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US 11,109,707 B2Granted
Portable beverage press mug and methods
AssigneeStreamline Design, LLC
InventorDavid J. Yakos
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Abstract
A portable beverage press mug is includes a vessel and a press head assembly. The press head assembly includes a screen (or filter) and a valve arrangement covering the screen. The valve arrangement is movable in response to fluid pressure to create a gap between the valve arrangement and the frame and permit fluid to pass through the screen and the gap.
Claims14
A method of making a beverage, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a mixture of solid particles and a liquid into a vessel;
- (b) moving a press head assembly within the vessel toward a bottom of the vessel to trap the solid particles between a screen in the press head assembly and the bottom, while allowing the liquid to flow through an opening between a flap valve and a frame of the press head assembly;
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- wherein the step of moving the press head assembly includes the flap valve of the press head assembly having a central hub and a plurality of movable pie wedge shaped sectors connected to the hub, each pie wedge shaped sector oriented over a portion of the screen;
- each pie wedge shaped sector being spaced from an adjacent sector by a gap wherein the opening is formed by upward deflection of the pie wedge shaped sectors in response to fluid pressure within the vessel as the press head assembly is moved;
- wherein each gap is between adjacent sectors and extends from the hub to an outer perimeter of the flap valve to separate each sector at the outer perimeter of the flap valve.
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A method of making a beverage, the method comprising:
- (a) providing a liquid into a vessel;
- the vessel having a bottom end, a surrounding wall, an open mouth opposite of the bottom end, and an interior volume defined by the surrounding wall and bottom end;
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- (b) moving a press head assembly within the interior volume of the vessel between the mouth and the bottom end;
- the press head assembly including,
- (i) a frame having a perimeter edge and an open volume within the perimeter edge;
- (ii) a seal member along the perimeter edge;
- (iii) a screen covering the open volume of the frame;
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- (iv) a flap valve having a central hub and a plurality of movable sectors covering the screen, each sector being connected to the central hub and spaced from an adjacent sector by a gap;
- and each sector being movable in response to fluid pressure to create an opening between at least one of the valve sectors and the frame and permit the liquid to pass through the screen and the opening;
- wherein each gap is between adjacent sectors and extends from the hub to an outer perimeter of the flap valve to separate each sector at the outer perimeter of the flap valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.