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US 12,178,351 B2Granted
Beverage infusion press
OwnerRichard Westcottinventor
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Abstract
A beverage infusion press includes a circular bottom structure having an outer bottom radius relative to a central axis and a filter portion operable to permit liquid to pass through the filter portion, a semi-circular top structure extending from a first end to a second end and having an inner top radius and an outer top radius relative to the central axis, and a vertical structure spacing the bottom structure from the top structure, the vertical structure comprising an interior surface, an exterior surface, and an exterior radius from the central axis to the exterior surface.
Claims18
A beverage infusion press, comprising:
- a circular bottom structure having an outer bottom radius relative to a central axis and a filter portion operable to permit liquid to pass through the filter portion,
- a semi-circular top structure extending from a first end to a second end and having an inner top radius and an outer top radius relative to the central axis,
- wherein the semicircular top structure is in the form of at least a half circle relative to the circular bottom structure, and wherein the inner top radius of the semi-circular top structure has the same radius as the circular bottom structure,
- a vertical structure spacing the circular bottom structure from the semi-circular top structure, the vertical structure comprising an interior surface, and an exterior surface,
- wherein the vertical structure comprises a plurality of vertically oriented and separated members that are circumferentially separated from and not connected to each other by an open space, wherein each of the plurality of vertically oriented and separated members extends between the circular bottom structure and the semi-circular top structure, wherein the exterior surface of each of the plurality of vertically oriented and separated members does not extend beyond the outer bottom radius of the circular bottom structure, and
- wherein the outer bottom radius of the circular bottom structure and the exterior radius of the vertical structure are equal.
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A method comprising:
- placing a liquid and particulate for creating an infused beverage in a drinking vessel;
- positioning a circular bottom structure of a beverage infusion press in the drinking vessel, the beverage infusion press comprising:
- the circular bottom structure having an outer bottom radius relative to a central axis and a filter portion,
- a semi-circular top structure extending from a first end to a second end and having an inner top radius and an outer top radius relative to the central axis,
- wherein the semicircular top structure is in the form of at least a half circle relative to the circular bottom structure, and wherein the inner top radius of the semi-circular top structure has the same radius as the circular bottom structure,
- a vertical structure spacing the circular bottom structure from the semi-circular top structure, the vertical structure comprising an interior surface, and an exterior surface,
- wherein the vertical structure comprises a plurality of vertically oriented and separated members that are circumferentially separated from and not connected to one other by an open space, wherein each of the plurality of vertically oriented and separated members extends between the circular bottom structure and the semi-circular top structure, and wherein the exterior surface of each of the plurality of vertically oriented and separated members does not extend beyond the outer bottom radius of the circular bottom structure,
- wherein the outer bottom radius of the circular bottom structure and the exterior radius of the vertical structure are equal;
- and
- pushing the beverage infusion press into the drinking vessel trapping the particulate between the circular bottom structure and the drinking vessel as the liquid passes through the filter portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.