IP Library Granted Patent US 10,231,566
Granted Patent B2
US 10,231,566 · App. 16/005,608 · Granted Mar 19, 2019

Cold brew beverage brewing systems

Inventors: Robert Neace, Jr. (Vancouver, WA); Todd H. Maas (Lake Oswego, OR)
Assignee: Bean Logik LLC
A47J31/002A47J31/005A47J31/0615A47J31/467
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Patent No.
US 10,231,566
App. No.
16/005,608
Granted
Mar 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cold brew coffee apparatus has a first container, a second container, a centerpiece connector, and a filter. Preferably the filter is positionable within the first container such that it divides the filter interior volume from the remainder of the first container interior volume. Preferably, cold brew infusion occurs when water in the first container interior volume passes through the water-permeable barrier and soaks coffee grounds within the filter interior volume to form a soluble coffee extract. An alternative cold brew coffee apparatus includes only a single brew chamber and a filter.

Claims (24)

1. A cold brew coffee apparatus comprising:

(a) a first container at a first end of said cold brew coffee apparatus, a second container at a second end of said cold brew coffee apparatus, and a centerpiece connector positioned between said first container and said second container;

(b) said first container having a first container interior volume, a first container enclosed end, and a first container opening remote from said first container enclosed end;

(c) said second container having a second container interior volume, a second container enclosed end, and a second container opening remote from said second container enclosed end;

(d) said centerpiece connector having a centerpiece connector first opening end and a centerpiece connector second opening end, said centerpiece connector first opening end for associating with said first container opening to form a first water impermeable seal, said centerpiece connector second opening end for associating with said second container opening to form a second water impermeable seal; and

(e) a filter providing a water-permeable barrier, said filter defining a filter interior volume, said filter sized to fit within said first container interior volume, wherein said filter is positionable within said first container such that it divides said filter interior volume from the remainder of said first container interior volume.

2. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said centerpiece connector allows liquid to flow between said centerpiece connector first opening end and said centerpiece connector second opening end to allow liquid to flow between said first container and said second container.

3. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said centerpiece connector first opening end and said centerpiece connector second opening being wider than at least the majority of said centerpiece connector.

4. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said centerpiece connector having a center portion between said centerpiece connector first opening end and said centerpiece connector second opening, wherein said centerpiece connector narrows at said center portion.

5. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said cold brew coffee apparatus having an hourglass shape when said first container and said second container are connected by said centerpiece connector.

6. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said filter having a filter enclosed end and a filter opening, said filter opening remote from said filter enclosed end.

7. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said filter having a filter enclosed end and a filter opening, said filter opening remote from said filter enclosed end, said filter opening being wider than said filter enclosed end.

8. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said filter having a filter enclosed end and a filter opening, said filter opening remote from said filter enclosed end, said filter opening associatable with said first container enclosed end.

9. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , said filter having a filter enclosed end and a filter opening, said filter opening remote from said filter enclosed end, said filter opening being wider than said filter enclosed end, said filter opening associatable with said first container enclosed end.

10. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 1 , wherein cold brew infusion occurs when water in said first container interior volume passes through said water-permeable barrier and soaks coffee grounds within said filter interior volume to form a soluble coffee extract.

11. A cold brew coffee apparatus comprising:

(a) a first container at a first end of said cold brew coffee apparatus, a second container at a second end of said cold brew coffee apparatus, and a centerpiece connector positioned between said first container and said second container, and said cold brew coffee apparatus having an hourglass shape when said first container and said second container are connected by said centerpiece connector;

(b) said first container having a first container interior volume, a first container enclosed end, and a first container opening remote from said first container enclosed end;

(c) said second container having a second container interior volume, a second container enclosed end, and a second container opening remote from said second container enclosed end;

(d) said centerpiece connector having a centerpiece connector first opening end and a centerpiece connector second opening end, said centerpiece connector first opening end for associating with said first container opening to form a first water impermeable seal, said centerpiece connector second opening end for associating with said second container opening to form a second water impermeable seal; and

(e) a filter providing a water-permeable barrier, said filter having a filter enclosed end and a filter opening, said filter opening being remote from said filter enclosed end, said filter defining a filter interior volume, said filter sized to fit within said first container interior volume, wherein said filter is positionable within said first container such that it divides said filter interior volume from the remainder of said first container interior volume.

12. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 11 , said centerpiece connector having a center portion between said centerpiece connector first opening end and said centerpiece connector second opening, wherein said centerpiece connector narrows at said center portion.

13. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 11 , said filter opening being wider than said filter enclosed end.

14. The cold brew coffee apparatus of claim 11 , said filter opening associatable with said first container enclosed end.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: BL PATENTS. LLC
To: AD-N-ART INC.
Reel/Frame 071748/0711 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2025
From: BEAN LOGIK, INC.
To: BL PATENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070164/0347 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2023
From: OSTER, KAREN DANA
To: BL PATENTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 063262/0667 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: BEAN LOGIK LLC
To: OSTER, KAREN DANA
Reel/Frame 059427/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 12, 2018
From: NEACE, ROBERT W., JR.; MAAS, TODD H.
To: BEAN LOGIK LLC
Reel/Frame 046049/0937 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 13842518 · Mar 15, 2013
Continuation In Part 12030150 · Feb 13, 2008
Continuation In Part 11406742 · Apr 18, 2006
Provisional Application 60672591 · Apr 18, 2005
Related Publication 20180289197A1 · Oct 11, 2018
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