A container

Abstract

A container that contains more than one product where each product is held separately out of contact from the other until mixing is required whereupon mixing can occur in the container prior to dispensing. The disclosure also relates to a method of manufacturing such a container.

1 .- 59 . (canceled) 
     
     
         60 . A container comprising:
 an outer body having an outer body wall defining an outer body cavity;   a first inner body located within the outer body, the first inner body having a first inner body wall with a first inner fracturable portion, the first inner body wall defining a first inner cavity within the inner body;   a first product contained within the first inner cavity of the inner body; and a second product contained within the container separately from the first   product,   wherein the first inner body is adapted to fracture along the first inner fracturable portion to permit the first product to be released from the first inner cavity to meet the second product, and   wherein the outer body is adapted to permit a combination of the first product and the second product to be dispensed from the container,   wherein a thickness of the first inner body is substantially constant over the entire first inner body wall including at the first inner fracturable portion and the first inner body is positioned within the outer body such that a fracture of the first inner fracturable portion is initiated by an application of a force to the inner body comprising a flexing or a bending of the outer body.   
     
     
         61 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the outer body has an outer fracturable portion that is fracturable to permit the combination of the first product and the second product to be dispensed from the container. 
     
     
         62 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first product and the second product is dispensed from the container by an opening action including actuation of a valve or a plug located on the outer body, or by applying one or more opening actions to an outer portion of the outer body such as piercing, slicing, perforating, peeling, breaking bursting or the like. 
     
     
         63 . The container according to  claim 62 , wherein the valve or plug is partially or fully formed in the outer body wall or is assembled within the outer wall. 
     
     
         64 . The container according to  claim 61 , further comprising a second inner body located within the outer body, the second inner body having a second inner body wall with a second inner fracturable portion, the second inner body wall defining a second inner cavity, and wherein the second product is contained within the second inner cavity. 
     
     
         65 . The container according to  claim 64 , wherein the first inner body and second inner body are positioned and aligned within the outer body such that the
 second inner fracturable portion and the first inner fracturable portion are adapted to fracture simultaneously to permit the first product to be released from the first inner cavity and received in the second inner cavity.   
     
     
         66 . The container according to  claim 65 , wherein the second inner body comprises a dispensing fracturable portion adapted to fracture to permit the first product and the second product to be dispensed. 
     
     
         67 . The container according to  claim 66 , wherein the dispensing fracturable portion is aligned with the outer fracturable portion such that the dispensing fracturable portion and the outer fracturable portion are adapted to fracture simultaneously and to provide co-existent dispensing openings in the second inner body and the outer body. 
     
     
         68 . The container according to  claim 67 , wherein the dispensing fracturable portion is in the form of an elongate bend in the second inner body wall that defines an angle between a first portion of the second inner body and a second portion of the second inner body of about 20° to about 170°, preferably the angle is about 45° to about 105°, more preferably the angle is about 70° to about 90°. 
     
     
         69 . The container according to  claim 64 , wherein the second inner fracturable portion is in the form of an elongate bend in the second inner body wall that defines an angle between a first side of the second inner body and a second side of the second inner body of about 20° to about 170°, preferably the second angle is about 45° to about 105°, more preferably the second angle is about 70° to about 90°. 
     
     
         70 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first inner fracturable portion of the first inner body is spaced apart from an opposed portion of the outer body wall, such that the opposed portion of the outer body wall does not interfere with the first inner fracturable portion during fracturing thereof and the first product is permitted to be released from the first inner cavity without interference from the opposed portion of the outer body wall. 
     
     
         71 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first inner body is located towards an end of the outer body, and wherein the outer body wall at said end of the outer body comprises a pointed geometry. 
     
     
         72 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first inner body comprises an elongate shape with first and second ends at either end of the elongate shape, and wherein the first inner fracturable portion is located between the first and second ends. 
     
     
         73 . The container according to  claim 61 , wherein the outer fracturable portion is in the form of an elongate bend in the outer body wall that defines an angle between a first portion of the outer body and a second portion of the outer body of about 20° to about 170°, preferably the angle is about 45° to about 105°, more preferably the angle is about 70° to about 90°. 
     
     
         74 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first inner fracturable portion is in the form of an elongate bend in the first inner body wall that defines an angle between a first portion of the first inner body and a second portion of the first inner body of about 20° to about 170°, preferably the second angle is about 45° to about 105°, more preferably the second angle is about 70° to about 90°. 
     
     
         75 . The container according to  claim 61 , wherein a thickness of the outer body is substantially constant over the entire outer body wall including at the outer fracturable portion. 
     
     
         76 . The container according to  claim 64 , wherein a thickness of the second inner body is substantially constant over the entire second inner body wall including at the second inner fracturable portion. 
     
     
         77 . The container according to  claim 61 , wherein the outer fracturable portion and/or the first inner fracturable portion includes at least one fracture conductor, and wherein the at least one fracture conductor is in the form of one or more of: a localised change of depth of the bend; a localised change of cross-sectional shape of the bend; and/or a localised change of crystallisation where the respective inner or outer body is formed from a crystallisable material. 
     
     
         78 . The container according to  claim 76 , wherein the second inner fracturable portion includes at least one fracture conductor, and wherein the at least one fracture conductor is in the form of one or more of: a localised change of depth of the bend; a localised change of cross-sectional shape of the bend; and/or a localised change of crystallisation where the respective inner or outer body is formed from a crystallisable material. 
     
     
         79 . The container according to  claim 60 , wherein the first inner body comprises at least one structural feature adapted to retain a tablet adjacent to the first inner fracturable portion when the first inner body is in an unfractured state.