Microwave coffee brewer and travel mug
OwnerHelmut Welkerinventor
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Abstract
A beverage brewer and travel mug provided for brewing small quantities of a beverage within a microwave oven, includes a cup for receiving a charge defined for example by water and ground coffee, and a lid serving to contain the charge during the brewing operation, while allowing for escape of steam, and thereafter to permit transport of the brewed beverage without spilling and permit drinking of the beverage from which grounds are effectively filtered.
Claims22
A beverage brewer and travel mug for use in brewing a beverage within the confines of a microwave oven and subsequently to provide a non-spill, transportable container from which brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said mug comprising:
- A cup having a bottom wall and a side wall terminating in an open mouth for receiving a charge of liquid and solids to be heated to a brewing temperature for producing said brewed beverage;
- and
- a lid means removably fixed to said cup for covering said mouth and straining said solids from said brewed beverage incident to drinking or pouring thereof from said cup through said lid means, said lid means having filtering openings for straining said brewed beverage poured from said cup and a reservoir from which said brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said reservoir being disposed in flow communication with said filtering openings for receiving said brewed beverage strained by said filtering openings and opening upwardly in a direction away from said bottom wall, and said lid mean sand said cup having means cooperating to provide a liquid seal between said cup and said lid means about at least a portion of the periphery of said mouth for preventing flow of said brewed beverage not strained by said filtering openings through said mouth when said mug is tipped for purposes of permitting drinking or pouring of said brewed beverage from said reservoir.
A beverage brewer and travel mug for use in brewing a beverage within the confines of a microwave oven and subsequently to provide a non-spill, transportable container from which brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said mug comprising;
- a cup having a bottom wall and a side wall terminating in an open mouth for receiving a charge of liquid and solids to be heated to a brewing temperature for producing said brewed beverage;
- and
- a lid means removably fixed to said cup for covering said mouth and straining said solids from said brewed beverage incident to drinking or pouring thereof from said cup through said lid means, said lid means having filtering openings for straining said brewed beverage poured from said cup and a reservoir disposed inflow communication with said filtering openings for receiving said brewed beverage strained by said filtering openings and opening in a direction away from said bottom wall, said lid means including a side wall means peripherally bounding said reservoir and bottom wall means peripherally joined to said side wall means and cooperating therewith to define said reservoir, said side wall means has a panel portion thereof spaced from said side wall to define a first passage extending in a direction away from said bottom wall and a pull tab arranged adjacent said panel portion for facilitating removal of said lid means from said cup, said pull tab cooperating with a rim of said side wall bounding said open mouth to define a second passage communicating with said first passage to define vent means for placing said cup in flow communication with the atmosphere.
A beverage brewer and travel mug for sue in brewing a beverage within the confines of a microwave oven and subsequently to provide a non-spill, transportable container from which brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said mug comprising:
- a cup having a bottom wall and a side wall terminating in an open mouth for receiving a charge of liquid and solids to be heated to a brewing temperature for producing said brewed beverage;
- and
- a lid means removably fixed to said cup for covering said mouth and straining said solids form said brewed beverage incident to drinking or pouring thereof rom said cup through said lid means, said lid means having filtering openings for straining said brewed beverage poured from said cup and a reservoir disposed in flow communication with said filtering openings for receiving said brewed beverage strained by said filtering openings and opening in a direction away from said bottom wall, said lid means including an upper portion serving to define said reservoir and cooperating with said side wall to removably fix said lid means said cup and a lower portion defining said filtering openings, and said upper portion has a bottom wall means having through openings for placing said reservoir in flow communication with said filtering openings.
A mug according to claim 123, wherein said lower portion is removably fixed to said upper portion.
A beverage brewer and travel mug for use in brewing a beverage within the confines of a microwave oven and subsequently to provide a non-spill, transportable container from which brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said mug comprising:
- a cup having a bottom wall and a side wall terminating in an open mouth for receiving a charge of liquid and solids to be heated to a brewing temperature for producing said brewed beverage;
- and
- a lid means removably fixed to said cup for covering said mouth and straining said solids from said brewed beverage incident to drinking or pouring thereof from said cup through said lid means, said lid means having filtering openings for straining said brewed beverage poured from said cup and a reservoir disposed in flow communication with said filtering openings for receiving said brewed beverage strained by said filtering openings and opening in a direction away from said bottom wall, said lid means including side wall means peripherally bounding said reservoir and a pull tab projecting radially outwardly of said side wall means for sue in effecting manual removal of said lid means from said cup, said side wall means cooperating with said side wall to removably fix said lid means to said cup and define a fist passage extending away from said bottom wall, said pull tab being arranged to overlie a rim of said side wall and cooperating therewith to define a second passage arranged for flow communication with said first passage to define vent means for placing said cup in flow communication with the atmosphere.
A beverage brewer and travel mug for use in brewing a beverage within the confines of a microwave oven and subsequently to provide a non-spill, transportable container from which brewed beverage may be drunk or poured, said mug comprising:
- a cup having a bottom wall and a side wall terminating in an open mouth for receiving a charge of liquid and solids to be heated to a brewing temperature for producing said brewed beverage;
- and
- a lid means removably fixed to said cup for covering said mouth and straining said lids from said brewed beverage incident to drinking or pouring thereof from said cup through said lid means, said lid means having filtering openings for straining said brewed beverage poured from said cup, a reservoir located to be disposed adjacent said mouth in flow communication with said filtering openings for receiving said brewed beverage strained by said filtering openings, said lid means having side wall means and bottom wall means peripherally joined to said side wall means and cooperating therewith to define said reservoir, and said lid means and said cup having mounting rib and recess means for removably resiliently snap-fitting said lid means to said cup and to place said reservoir adjacent said mount and to open upwardly in a direction away from said bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.