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US 11,452,401 B2Granted
Beverage brewing and dispenser apparatus
AssigneeService Ideas, Inc.
InventorsBenjamin A. Van Voorhis, Thomas A. Wendt, Joseph J. Krawczyk, Michael J. Store
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for simultaneous brewing and beverage dispensing, in which a brew basket is positionable in a beverage dispenser to permit brewing. The brew basket includes a novel shape that permits it to take advantage of current beverage dispenser configurations to ease the brewing process.
Claims18
A filter assembly for holding an infusible material, the filter assembly being at least partially submergible into a liquid to make a beverage, the filter assembly comprising:
- a basket having a bottom wall, a front wall, a back wall and a pair of planar side walls extending between the front wall and the back wall, and the pair of planar side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall, the front wall, the back wall and the pair of planar side walls forming an open top and an interior of the basket for holding the infusible material;
- a cover detachable over the open top of the basket to enclose the interior;
- at least one removable filter screen assembly disposed in at least one of the pair of planar side walls of the basket;
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- a handle pivotally coupled to one of the planar side walls of the basket at a first end of the handle, the handle comprising a latch at the first end that is configured to secure the cover against the open top of the basket via a pivoting motion of the handle.
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A filter assembly for holding an infusible material, the filter assembly comprising:
- a basket having a bottom wall, a first sidewall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall and extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a third sidewall that is planar and spans horizontally between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and upwardly from the bottom wall, and a fourth sidewall opposite the third sidewall that is planar and spans horizontally between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and upwardly from the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall, first sidewall, second sidewall, third sidewall and fourth sidewall together define an open interior that can hold the infusible material;
- a cover detachable to the basket to enclose the interior;
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- a plurality of removable filter screen assemblies, wherein at least one removable filter screen assembly is disposed in each respective one of the cover, the bottom wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.