Beverage vessel with magnetic lid
OwnerHsiang-Cheng Lininventor
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Abstract
A teapot or other beverage vessel has an internal rim at the top supporting a filter cup which grips onto the rim. A magnetic lid fits onto the rim of the filter cup. Tea leaves and other particles are thus confined within the filter cup and the lid is held magnetically in place.
Claims8
A beverage vessel comprising a pot, a filter cup and a lid, the pot having at least one outlet spout, a top mouth and an internally flanged rim around the top mouth, the filter cup adapted to fit in the pot, the filter cup having an outwardly flanged magnetic rim to fit on said internally flanged rim of the pot and securement means for holding the rim of the cup in engagement with the rim of the pot, the lid having an outer ring with embedded magnet means to fit on the rim of the filter cup and be magnetically held in engagement therewith.
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