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US 5,672,368 AGranted
Beverage bag and method of use
OwnerWarren E. Perkinsinventor
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A beverage bag containing a substance from which essences can be extracted by steeping is arranged so that steeping liquid does not drip from the bag during its transport from the steeping liquid to a place of disposal. The beverage bag is arranged as a generally planar envelope having at least one substantially straight side and an apex formed by the intersection of two envelope sides. A first handle, suitably string, is attached to the bag at a location that will cause the bag to hang with the apex at the lowermost point, thus facilitating rapid drainage of the steeping liquid from the bag contents. A second handle is attached to the bag at a location that will cause the bag to hang with its substantially straight side in a generally horizontal plane. Residual steeping liquid will be reabsorbed by the bag contents and the bag will then not drip during its transport to another location.
A method for preventing dripping of steeping liquid from a water-permeable beverage bag during its transport from the steeping liquid to a place of disposal comprising:
A beverage bag consisting of a generally rectangular planar envelope fabricated of a water-permeable material, said envelope containing a substance from which essences can be extracted by steeping in a liquid, said envelope having around its perimeter, a top, a bottom, and two sides, and a handle means attached thereto, said handle means having two ends, a first handle end fixedly attached to said envelope at the approximate middle of said envelope top, and a second handle end fixedly attached to said envelope in the region of the bag where the top and an upper portion of one of said sides meet, such that upon removal of said beverage bag from a steeping liquid, said bag can be hung with an apex between a side and the bottom of the bag being the lowermost point of the bag by suspending the bag from the second handle end and such that said bag can be reoriented and hung with said bottom being the lowermost point of the bag by suspending the bag from the first handle end.
A beverage bag comprising a generally triangular planar envelope fabricated of a water-permeable material and containing a substance from which essences can be extracted by steeping in a liquid, said envelope having around its perimeter three sides and a handle means attached thereto, said handle means having two ends, a first handle end fixedly attached to the envelope at the approximate midpoint of a first envelope side, and a second handle end fixedly attached to the envelope near an apex formed by the intersection of any two of the envelope sides such that upon removal of said beverage bag from a steeping liquid, said bag can be hung with an apex being the lowermost point of the bag by suspending the bag from the first handle end and such that said bag can be reoriented and hung with one of its sides being the lowermost part of the bag by suspending the bag from the second handle end.
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