Patent ID: 7533786

Claim:
A personal water and additive apparatus, comprising: a non-pressurized first container capable of holding liquid; a manifold having a water passageway and an additive passageway, the water passageway and additive passageway intersecting to form a single mixing passageway; a first tube connecting the first container to the water passageway of the manifold, the combination of the first tube and the water passageway defining a water channel; a non-pressurized second container capable of holding liquid, the second container having a volume less than half a volume of the first container; a second tube connecting the second container to the additive passageway of the manifold, the combination of the second tube and the additive passageway defining an additive channel; an outlet tube having one end connected to the mixing passageway of the manifold; a check valve disposed in the water channel; and a flow regulator that controls flow in at least one of the water passageway and the additive passageway, wherein the flow regulator is an adjustable flow regulator that is adjustable to allow full flow, partial flow and no flow through the at least one of the water passageway and the additive passageway.