The disclosure relates to a drinking device that comprises two separate compartments, a first compartment for holding a flavored beverage or a flavoring agent for reconstituting the flavored beverage and a second compartment for holding an unflavored or weakly favored beverage, and a switching mechanism that allows for the sequential consumption of beverage from the first and the second compartment such that a subject ingests, in the course of each drinking event, first a volume of the flavored beverage and thereafter a volume of the unflavored or weakly favored beverage. Drinking from the device conveys to the subject a sensory experience that is similar to that produced by a typical uniformly flavored beverage even though it only consumed a fraction of the amount of flavoring agent that it would have consumed from drinking an equivalent volume of the uniformly flavored beverage.

An apparatus, system and method for storing and picking product in a plastic tote are disclosed. In one form, the tote is a plastic receptacle with a generally planar bottom and upstanding walls extending from the bottom and defining a receptacle opening on a side opposite the bottom, the upstanding walls forming a front wall, opposing side walls and a rear wall, with the walls extending from the bottom at an obtuse angle so that the receptacle tapers from a larger cross-section at the receptacle opening to a smaller cross-section at the bottom, and with at least one upstanding wall defining a first male or female mating structure for aligning with a second female or male mating structure of a second plastic receptacle when nested with the second plastic receptacle. Related systems and methods are also disclosed including without limitation pick and pack systems and methods.

A portable bottle having an internal mixing compartment for mixing a powder with a liquid includes a portable drinking bottle housing a mixing compartment. The mixing compartment is formed from a rigid perforated material and extends upward into the drinking bottle from its base. The mixing compartment is accessible through an opening in the base of the bottle, and houses one or more agitators. In use, a particulate material is inserted into the mixing compartment chamber with the agitator and liquid is then added to the bottle. The bottle having an internal mixing compartment is shaken to dissolve the soluble components of the particulate material. The liquid is poured or consumed through the top of the bottle. Insoluble constituents of the particulate material are prevented from exiting the drinking bottle through the top. The agitator facilitates efficient dissolution of the soluble components of the particulate material.

A portable bottle having an internal mixing compartment for mixing a powder with a liquid includes a portable drinking bottle housing a mixing compartment. The mixing compartment is formed from a rigid perforated material and extends upward into the drinking bottle from its base. The mixing compartment is accessible through an opening in the base of the bottle, and houses one or more agitators. In use, a particulate material is inserted into the mixing compartment chamber with the agitator and liquid is then added to the bottle. The bottle having an internal mixing compartment is shaken to dissolve the soluble components of the particulate material. The liquid is poured or consumed through the top of the bottle. Insoluble constituents of the particulate material are prevented from exiting the drinking bottle through the top. The agitator facilitates efficient dissolution of the soluble components of the particulate material.

A container including a housing. The housing includes an outer wall, a first compartment, a second compartment, and a third compartment. The outer wall has a first end defining a first opening and a second end defining a second opening opposite the first opening. The first compartment is open at the first opening and closed at the second opening. The second compartment is adjacent the first compartment and separated from the first compartment by a first dividing wall. The second compartment is open at the second opening and closed at the first opening. The third compartment is adjacent the second compartment and separated from the second compartment by a second dividing wall. The third compartment is open at the first opening and closed at the second opening. The first and second dividing walls each extend from the first opening to the second opening and taper inward towards the second end.

Disclosed are bottles for automatically creating custom blends of spirits. The disclosed automatic infinity bottles siphon or transfer a portion of their contents from a blending container, and move them to a sampling container from which a custom blended spirit can be decanted and consumed. The two containers are connected by a siphon tube or other suitable means. The blending container includes a selectively closeable opening for adding or removing liquids, and is configured to store a certain volume of spirits. When such volume is exceeded, the excess spirit will move into the sampling container, where the excess spirit is added to an existing custom blend. One embodiment includes a dip tube for discouraging a bottle user from removing liquid from the blending container. Another embodiment is configured with the sampling container located around the outside of the blending container.

Disclosed are bottles for automatically creating custom blends of spirits. The disclosed automatic infinity bottles siphon or transfer a portion of their contents from a blending container, and move them to a sampling container from which a custom blended spirit can be decanted and consumed. The two containers are connected by a siphon tube or other suitable means. The blending container includes a selectively closeable opening for adding or removing liquids, and is configured to store a certain volume of spirits. When such volume is exceeded, the excess spirit will move into the sampling container, where the excess spirit is added to an existing custom blend. One embodiment includes a dip tube for discouraging a bottle user from removing liquid from the blending container. Another embodiment is configured with the sampling container located around the outside of the blending container.

A compartmentalized container includes a main body portion and a removable cap. The main body portion of the container includes a central chamber which is surrounded by a plurality of peripheral compartments. The peripheral compartments serve to insulate the central chamber.

The container is suitable for the separate packaging and storage of at least two contents, which need to be combined in the preparation of a ready-to-use product. Two container bodies each provided with a coupler are assembled by using a separate interface device as intermediate connector. A mixing mechanism is formed when inserting the couplers through opposite annular rings of the connector of the interface device. The interface device includes two openers having a different or opposite orientation, typically arranged inside a same puncturing structure of generally cylindrical shape, for releasing an internal passage initially sealed between two closure members. The closure members respectively close an access opening of the container bodies, hermetically. Relative movement of the closure members toward the openers allows communication between a first compartment and a second compartment.

Stash flasks having one or more watertight storage chambers in addition to a liquid container. The chamber(s) may be accessible from a discreet location at the bottom of the flask opposite the liquid container spout at the top. The chamber(s) may securely store one or more smoking items.