Patent ID: 7172095

Claim:
A re-sealable, controlled flow bottle closure comprising: a threaded shell, a beverage concentrate reservoir, and a cap; said threaded shell having a throat portion and a container connector portion, said throat portion having an elongate wall connected at one end to said container connector portion, and which forms an interior space, said elongate wall having a mixing aperture near the other end of said elongate wall; said beverage concentrate reservoir having a mixing mechanism, a tubular dispensing portion and a tubular reservoir portion, said tubular dispensing portion having two ends, said tubular dispensing portion connected at one of said ends to said tubular reservoir portion, and having a closed end, said tubular dispensing portion further having a dispensing aperture in said dosed end and a stem extending from said dosed end; said tubular reservoir portion having two ends, said tubular reservoir portion connected at one end to said dispensing portion, and having a dosed end to create an interior space, said interior space containing a beverage concentrate, and said tubular reservoir portion further having a mixing aperture near said closed end; said cap having an aperture, wherein said cap is seated over at least a portion of said tubular dispensing portion of said beverage concentrate reservoir such that when in closed position the stem extending from said closed end of said tubular dispensing portion extends at least partially through said aperture of said cap, sealably engaging said tubular dispensing portion and covering said dispensing aperture in said tubular dispensing portion; and wherein said tubular reservoir portion of said beverage concentrate reservoir is located at least partially within the interior space of said throat portion of said threaded shell, such that after activation of said mixing mechanism said mixing aperture in said tubular reservoir portion is at least partially aligned with said mixing aperture in said elongate wall of said throat portion of said threaded shell.