Beverage server having integral air vent

A beverage server for retaining a liquid beverage, the beverage server comprising:

• a server body including an open top container defining a chamber for receiving and retaining the liquid beverage;
• the open top container having a top portion and a base portion, the top portion including a top rim, a cap receiving portion and a pour spout;
• the pour spout including a spout passageway for dispensing the liquid beverage from the chamber, and the cap receiving portion defining a top opening;
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• a cap for engagement within the top opening;
• wherein the cap has a cap skirt and the cap skirt has an outer facing surface;
• wherein the cap receiving portion further includes an inner facing portion having a raised closing surface;
• wherein the raised closing surface includes an inner surface of a protruding ring that encircles the top opening;
• wherein the cap skirt has an outer facing surface and the outer facing surface of the cap skirt has a closing region that is constructed and arranged to engage the raised closing surface of the inner facing portion so as to restrict air from passing between the closing region of the outer facing surface of the cap skirt and the raised closing surface when the cap is engaged within the top opening in a pour configuration;
• wherein the cap includes a skirt projection recess in the closing region of the outer facing surface of the cap skirt and the skirt projection recess cooperates with the raised closing surface to define in part an air vent that allows air to pass into the chamber from outside of the server when the cap is engaged in the cap receiving portion in the pour configuration.

A beverage server for retaining a liquid beverage, the beverage server comprising:

• a server body including an open top container defining a chamber for receiving and retaining the liquid beverage;
• the open top container having a top portion and a base portion, the top portion including a top rim, a cap receiving portion and a pour spout;
• the pour spout including a spout passageway for dispensing the liquid beverage from the chamber, and the cap receiving portion defining a top opening;
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• a cap for engagement within the top opening;
• wherein the cap has a cap skirt and the cap skirt has an outer facing surface;
• wherein the cap receiving portion further includes an inner facing portion having a raised closing surface;
• wherein the raised closing surface includes an inner surface of a protruding ring that encircles the top opening;
• wherein the outer facing surface of the cap skirt is constructed and arranged to engage the raised closing surface of the inner facing portion so as to restrict air from passing between the outer facing surface and the raised closing surface when the cap is engaged within the top opening in a pour configuration;
• the cap further having a cap lip and the cap lip having an underside surface;
• wherein the underside surface of the cap lip is constructed and arranged to engage the top rim when the cap is engaged within the top opening in a pour configuration so as to restrict air from flowing between the underside surface and the top rim;
• wherein the cap includes a lip projection recess in the underside surface of the cap lip;
• wherein the lip projection recess cooperates with the top rim to define in part an air vent that allows air to pass into the chamber from outside of the server when the cap is in the pour configuration and the server body is oriented so that the liquid beverage will flow out of the chamber and through the spout passageway under the force of gravity;
• wherein the cap includes a skirt projection recess in the outer facing surface of the cap skirt and the skirt projection recess cooperates with the raised closing surface to further define in part the air vent.

A method of providing a vented beverage server for retaining a liquid beverage, wherein the vented beverage server includes:

• 1) a server body including an open top container defining a chamber for receiving and retaining the liquid beverage;
• the open top container has a top portion and a base portion, the top portion including a top rim, a cap receiving portion and a pour spout;
• the pour spout including a spout passageway for dispensing the liquid beverage from the chamber, and the cap receiving portion defines a top opening;
• wherein the cap receiving portion further includes an inner facing portion having a raised closing surface and the raised closing surface includes an inner surface of a protruding ring that encircles the top opening;
• wherein the method of providing a vented beverage server comprises the step of:
• 1) providing a cap for engagement within the top opening;
• wherein the cap has a cap skirt and the cap skirt has an outer facing surface;
• wherein the outer facing surface of the cap skirt is constructed and arranged to engage the raised closing surface of the inner facing portion so as to restrict air from passing between the outer facing surface and the raised closing surface when the cap is engaged within the top opening in a pour configuration;
• the cap further having a cap lip and the cap lip having an underside surface;
• wherein the underside surface of the cap lip is constructed and arranged to engage the top rim when the cap is engaged within the top opening in the pour configuration so as to restrict air from flowing between the underside surface and the top rim;
• wherein the cap further includes a lip projection recess in the underside surface of the cap lip;
• wherein the lip projection recess cooperates with the top rim to define in part an air vent that allows air to pass into the chamber from outside of the server when the cap is in the pour configuration and the server body is oriented so that the liquid beverage will flow out of the chamber and through the spout passageway under the force of gravity.