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US 10,336,598 B2Granted
Portable, pod-based smoothie maker
AssigneeJooster IP AG
InventorsJohn Cronin, Steven Matthew Philbin
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Abstract
The apparatuses described herein provide a portable, pod-based beverage maker, such as an apparatus that makes smoothies and other similar beverages from pod-based ingredient mixtures. The apparatus provides an easy and simple way to combine ingredients in pods with water, ice, and other mixing liquids.
Claims18
An apparatus for carrying a human-consumable liquid, the apparatus comprising:
- a container having an inner area, wherein the container is sized to be held in the hand of a user;
- a liquid inlet configured to receive liquid;
- a pod holder positioned above the inner area and configured to receive and hold one or more pods, wherein the one or more pods carry contents to be mixable with the liquid;
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- a carousel positioned between the inner area and the pod holder, wherein the carousel has a pod opening and a liquid opening, and wherein the carousel is selectively rotatable between at least a first position, a second position, and a third position, wherein:
- in the first position, the carousel shields the pod holder and the liquid inlet from the inner area,
- in the second position, the contents of a pod held in the pod holder move to the inner area of the container, and
- in the third position, the carousel shields the pod holder from the inner area and provides a channel from the liquid inlet, through the liquid opening, and to the inner area to permit a liquid received through the liquid inlet to mix with the pod contents in the inner area.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a container having an inner area;
- a liquid inlet configured to introduce liquid to the inner area of the container;
- a smoothie pod holder positioned above the inner area and configured to receive one or more smoothie pods;
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- a smoothie pod opener configured to open a smoothie pod inserted into the smoothie pod holder, wherein the smoothie pod holder includes a pod carousel rotatable to be selectively positionable proximate to a smoothie pod opening and to a liquid opening, and wherein the pod carousel is configured to rotate to various positions, including:
- a first position that shields the smoothie pod holder and the liquid inlet from the inner area;
- a second position, wherein the smoothie pod inserted into the smoothie pod holder is opened by the pod opener and contents of the smoothie pod moves to the inner area of the container in the second position;
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- a third position that shields the smoothie pod holder from the inner area and provides a channel from the liquid inlet, through the liquid opening, and to the inner area.
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A cap for attachment to a container having an inner area, comprising:
- a liquid port;
- a smoothie pod receptacle configured to receive one or more smoothie pods;
- a top structure configured to cover a top portion of the smoothie pod receptacle;
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- a rotatable structure positioned opposite the top structure at a lower portion of the smoothie pod receptacle and having a pod opening and a liquid opening, wherein:
- the rotatable structure is selectively positionable in at least a shielding position, a pod-open position, and a liquid-open position, the shielding position shields the smoothie pod receptacle and the liquid port from the inner area, in the pod-open position, contents of a pod inserted into the smoothie pod receptacle moves to the inner area of the container, and the liquid-open position shields the smoothie pod receptacle from the inner area and provides a channel from the liquid port, through the liquid opening, and to the inner area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.