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US 11,596,261 B2Granted
Filter stand agitator for brewing, steeping or infusing a liquid
AssigneeKinetic Ideations, Inc.
InventorsMike Sjaastad, Lou Lederer, Fred Sklenar
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Abstract
Device and method embodiments discussed herein may be used to enhance a brewing process, extraction process, steeping process or infusing process. Such infusion processes may be used for making coffee, tea, oil, alcohol or any other suitable infused liquid where a user desires to enhance or control such a process.
Claims21
An agitator for enhancing infusion of a liquid, comprising:
- a housing base that includes a rigid annular configuration, an upper surface, a lower surface which is disposed opposite the upper surface, an interior cavity disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface and an aperture extending from the upper surface to the lower surface;
- a plurality of support extensions which each have a resilient configuration, which each have a lower end secured to the housing base about the aperture, and which each have an upper end that extends in an upward direction from the upper surface;
- a vibration source disposed on and operatively coupled to an upper section of a support extension;
- a controller in operative communication with the vibration source;
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- a power source operatively coupled to the controller.
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A method of infusing a liquid, comprising:
- disposing a lower surface of a housing base of an agitator onto an upper edge of a cup;
- engaging an upper ring of a filter basket with upper ends of a plurality of support extensions of the agitator;
- disposing a solid material into an interior volume of the filter basket;
- adding liquid to the solid material in the interior volume of the filter basket to form an infusion mixture;
- activating a vibration source which is operatively coupled to an upper section of a support extension so as to generate and emit vibration energy therefrom;
- transmitting the vibration energy from the upper section of the support extension through the upper ring of the filter basket, through a body of the filter basket and into the infusion mixture which is disposed within the interior volume of the filter basket;
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- collecting infused liquid falling from the filter basket into an interior volume of the cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.