Perforated Stirrer

Abstract

An apparatus for making and stirring a liquid mixture includes a spoon with a handle and a bowl portion, a mixture component, and a covering across the top of the bowl portion of the spoon. The covering confines the mixture component, and is formed of a material permitting the liquid to contact the component. Immersion of the bowl portion of the spoon in the liquid causes the liquid to contact the mixture component, thereby producing a mixture of the liquid and the component external to the spoon.

1 . An apparatus for making and stirring a liquid mixture, consisting essentially of:
 a spoon having a handle portion and a bowl portion, the bowl portion having an edge defining the top of the bowl portion;   a mixture component disposed within the bowl portion;   a covering across the top of the bowl portion, thereby confining the mixture component, the covering formed of a material permitting the liquid to contact said component,   wherein immersion of the bowl portion of the spoon in the liquid causes the liquid to contact the mixture component, thereby producing a mixture of the liquid and the component external to the spoon.   
     
     
         2 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the covering covers the bottom of the bowl portion. 
     
     
         3 . An apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the bowl portion has a perforation formed therein. 
     
     
         4 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the covering is formed of a dissolvable material. 
     
     
         5 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the covering covers the edge of the bowl portion and is adhered to the bowl portion adjacent to the edge. 
     
     
         6 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein an additional mixture component is disposed in the bowl portion. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein the covering further includes a membrane attached to the covering, thereby defining a blister for holding said additional mixture component. 
     
     
         8 . An apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein the covering has two membranes attached thereto, thereby forming two blisters of unequal volume for holding two additional mixture components respectively.