Patent ID: 8230777

Claim:
A supplement dispensing closure couplable to an outlet of a container housing a liquid, the closure comprising a supplement retention area and a liquid flow pathway extending through the supplement retention area, the liquid flow pathway being configured to guide a liquid exiting the container through the outlet through the supplement retention area when the closure is coupled to the container, the supplement retention area being configured to retain a dissolvable supplement body as the liquid flows therethrough and dissolves the dissolvable supplement body, wherein the supplement retention area comprises: a supplement chamber having an aperture configured to accommodate the passage of the dissolvable supplement body therethrough, the supplement chamber being divided into a plurality of sub-chambers each configured to retain a separate dissolvable supplement body as a liquid flows through the supplement chamber and dissolves the retained dissolvable supplement bodies; and a supplement stop portion adjacent the aperture of the supplement chamber configured to prevent the dissolvable supplement body from passing through the aperture of the supplement chamber, the supplement stop portion including an exit aperture positioned such that a liquid dissolving the dissolvable supplement body flows through the supplement chamber and out the exit aperture of the supplement stop portion.