Patent ID: 8365960

Claim:
A beverage container, comprising: an integrally formed upper container section configured to engage and be disposed adjacent and above a lower container section that includes a central axis, a wall defining an interior space that is capable of holding a first liquid beverage, and a lower container opening through which the first liquid beverage is capable of flowing, which upper container section includes a superior surface, a peripheral wall extending from said superior surface and defining an interior storage space that is capable of holding a second liquid beverage, said peripheral wall terminating at a peripheral free edge, said peripheral free edge defining a bottom opening of the upper container section; and a mixing channel, which includes: a channel wall extending from said superior surface and terminating at a channel free edge, said channel free edge defining a channel opening; an interior mixing channel bounded at least in part by the channel wall; one or more intermediate openings in the channel wall through which any second liquid beverage is capable of passing from the interior storage space of the upper container section to the interior mixing channel; and an upper opening in the superior surface through which any liquid in the interior mixing channel is capable of passing to a location outside the beverage container, said channel wall terminating at said upper opening; and a portion of said peripheral wall adjacent to said peripheral free edge defining a container attachment sized and configured to grip the lower container opening; and an integrally formed inferior cover attached to said integrally formed upper container section, within the bottom opening of the upper container section, adjacent to said container attachment, said inferior cover including a lower opening in said inferior cover through which any first liquid beverage is capable of passing from the lower container section to the interior mixing channel, said lower opening being aligned with said interior mixing channel; and a sealable fill port in said inferior cover, said fill port being in fluid communication with said interior space of said upper container section; and a removable closure removably covering said upper opening in the superior surface; and a removable seal extending from said upper opening in the superior surface into said interior mixing space and removably covering said one or more intermediate openings in the channel wall.