An arrangement for the rapid preparation of various products that can be encapsulated includes: a capsule (10) which contains a concentrated dose or an exact measurement of a given product to be diluted (a) and a container (20) for receiving an amount of a given dilution product (b). The capsule (10) is a disposable element having an outlet (11) provided with detachable closure elements (12). The container (20) having a lower opening (21) with a reciprocal connection device (22) capable of forming a firm airtight bond with the opening (11) of the capsule (10) and an top opening (23) adapted for receiving the dilution product (b) and dispensing the mixture (c) including the metered dose (a) of the dilution product (b).

Liquid mixing apparatus includes a housing having an open lower end and a pour opening normally sealed with a closure. A bottom assembly extending across the open end of the housing and sealingly engaged in the open end for relative rotation between the housing and the bottom assembly. The bottom assembly forms a liquid sealed cavity with the housing and further includes apparatus for removably attaching the bottom assembly to a liquid container. A mixing opening defined in the horizontal wall with a flapper valve pivotally mounted therein for pivotal movement between a closed orientation and an open orientation. A stop bar attached at a lower surface to the upper surface of the horizontal wall and extending across a mid-portion of the mixing opening. An activating bar affixed to the housing for rotation with the housing.

Embodiments of the present disclosure include a container additive system that can be used to mix an additive separately contained inside a receptacle with the contents of a container. The system can enable separate transport of additives for the contents of the container in a sterile and convenient manner that enables mixing according to a user's preferences before the opening of the container and dispensing. According to some aspects, the system can include a breacher configured to connect the insides of the container and receptacle. The receptacle may be rigid, flexible bag type container or a hybrid thereof, depending on the application and side of the additive. In some embodiments, the system or parts thereof may serve as a cap or lid to the container. The container is also not limited to rigid or semi rigid surfaces but can also include flexible bag type or hybrids of flexible and rigid surfaces.

Disclosed is a dual container device comprising a bottom container comprising a first base, a top member comprising one or more first openings, and a first wall extending between the first base and the top member, a top container comprising a second base comprising one or more second openings, and a second wall extending from the second base, an intermediate wall extending either upwardly from the upper rim of the first wall or downwardly from the lower rim of the second wall, the intermediate wall for slidably receiving the container that is not attached thereto therethrough, and guides and tracks disposed on the interior surface of the intermediate wall and the exterior surface of the wall of the container received within the intermediate wall such that motion of the top container with respect to the bottom container is restricted to between an open position and a closed position.

A portable device may contain a liquid and a dehydrated substance, for example an edible substance, which can be mixed for rehydration. The portable device also includes a device for using the rehydrated substance. The method includes device operation steps to mix the substance and the liquid and at the same time prepare the device for using the rehydrated liquid substance. The device and method are especially adapted for use during daily trips.

A connecting system for providing a fluidic connection, preferably between containers, wherein the connecting system has at least two connecting arrangements configured to provide the fluidic connection, namely a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement, each of which is fluidically sealed in an initial state, wherein the first connecting arrangement has, in particular, a film-shaped, brittle and/or unstable opening region, is deformable outside the opening region and is configured such that deformation causes the first connecting arrangement to open in the opening region.

A container system having at least two containers, preferably bottles, each of which has a removal opening, preferably closed off by a septum in each case, wherein the containers have, on a side remote from the respective removal opening, particularly on the bottom of the respective bottle, a connecting arrangements for providing a fluidic connection between the containers, and/or having at least one container which forms a removal opening. The container has, on a side remote from the removal opening, a removable, cap-shaped cover which forms a holding device, for a region of the container forming the removal opening, so that the cover can be used as a support foot for the container when it is held by the holding device in the region forming the removal opening.

A beverage container coupler includes a body defining a first cavity open on a first side of the body and configured for removably retaining a first beverage container, a second cavity open on a second side of the body opposite the first side and configured for removably retaining a second beverage container in proximity with the first beverage container, and a fluid path open between the first cavity and the second cavity. The beverage container coupler further includes a puncturing element at least partially positioned within the first cavity.

A liquid drink concentrate dispensing system is provided. It includes a concentrate storage container and a housing with a piercing device for providing a flow path for selective discharge of drink concentrate into a cup for diluting with water. The storage container includes a pump to effect selective discharge of the concentrate.

A beverage ingredient cartridge for releasing beverage ingredients into a bottle to create a mixed beverage includes a body defining a liquid-ingredient chamber, a cap defining a solid-ingredient chamber, and an opening mechanism disposed on the cap. Upon a force applied to the beverage ingredient cartridge, a piercer of the bottle drives through the dispensing end of the cartridge, causing teeth of the opening mechanism to tear through films sealing the liquid-ingredient chamber and solid-ingredient chamber. This mixes contents of the liquid-ingredient chamber with contents of the solid-ingredient chamber and releases the mixed contents from the beverage ingredient cartridge into a bottle below that is filled with a liquid, creating a mixed beverage.