Beverage can cap with an ice compartment

Abstract

The invention is directed to a cap for a beverage can. The cap is of a size to contain ice therein. The cap is in the shape of a cylindrical container as a compartment or a reservoir. A bottom of the compartment has several circular recesses or grooves therein which have different diameters from each other so that different grooves will snap-fit onto differently sized rims on top of beverage cans. Each of the grooves is sealed to prevent leakage between the rim of a can and the groove of the compartment. A different embodiment of a cap may have a bottom wall just above the grooves with an aperture therein so that narrow ice sticks may be placed directly in the can through the ice compartment. This cap may also be constructed of one or more parts. There is a lower part having the grooves therein and there is an upper lid or cover having a resealable drinking spout thereon.

What I claim is:  
     
         1 . A beverage can and top combination comprising said beverage can having a top rim and said top being a cylindrical compartment, means for snap-fitting said compartment onto said rim of said can, exterior screw threads are located at an upper edge of said compartment, a lid having interior screw threads mating said exterior screw threads when said lid is screwed onto said compartment, a spout is located at an upper surface of said lid and a screw cap is fastened onto said spout to reseal a carbonated beverage in said compartment, to keep it from spilling and to prevent it from going flat.  
     
     
         2 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 1 , wherein said cylindrical compartment has a flared bottom, said flared bottom having three differently sized grooves therein to accommodate differently sized rims of cans therein.  
     
     
         3 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 2  wherein each of said recesses has a sealing ring therein.  
     
     
         4 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 2 , wherein each of said recesses has a rounded entrance into said recesses.  
     
     
         5 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 2 , wherein each of said recesses has a lip at an entrance into each of said recesses.  
     
     
         6 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 1 , wherein said lid is snap-fitted onto said compartment.  
     
     
         7 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 2 , wherein said snap-fit lid has a lift-off tap thereon.  
     
     
         8 . The beverage can and top combination of  claim 2 , wherein there is at least one opening in said lid and a snap fit cover for closing said opening.  
     
     
         9 . A beverage can and top combination comprising said beverage can having a top rim and said top being a cylindrical compartment, means for snap-fitting said compartment onto said rim of said can, said compartment having exterior concentric ribs located at an upper edge, a lid having interior concentric ribs located at an interior of a depending edge, said exterior ribs and said interior ribs mate with each other when said lid is snap-fitted onto said compartment, a spout is located on an upper surface of said lid and a screw cap is fastened onto said spout to seal or reseal the beverage located within said can and top combination.  
     
     
         10 . A beverage can and top combination comprising said beverage can having a top rim and said top being a cylindrical compartment having an opening at its top, means for snap-fitting said compartment onto said rim of said can, a lid is placed on top of said opening of said compartment, means for snap-fitting said lid to said top opening of said compartment, said lid having at least two openings on a top surface thereof, one of said openings having an opening for passing a drinking straw there through, a hinged cover in the form of a flap to cover said opening flush with said lid to be able to invert said can and top combination to be able to pre-cool said beverage therein.  
     
     
         11 . A beverage can and top combination comprising said beverage can having a top rim and said top being a cylindrical compartment and being a single unit, means for snap-fitting said compartment onto said rim of said can, said compartment having on a top surface thereof a spout, a screw cap for closing said spout, said compartment having an interior bottom ledge having an interior bottom ledge, said bottom ledge having an opening therein for passing ice pieces there through into an opening of said can.