Special receptacle or package – Combined or convertible – Including drinking vessel
Patent
1997-12-24
2000-05-02
Foster, Jim
Special receptacle or package
Combined or convertible
Including drinking vessel
53420, 206831, B65D 8572
Patent
active
060561165
ABSTRACT:
A beverage can for housing liquid products and a prize therein includes a prize dispensing assembly which cannot be easily detected without opening the beverage can. The prize dispensing assembly includes a holder which is frictionally held inside a guide. The holder is held in a position such that it is displaced from an underside of an openable tab on a lid of the beverage can. By this arrangement, a consumer may not detect the presence of the holder inside the beverage can by tapping on the openable tab, or attempting to rattle the holder against the openable tab. The holder also includes a spring loaded cap for contacting the underside of the openable tab, in case the holder becomes dislocated and abuts against the openable tab. The spring loaded cap dampens the impact of the holder against the openable tab and thus reduces the possibility that the prize dispensing assembly will be discovered prior to opening the beverage can.
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Foster Jim
The Coca-Cola Company
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