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US 11,878,278 B2Granted
Versatile beverage-temperature modulator and spill preventer
OwnerAntwaine J. Debnaminventor
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Abstract
A heating and stirring device is described herein that comprises a base configured to removably attach to one of a beverage container and a beverage container lid, the base containing a power supply, a controller, and a motor, and an agitator having a body and a length with a first end portion configured to be supported by the base, and a second end portion, wherein the first terminal end is configured to be outside of the beverage container and the second end portion is configured to be inside of the beverage container. Corresponding systems and methods also are disclosed.
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A device, comprising:
- a base configured to removably attach to a beverage container lid having a sipping hole and a rim, the base including a mounting mechanism configured to be removably mounted to the rim of the beverage container lid, and containing a power supply, a controller, and a motor;
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- an agitator having a body and a length, with a first end portion including a first terminal end, the first end portion configured to be supported by the base, and a second end portion, wherein the first terminal end is configured to be outside of the a beverage container, and the second end portion is configured to be inside of the beverage container, the body of the agitator including a heating element sized to impart energy into the liquid such that the liquid remains above thirty degrees Celsius;
- wherein the second end portion of the agitator is configured to flexibly pass through the sipping hole, and the device is configured to completely cover the sipping hole during use.
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A beverage stick comprising:
- a heating and stirring component with a first end portion and a second end portion,
- the first end portion including a base configured to removably attach to a beverage container lid having a sipping hole and a rim, the base containing a controller and a motor operated by the controller, the first end portion being configured to be mounted proximate the sipping hole and to completely cover the sipping hole, the first end portion including a mounting mechanism configured to be removably mounted to the rim of the beverage container lid, and
- the second end portion including at least one of a paddle, a whisk and a wireform configured to contact and agitate a liquid in the beverage cup, the second end portion being configured to flexibly pass through the sipping hole to place the beverage stick in an operating position in the beverage cup.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a liquid-containing beverage container with a beverage container lid mounted to the beverage container, the beverage container lid having a sipping hole and a rim;
- obtaining a device comprising:
- a base configured to removably attach to the beverage container lid, the base including a mounting mechanism configured to be removably mounted to the rim of the beverage container lid, and, containing a power supply, a controller, and a motor;
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- an agitator having a body and a length, with a first end portion including a first terminal end, the first end portion configured to be supported by the base, and a second end portion, the body of the agitator including a heating element configured to heat a liquid such that the liquid remains above thirty degrees Celsius, the second end portion of the agitator including at least one of a paddle, a whisk and a wireform configured to flexibly pass through the sipping hole in the beverage container lid,
- passing the second end portion of the agitator downwardly through the sipping hole,
- mounting the device to the beverage container lid to fully cover the sipping hole, wherein the second end portion is positioned inside the beverage container and the first terminal end is outside the container, and
- selecting a mode of operation for the device including at least one of a speed of motion for the agitator and a level of power for the heating element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.