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US 2014/0134311 A1Published application
Teabag Holder and Method
OwnerMa Wing Honginventor
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Abstract
The teabag holder is located in a lid for a tea brewing container. The string of the teabag passes through a hole in the soft, flexible material of the lid and holds it at any desired level so that it extends into the liquid in the container or is held above the liquid, or at any other desired position. The underside of the lid serves as a receptacle for liquid drained from a teabag placed therein. The sides of the lid can be squeezed together to squeeze the liquid from the teabag without touching the bag with the fingers.
Claims14
A teabag holder comprising
- a. a lid for a liquid container,
- b. said lid having an underside surface with a centrally-located gripping device for gripping the string of a teabag,
- c. said gripping device being adapted to selectively grip said string at a plurality of points along the length of said string,
- d. whereby said teabag can be suspended below said lid by a selectively variable distance to either immerse said bag in liquid in said container or suspend said bag above said liquid.
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A tea bag holder comprising
- a. a lid for a liquid container, said lid being made of flexible, resilient material
- b. said lid having a convex upper surface with a handle extending upwardly therefrom,
- c. said lid having a concave lower surface with a recess in said lower surface and a hole through the material of said lid to said upper surface,
- d. said lid having a protruding inwardly-extending edge which bears against the material around said hole to seal it when said lid is not bent and to hold a teabag string passing through said hole,
- e. said lid being shaped to pull said protruding edge away from said material around said hole when said lid is bent, to allow a string to be passed through said hole.
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A method of using a teabag holding device comprising
- a. Providing a teabag holder comprising
- 1. a lid for a liquid container,
- 2. said lid having an underside surface with a centrally-located gripping device for gripping the string of a teabag,
- 3. said gripping device being adapted to selectively grip said string at a plurality of points along the length of said string,
- 4. whereby said teabag can be suspended below said lid by a selectively variable distance to either immerse said bag in liquid in said container or suspend said bag above said liquid.
- b. Suspending a teabag from said holder by a distance selected to position the teabag at a desired distance relative to the level of a liquid in said container.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.