Patent ID: 7569240

Claim:
A beverage can used for the preservation and large scale distribution of foods and intended to be disposed of after use, comprising: a side wall ( 12 ) surrounding a first chamber ( 38 ) and a second chamber ( 16 ); a base connected to a first portion of the side wall ( 12 ); and a lid ( 40 ) connected to a second portion of the side wall ( 12 ) configured to be removed or perforated to provide access to the foods contained in the beverage can, wherein said first chamber ( 38 ) is immediately below the lid ( 40 ) and configured to receive a beverage, said first chamber being separated from the second chamber ( 16 ) by a sealed baffle ( 14 , 214 , 314 ), said second chamber ( 16 ) configured to initially contain, when the beverage can is supplied to the user, a suitable quantity of drinkable liquid ( 18 ), wherein said sealed baffle presents a housing ( 20 , 120 , 220 , 334 ) constructed to sealedly receive the non-permeable portion of a filtering device ( 24 , 124 ), the filtering device comprised of an envelope configured to enclose a suitable quantity of a substance ( 28 ) configured to produce the beverage by extraction and/or infusion, and a tube ( 22 , 122 ) configured to dip into an interior of the second chamber ( 16 ) containing the liquid ( 18 ), wherein the filtering device ( 24 , 124 ), in a utilization condition, is configured to establish a communication between the two chambers ( 38 and 16 ) through said filtering device ( 24 , 124 ) such that, upon the beverage can being subjected to an action of a heat source, the liquid contained in the lower chamber ( 16 ) is transferred into the first chamber ( 38 ) by passing through said substance ( 28 ) and giving rise to formation of the beverage, wherein the first chamber ( 38 ) is bounded by a container ( 14 ), said container ( 14 ) having an aperture facing upwards, and said container ( 14 ) being dimensioned and positioned within the side wall ( 12 ) of the beverage can ( 10 ) and within the second chamber ( 16 ) such that an interspace is formed between said container ( 14 ) and said side wall ( 12 ), the interspace constituting a portion of the second chamber ( 16 ) adjacent to the first chamber ( 38 ), and wherein said side wall ( 12 ) and said container ( 14 ) have at least one perimetral region in contact and being sealedly joined together at least in this perimetral region.