shape and a diameter being no greater than 8.0 inches. A dividing wall  24  is positioned within the housing  12  and is spaced from the top  16  and bottom  18  edges. The dividing wall  24  divides an interior of the housing  12  into an upper portion  26  adjacent to the top edge  16  and a lower portion  28  adjacent to the bottom edge  18 . 
     A plurality of upper compartment walls  30  is provided. The upper compartment walls  30  are attached to and extend upwardly from the dividing wall  24  to divide the upper portion  26  into a plurality of upper compartments  32 . The upper compartment walls  30  extend outwardly from a central axis of the housing  12  extending through the upper  20  and lower  22  openings such that the upper compartments  32  are “pie” shaped. A plurality of lower compartment walls  34  is also provided. The lower compartment walls  34  are attached to and extend downwardly from the dividing wall  24  to divide the lower portion  28  into a plurality of lower compartments  36 . The lower compartment walls  34  extend outwardly from the central axis. The number of upper  32  and lower  36  compartments will include at least two of each and no more than six of each. 
     A lower cover  38  releasably engages the bottom edge  18  and closes the lower opening  22 . The lower cover  38  includes a plurality of lower doors  40  that are selectively positioned in an open position or a closed position. Each of the lower doors  40  corresponds with one of the lower compartments  36 . An upper cover  42  releasably engages the top edge  16  and closes the upper opening  20 . The upper cover  42  includes a plurality of upper doors  44  each selectively positioned in an open position or a closed position. Each of the upper doors  44  corresponds with one of the upper compartments  32 . The upper  44  and lower  40  doors each are pivotally coupled to a central area of a respective one of the upper  42  and lower  38  covers. Each of the upper  44  and lower  40  doors may include a tab  46  frictionally engageable with a catch  48  for retaining the upper  44  and lower  40  doors in the closed position. 
       FIG. 5  includes an embodiment having a housing  50  with no dividing wall  24  and a perimeter wall having a height of less than 2.0 inches. A funnel  52  is also provided for assisting persons pouring supplement powders into the upper  32  or lower  36  compartments. 
     In use, the system  10  is used for holding various articles and in particular food materials that are used as supplements by persons exercising. By providing multiple compartments  32 ,  36  the user may include a plurality of different supplements, such a powders, tablets and the like, and keep the supplements separate from each other for usage as needed. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.