Coffee filter dispenser
OwnerAndrew Flocchiniinventor
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Abstract
A coffee container and coffee filter dispenser combination that includes a base coffee container having a hollow interior volume and configured for placement on a flat surface, said coffee container having a hinged lid, a coffee filter container disposed atop said coffee container, wherein said hinged lid is a bottom side of said coffee filter container, said coffee filter container having a hinged lid, and a dispensing mechanism slidably and rotatably disposed in said lid of said coffee filter container, said dispensing configured to engage and separate individual coffee filters from a stack of filters contained in said coffee filter container.
Claims14
A coffee filter dispenser, comprising:
- a filter container having an inverted truncated conical shape with an open top and a generally planar bottom side, a continuous angled side defining a hollow interior volume for containing a stack of paper coffee filters with scalloped sides, and a plurality of spaced-apart vertically-oriented stand-offs projecting inwardly from said angled side and configured to insert into trough portions of the scalloped sides of the coffee filters;
- a transparent planar lid configured to be disposed atop said filter container and including a hinge to provide selective access to the interior volume of said filter container, said lid having an edge and a slot disposed in said top radially extending from near the center of said lid toward said edge;
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- a dispensing mechanism slidingly and rotatably disposed in said slot in said lid, said dispensing mechanism including a knob for gripping, a cylindrical rod disposed in said slot, and a dispensing wheel, said knob, said rod, and said dispensing wheel rotating in unison when said knob is turned by a user, said dispensing wheel having an annular outer circumference bearing a high friction material.
A coffee container and coffee filter dispenser combination, comprising:
- a base coffee container having a hollow interior volume and configured for placement on a flat surface, said coffee container having a hinged lid;
- a coffee filter container disposed atop said coffee container, wherein said hinged lid is a bottom side of said coffee filter container, said coffee filter container having a hinged lid;
- a dispensing mechanism slidably and rotatably disposed in said lid of said coffee filter container, said dispensing configured to engage and separate individual coffee filters from a stack of filters contained in said coffee filter container;
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- wherein said coffee filter container includes structure to resist rotation of a stack of filters contained in said hollow interior volume when said dispensing mechanism is operated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.