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US 10,308,904 B2Granted
Food and beverage fermentation device
AssigneeJames Loy Beene Jr.
InventorJames Loy Beene, Jr.
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Abstract
A food and beverage fermentation device including a hollow tapered body, a lip, a base, and at least one aperture. The hollow tapered body may have a wide end and an opposing narrow end adapted to be received by a container. The lip may be located along the wide end and adapted to rest upon a rim of the container. The base may extend across an inner region defined by a wall of the hollow tapered body. At least one aperture extending through the wall.
Claims16
A food and beverage fermentation device comprising:
- a hollow tapered body having a wide end and an opposing narrow end adapted to be received by a container;
- a lip located along the wide end and adapted to rest upon a rim of the container;
- a base extending across an inner region defined by a wall of the hollow tapered body;
- at least one aperture extending through the wall;
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- a retaining mechanism located along the narrow end and adapted to limit movement of a product carried by the container, wherein the retaining mechanism comprises a plurality of teeth.
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A food and beverage fermentation device comprising:
- a hollow conical body having a wide end and an opposing narrow end adapted to be received by a container;
- a lid secured to the container, wherein the lid comprises a grommet adapted to carry an airlock tube;
- a lip located along the wide end and adapted to rest upon a rim of the container and to be secured between the rim and the lid;
- a base extending across an inner region defined by a wall of the conical tapered body and connecting to the wall along an entirety of a wall circumference defining the narrow end;
- a retaining mechanism located along the narrow end and adapted to limit movement of a product carried by the container;
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- at least one aperture extending through the wall.
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A drink and food fermentation device comprising:
- a hollow conical body having a wide end and an opposing narrow end adapted to be received by a container;
- a lip located along the wide end, having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the wide end, and adapted to rest upon a rim of the container;
- a base extending across an inner region defined by a wall of the conical tapered body and connecting to the wall along an entirety of a wall circumference defining the narrow end;
- a plurality of teeth located along the narrow end and adapted to limit movement of a product carried by the container;
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- a first ovular slit located proximate the wide end;
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- a second ovular slit opposing the first ovular slit;
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- wherein the device has a height less than 15% of a height of the container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.