US 5,132,124 AGranted

Powdered drink brewing bag

AssigneePokka Corporation

InventorsYohji Tamaki, Naoya Hirayama

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Abstract

A powdered drink brewing bag comprising a filter paper bag body having gusset walls and containing a powdered material, such as coffee powder therein. A frame type support member formed of thick paper is bonded to opposing walls of the bag body in the vicinity of the upper edge thereof in such a manner that the bag body is held at both surfaces thereof between the opposite surfaces of the support member. Arm portions project outwardly from the portions of the support member which correspond to both sides of the filter paper bag body, and are provided with folds and handles so that the arm portions are bent in the shape of the letter "Y" in plan to enable the gusset walls to be expanded. Accordingly, the upper edge portion of the bag body can be maintained in a largely opened state, so that the hot water can be poured thereinto easily. This enables the brewing bag to be used easily, and a drink, such as coffee to be obtained conveniently.

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Dependent claims

A powdered drink brewing bag, comprising

(a) a sealed filter paper bag containing a brewable powdered material therein, said paper bag including two opposing walls connected with one another at their respective adjacent side edges by a pair of opposing gusseted sidewalls;
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(b) a frame support member formed of thick paper and including a pair of opposing middle portions, each of said middle portions being bonded to an outer, upper surface portion of each of the bag opposing walls, respectively, the pair of opposing gusseted sidewalls of the paper bag being free of the frame support member, the frame support member further including a pair of arms, each arm connecting respective adjacent sides edges of the middle portions, respectively, and projecting outwardly thereform, each of the arms including a pair of first fold lines adjacent the respective side edges of the middle portion, a handle, and a fold line between the handle and the pair of fold lines, the arms being free of the paper bag and being configured so that when the handles are pushed toward one another, each arm is bent in a Y shape in plan and the pair of opposing gusseted sidewalls are expanded, said frame support member being dimensioned sufficient to allow said arms to support the paper bag on the upper edge of a brew-collecting receptacle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.