Container for a slush beverage

Abstract

A container for a slush beverage ( 10 ) with a side wall ( 11 ) and a base ( 12 ). The side wall includes a collapsible means ( 15 ) to facilitate partial collapse such that a frozen beverage within the container is crushed by manual gripping in a bellows-like action. Preferably the container also includes a lid ( 14 ) that forms a second compartment ( 18 ) for a second liquid to be mixed with the first in use. Also disclosed is a method of preparing a slush for dispense whereby hollow regions are created in an accreted ice structure as it is freezing.

1 . A container for a slush beverage with a side wall and a base, wherein the side wall includes a resiliently collapsible means to facilitate the side wall's partial collapse and spring back to shape, such that a frozen beverage within the container is crushed by manual gripping of the side wall. 
   
   
       2 . The container of  claim 1  further including a lid. 
   
   
       3 . The container of  claim 2  wherein the lid includes a compartment for a second liquid. 
   
   
       4 . The container of  claim 3  wherein the compartment is sealed from the container by a membrane that, in use, is pierced by a piercing means activated by the user. 
   
   
       5 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the container is moulded from relatively rigid plastics such that the collapsible means is resilient to spring back into its original form. 
   
   
       6 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the collapsible means is at least one longitudinal indent, channel, groove or ridge. 
   
   
       7 . The container of  claim 6  wherein there are two opposing indents in the side wall that enable a bellows-like action of side wall collapse. 
   
   
       8 . The container of  claim 1  wherein the side wall is tapered outwardly away from the base. 
   
   
       9 . A method of preparing a slush for dispense whereby hollow regions are created in an accreted ice structure as it is freezing.