IP Library Granted Patent US 12,391,466
Granted Patent B2
US 12,391,466 · App. 17/311,626 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Portion packaging for producing a beverage

Inventors: Kerstin Fernandes De Carvalho (Bielefeld, DE); Jan Pahnke (Minden, DE); Holger Feldmann (Willich, DE)
Assignee: MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
B65D85/8061
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Patent No.
US 12,391,466
App. No.
17/311,626
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A portion packaging for producing a beverage, in particular coffee, includes a container made of a filter material in which an extraction material is arranged and a support body which is connected to the filter material. The support body has multiple pivotal arms which can be pivoted from a position which closes the container and into a position which opens the container. The pivotal arms of the support body are arranged one above the other on at least two planes when the portion packaging is closed.

Claims (9)

1. A portion packaging for production of a beverage from an extraction material, the portion packaging comprising:

a container made of filter material in which the extraction material is arranged, the container comprising a plurality of side walls connected together via common side edges between adjacent side walls; and

an annular shaped support body comprising a plurality of cardboard sections, wherein each of the side walls of the container is glued to a separate one of the cardboard sections of the support body and the support body additionally includes a plurality of pivotable arms bonded to the filter material of the container and being pivotable from a closed position closing the container into an open position for opening the container, wherein the plurality of pivotable arms of the support body are arranged on top of one another in at least a first plane and a second plane in the closed position of the container, wherein each of the plurality of pivotable arms has a free end shaped to form a locking element such that in the closed position of the container at least two of the plurality of pivotable arms are mutually interlocked with one another in the first plane via respective ones of the locking elements of the at least two pivotable arms in the first plane and at least an additional two of the plurality of pivotable arms are mutually interlocked with one another via the respective locking elements of the additional two of the plurality of pivotable arms in the second plane.

2. The portion packaging according to according to claim 1 , wherein the portion packaging in the closed position of the container has a shape of a pyramid having a tip, wherein the plurality of pivotable arms of the support body are on a side of the portion packaging opposite to the tip of the pyramid.

3. The portion packaging according to claim 1 , wherein each arm of the plurality of pivotable arms is formed substantially as a triangular flap.

4. The portion packaging according claim 1 , wherein the support body is in one piece and includes lateral sections connected to the plurality of pivotable arms via respective folding edges.

5. The portion packing according to claim 1 , wherein the support body is arranged annularly around the filter material.

6. The portion packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pivotable arms of the support body includes six pivotable arms and at least two of the six pivotable arms are interlocked with one another via the locking elements of the at least two pivotable arms in each of the at least first and second planes.

7. The portion packaging according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pivotable arms of the support body includes two uppermost pivotable arms in the closed position of the container and the locking element of each of the two uppermost pivotable arms is shaped to provide guidance of the other one of the two uppermost pivotable arms during an unfolding of the two uppermost pivotable arms.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE DATE OF EXECUTION PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 73144 FRAME: 316. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE SECURITY INTEREST. Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: 10X INNOVATION GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA EUROPA GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA PROFESSIONAL COFFEE SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA UK LTD.
To: GLOBAL LOAN AGENCY SERVICES GMBH, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 073937/0791 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2025
From: 10X INNOVATION GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA EUROPA GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA PROFESSIONAL COFFEE SOLUTIONS GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG; MELITTA UK LTD.
To: GLOBAL LOAN AGENCY SERVICES GMBH, AS SECURITY AGENT
Reel/Frame 073144/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2025
From: FERNANDES DE CARVALHO, KERSTIN; PAHNKE, JAN; FELDMANN, HOLGER
To: MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 070804/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2019 101 533.2 · Jan 22, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220024685A1 · Jan 27, 2022
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