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US 12,557,933 B2Granted
Beverage filter
OwnerPieter Oloff De Wetinventor
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Abstract
A beverage filter for insertion into a container is provided. The filter includes a base with a plurality of holes configured to let liquid pass through it while retaining solids. A wall extends from the base, wherein the wall is configured to allow at least a portion thereof to form a perimeter seal against an internal wall of the container. In operation a low pressure zone is created which pulls liquid through the holes of the base during removal of the beverage filter from the container.
Claims10
A beverage filter for insertion into a container comprising:
- a base with a plurality of holes configured to let liquid pass through it while retaining solids;
- and
- a wall that extends from the base, wherein the wall is configured to allow at least a portion thereof to form a perimeter seal against an internal wall of the container so that in operation a low pressure zone is created which pulls liquid through the holes of the base during removal of the beverage filter from the container,
- wherein the wall includes elongate compression portions disposed at intervals around the perimeter of the wall that are compressible by the internal wall of the container when the filter is inserted into the container.
1 more element
A kit for preparing a beverage comprising:
- a container for retaining liquid;
- and
- a beverage filter for insertion into the container, the filter including a base with a plurality of holes configured to let liquid pass through it while retaining solids and a wall that extends from the base, wherein the wall is configured to allow at least a portion thereof to form a perimeter seal against an internal wall of the container so that in operation a low pressure zone is created which pulls liquid through the holes of the base during removal of the beverage filter from the container,
- wherein the wall includes elongate compression portions disposed at intervals around the perimeter of the wall that are compressible by the internal wall of the container when the filter is inserted into the container.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.