Patent ID: 8083055

Claim:
A dispensing cap system for dispensing a supplement material through a bottle neck opening and into the bottle, comprising: a cap member including a connection structure for non-threading engagement with the bottle neck, the cap member including a web portion having an opening formed therein and a boss structure extending around the opening and having one or more dispensing ports defined therethrough; a seal member having a seal surface arranged for sealing contact with the bottle neck, the seal surface having a lateral extent sufficient to provide sealing contact with bottle necks of different opening sizes; a storage member assembled to the cap member and including an outer wall defining an outer periphery of a storage volume for holding the supplement material, the storage member having an opening formed through the outer wall in alignment with the opening in the cap member; a generally cylindrical valve member including generally cylindrical wall member, with a flange member at a first end and a valve tip having one or more valve ports at the tip and one or more dispensing ports disposed adjacent the first end, the valve member configured for sliding movement within the boss structure and the opening in the storage member between a storage position in which the dispensing ports are blocked by the boss structure and a dispensing position in which the one or more dispensing ports is in alignment with a corresponding boss port to allow the supplement material to pass through from the storage volume; a valve nipple configured to fit onto the valve for sliding movement between a valve closed position with the valve ports closed by the valve nipple and an open position in which the valve ports are open.