Dual compartment container having a rotating cover

Abstract

A dual compartment container, such as a drink bottle, including a container body as a primary compartment for receiving and storing matter, having a mouth, a base and a side wall. The sidewall is substantially cylindrical except for a portion of the side wall that is indented into the container body that forms a recess on the outer surface of the container body. The dual compartment container also has an arcuate rotating cover structured and arranged to rotate from an open position, overlying an arcuate portion of the side wall, to a closed position, overlying the recessed portion of the side wall. The auxiliary side compartment is formed in the recess on the outside of the side wall between the side wall and the rotating cover. The rotating cover is guided in its rotation between the open and closed positions by a channel and following member. Preferably, a locking mechanism is included to lock the rotating cover in open and closed positions.

1 . A substantially cylindrical dual compartment container, comprising:
 A container body having a mouth portion, a side wall, and a bottom, wherein a first compartment is formed within said container body, and wherein said container body is substantially cylindrical and a portion of said side wall is recessed toward the inside of the container body; and   an outer rotating cover, wherein said rotating cover is arced such that the arc is slightly greater than the arc of the substantially cylindrical container body, and wherein said rotating cover is rotatably coupled to said side wall of said container body such that said rotating cover can be rotated over said recessed portion of said side wall thereby forming an enclosed second compartment.   
   
   
       2 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , further comprising at least one channel on said side wall of said container body, wherein at least one following member on said rotating cover is received in said channel to slidably secure said rotating cover to said body. 
   
   
       3 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 2 , wherein said channel is on an upper portion of said side wall. 
   
   
       4 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 3 , further comprising an additional channel on a lower portion of said side wall, and wherein said rotating cover has a following member corresponding to each of said channels, respectively. 
   
   
       5 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , further comprising a channel on an inner side of said rotating cover and a following member on said side wall structured and arranged to be received in said channel on said rotating cover whereby said rotating cover is guided between said open and closed positions. 
   
   
       6 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , wherein said rotating cover is transparent. 
   
   
       7 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , wherein said rotating cover has a cup shape such that the container body is slidably secured within the cup-shaped rotating cover. 
   
   
       8 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 7 , further comprising a window in said rotating cover structured and arranged to be aligned with said recess when said rotating cover is in an open position and aligned with an arcuate portion of said side wall when said rotating cover is in a closed position. 
   
   
       9 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , further comprising indicia on said rotating cover. 
   
   
       10 . A dual compartment cylindrical container  claim 9 , further comprising indicia on said recessed portion of said side wall. 
   
   
       11 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 10 , further comprising indicia on an arcuate portion of said side wall. 
   
   
       12 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , wherein said rotating cover further comprises a lip portion structured and arranged to overlie a bottom portion of said recess portion of said side wall when said rotating cover is in an open position. 
   
   
       13 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a locking channel on said container body, said locking channel having two indentations on opposite sides of said locking channel; and   a pin on said rotating cover, wherein said pin is received in said locking channel when said rotating cover is rotatably coupled to said container body, wherein said pin is guided along said locking channel as said rotating cover is rotated between open and closed positions, and wherein said pin is securely received in one indentation when said rotating cover is in an open position and received in the other indentation when said rotating cover is in a closed position, thereby locking the rotating cover in its respective open and closed position.   
   
   
       14 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 13 , wherein said locking channel is a semi-circle. 
   
   
       15 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 13 , wherein said locking channel is on said base of said container body. 
   
   
       16 . A dual compartment cylindrical container according to  claim 13 , wherein said locking channel is on said rotating cover and said pin protrudes from said container body. 
   
   
       17 . A drink bottle, comprising:
 a mouth, a side wall and a base, wherein liquids may be stored within said drink bottle;   a recess in said side wall;   an arcuate rotating cover rotatably coupled to said side wall via a channel and following member, said rotating cover rotatable from a closed position overlying said recess and an open position whereby said recess is not obstructed by said rotating cover.   
   
   
       18 . A drink bottle according to  claim 17 , further comprising a locking mechanism for locking said rotating cover in said open position and said closed position, respectively. 
   
   
       19 . A drink bottle according to  claim 17 , wherein said recess has a height greater than 100 mm, a width greater than 60 mm, and a depth greater than 25 mm measured from the deepest portion of the recess to the rotating cover when said cover is in a closed position overlying the recess. 
   
   
       20 . A drink bottle according to  claim 17 , wherein said rotating cover is transparent.