IP Library Granted Patent US 12,096,876
Granted Patent B2
US 12,096,876 · App. 18/195,903 · Granted Sep 24, 2024

Beverage brewing device

Inventors: Ronald R. DeMiglio (Sun City West, AZ); Mark J. Staudacher (Anthem, AZ); Randall C. Anderson (Brush Prairie, WA)
Assignee: Universal Coffee LLC
A47J31/0689
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Patent No.
US 12,096,876
App. No.
18/195,903
Granted
Sep 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The beverage brewing device, which is configured for use with a beverage brewer having an inlet probe for dispensing water and an outlet probe, includes a body defining a brew chamber configured to contain a dry beverage medium and at least one outlet probe receptacle extending upwardly from a bottom surface of the body. The outlet probe receptacle is sized and configured to receive an outlet probe of a beverage brewer. A lid is removably securable to the body and is engageable with the body to selectively enclose a top opening of the body. An inlet probe opening is defined in the lid for receiving an inlet probe of the beverage brewer. At least one filter is defined within in the body, wherein the filter is configured to retain a dry beverage medium within the brew chamber while allowing a brewed beverage to pass through the brew chamber.

Claims (10)

1. A beverage brewing device comprising:

a lid hingedly attached to a body and moveable between opened and closed positions, the lid having a central opening;

the body comprising:

a sidewall having a circular upper rim for engagement with the lid in the closed position, a lower edge defining a lower perimeter, and an inner sidewall surface extending between the upper rim and the lower edge;

a bottom surface having an inner bottom surface and an outer bottom surface opposite the inner bottom surface, the bottom surface extending across the lower perimeter such that the inner bottom surface intersects the inner sidewall surface, the inner sidewall surface and inner bottom surface combining to form an internal volume;

an outlet probe receptacle having a receptacle wall positioned inwardly from the inner sidewall surface, positioned in the bottom surface inwardly from the lower edge toward a center of the bottom surface, and extending upwardly from the inner bottom surface and the lower edge, the receptacle wall configured as an indentation extending into the internal volume; and

one or more filter areas defined in the body;

wherein the sidewall, the bottom surface, the receptacle wall, and the one or more filter areas are configured to, in combination, retain a dry beverage medium within the internal volume; and

whereby a liquid is insertable through the central opening of the lid and will flow out of the internal volume through the one or more filter areas.

2. The beverage brewing device of claim 1 , wherein the sidewall, bottom surface, and receptacle are plastic injected molded as a single unit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2023
From: EKO BRANDS, LLC
To: UNIVERSAL COFFEE, LLC
Reel/Frame 065356/0462 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: DEMIGLIO, RONALD R.; STAUDACHER, MARK J.; ANDERSON, RANDALL C.
To: EKO BRANDS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065657/0851 →
Continuity (7)
Division 16835165 · Mar 30, 2020
Continuation 16178428 · Nov 1, 2018
Continuation 14205206 · Mar 11, 2014
Continuation 13467792 · May 9, 2012
Continuation In Part 13236549 · Sep 19, 2011
Provisional Application 61484150 · May 9, 2011
Related Publication 20230276975A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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