A container assembly that may be used as a can or a cup includes a container that may contain a beverage. A lid is removably coupled to the container and a retainer is removably coupled to the lid. The retainer engages the container such that the lid is retained on the container. The retainer is selectively removed from the lid such that the lid is removable from the container.

The invention relates to a plectrum (1) comprising a flat member (2) that is generally sector-shaped form a top view and has an inner face (3) and an outer face (4) from a top view, the outer face (4) having a larger peripheral size than the inner face (3). The invention is characterized in that the flat member (2) is a single piece, a slot (5) which extends into an opening (6) for a rotary bearing is provided on the inner face (3), and the flat member (2) simultaneously forms a rotatable protective clip-on-part for open beverage cans (8) or the like.

The dual mouth shotgun can may combine the advantages of a standard aluminum beverage can with a second opening to allow for a high rate of air flow and displacement resulting in a high rate of fluid flow from the can. The can may implement a stay-tab mechanism, or any other appropriate mechanism, for ease of use and familiarity, on the standard top opening, and may further implement a stay-tab mechanism, or other appropriate mechanism on the bottom or lower side of the can for shotgunning the fluid in the can. The dual mouth shotgun can may provide a user with a single opening mechanism on its top surface for normal drinking, and a second opening mechanism on its bottom or lower side surface for drinks shotgunning. In one embodiment the can may comprise an upper and a lower body that may be twisted relative to one another to expose an opening in the side of the can that allows for drinks shotgunning. In another embodiment the can may further comprise a pushrod that leverages the second opening open when the first opening is opened. In another embodiment the can may require that the upper and lower bodies must be rotated to align outer and inner holes that then allow the pushrod to push open the second opening.

Apparatus and methods are provided for dispensing into a liquid a soluble substance, such as a soluble flavoring. The soluble flavoring may include a lime flavoring with citric acid. It may include a cannabinoid. Alternatively, the soluble flavoring may not include citric acid or sugar. A useful application of the subject invention includes a lime flavoring held by a gelatinous elastic lime wedge. The gelatinous lime wedge may be retrieved from a protective covering and acted upon so it mixes the lime flavoring into a beverage, such as when it's inserted into a water or beer bottle or can. Rather than needing to buy and store a perishable natural lime, and cut it up, a gelatinous lime wedge holding soluble lime flavoring may be stored for an extended period of time, and placed in functional contact with water, beer, or other liquid, at time of consumption.

Apparatus and methods are provided for dispensing into a liquid a soluble substance, such as a soluble flavoring. The soluble flavoring may include a lime flavoring with citric acid. It may include a cannabinoid. Alternatively, the soluble flavoring may not include citric acid or sugar. A useful application of the subject invention includes a lime flavoring held by a gelatinous elastic lime wedge. The gelatinous lime wedge may be retrieved from a protective covering and acted upon so it mixes the lime flavoring into a beverage, such as when it's inserted into a water or beer bottle or can. Rather than needing to buy and store a perishable natural lime, and cut it up, a gelatinous lime wedge holding soluble lime flavoring may be stored for an extended period of time, and placed in functional contact with water, beer, or other liquid, at time of consumption.

A beverage container has a container body defined by a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and a sidewall that extends between the first end and the second end. The container body is adapted to contain a fluid. The first end of the container body has an opening that accesses the fluid. The second end defines a cavity and has an engagement surface and a recessed surface that is surrounded by the engagement surface and recessed from the engagement surface toward the first end relative to the second end. A secondary component is removable secured within the cavity such that the secondary component is coplanar with, or recessed from, a plane defined by the engagement surface.