Interactive Folded Multi-Chamber Container

Abstract

A multi-chamber container, such as a drinking box or a beverage can, with an educational function. The multi-chamber container is designed to provide a housing, with a sidewall extending between a bottom wall and a top wall, that can store food or beverage substances therein. The housing includes a primary chamber and at least one secondary chamber. The primary chamber is accessible via a primary opening, while each secondary chamber is individually accessible via a secondary opening. The container provides an educational function in that the primary chamber stores a desired liquid or solid material and the secondary chamber is empty. The primary and secondary openings are indistinguishable to the consumer until opened from a closed state. The selection of the primary opening corresponds to a correct answer to a question displayed on, or associated with, the container.

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         20 . A multi-chamber container for holding a fluid, comprising:
 a housing defined by a bottom wall with a sidewall extending upward therefrom;   the housing including a cylindrical sidewall, a top wall closing the sidewall at a top end, a bottom wall closing the sidewall at a bottom end, and a sub-wall beneath the top wall;   the housing defining a primary chamber and a secondary chamber;   the housing defining a primary opening area, wherein the primary opening area provides access to the primary chamber;   the housing defining at least one secondary opening area, wherein each secondary opening area provides access to the secondary chamber;   wherein the top wall includes a pull tab arrangement and two wall portions corresponding to the primary opening area and the secondary opening area, the wall portions having weakened perimeter portions that can be selectively cracked open by actuation of the pull tab arrangement;   wherein the secondary chamber is provided by the sub-wall and provides reduced fluid communication, or no fluid communication, with the primary chamber of the housing.   
     
     
         21 . The container according to  claim 20 , wherein the secondary chamber includes a wall opening to the primary chamber to provide reduced fluid communication between the primary chamber and the secondary chamber. 
     
     
         22 . The container according to  claim 21 , wherein the secondary chamber includes a flap over the wall opening, wherein if the wall portion corresponding to the secondary opening area is cracked open, the wall portion corresponding to the secondary opening area pushes against and bends the flap causing the flap to at least partially close the wall opening. 
     
     
         23 . The container according to  claim 20 , wherein the secondary chamber is sealed from the primary chamber, with no fluid communication between the secondary chamber and the primary chamber. 
     
     
         24 . The container according to  claim 20 , wherein each of the primary opening area and secondary opening area is marked with a different indicator, and the indicators correspond to answers to a question, the question and answers provided by the housing, one indicator corresponding to a correct answer and the remaining indicators corresponding to incorrect answers, wherein the indicator corresponding to the correct answer is marked at the primary opening area. 
     
     
         25 . The container according to  claim 24 , wherein the question and answers are provided printed on the housing. 
     
     
         26 . The container according to  claim 24 , wherein the question and answers are provided printed by a printed code on the housing that is readable by a smart device. 
     
     
         27 . A multi-chamber container for holding a fluid, comprising:
 a housing defined by a bottom wall with a sidewall extending upward therefrom;   the housing including a cylindrical sidewall, a top wall closing the sidewall at a top end, and a bottom wall closing the sidewall at a bottom end;   the housing defining a primary chamber and a secondary chamber;   the top wall defines a primary opening area that is selectively openable by a user,   wherein the primary opening area provides access to the primary chamber;   the top wall defines at least one secondary opening area that is selectively openable by a user, wherein each secondary opening area provides access to the secondary chamber.   
     
     
         28 . The container according to  claim 27 , wherein the secondary chamber includes a wall opening to the primary chamber to provide reduced fluid communication between the primary chamber and the secondary chamber. 
     
     
         29 . The container according to  claim 28 , wherein the secondary chamber includes a flap on an inner wall of the secondary chamber positioned over the wall opening, such that if the wall portion corresponding to the secondary opening area is cracked open, the wall portion corresponding to the secondary opening area pushes against and bends the flap causing the flap to at least partially close the wall opening. 
     
     
         30 . The container according to  claim 27 , wherein the secondary chamber is sealed from the primary chamber, and are accessed separately and independently from a sealed state by actuation of the pull tab arrangement wherein no fluid communication happens between the secondary chamber and the primary chamber while the chambers are in the sealed state. 
     
     
         31 . The container according to  claim 27 , wherein each of the primary opening area and secondary opening area is marked with a different indicator, and the indicators correspond to answers to a question, the question and answers provided by the housing, one indicator corresponding to a correct answer and the remaining indicators corresponding to incorrect answers, wherein the indicator corresponding to the correct answer is marked at the primary opening area. 
     
     
         32 . The container according to  claim 31 , wherein the question and answers are provided printed on the housing. 
     
     
         33 . The container according to  claim 31 , wherein the question and answers are provided by a printed code on the housing that is readable by a smart device. 
     
     
         34 . The container according to  claim 27 , further comprising a pull tab arrangement mounted on the top wall, wherein the primary opening and the secondary opening are defined by two wall portions on the top wall that have weakened perimeters and are opened by user actuation of the pull tab arrangement. 
     
     
         35 . The container according to  claim 34 , wherein the pull tab arrangement includes a rotatable pull tab, and the top wall includes two wall portions corresponding to the primary opening area and the secondary opening area, the wall portions having weakened perimeter portions that can be selectively cracked open by actuation of the pull tab.