Drip coffee maker which does not require electricity to operate
View Patent ↗A non-electric drip style coffee maker including a pot member having each of a handle member and a pouring spout. A basket like member for holding a filter having ground coffee disposed therein. Such basket like member includes at least one aperture formed through a bottom surface thereof for allowing freshly brewed coffee to pass therethrough and into such pot member. A generally hollow hot water reservoir having apertures formed through a bottom surface thereof and a predetermined diameter opening adjacent a top thereof is provided. There is a lid member having a predetermined size which will enable such lid member to cover both the opening in such hot water reservoir and the opening in such pot member. The lid member includes a grip member connected to an outer surface thereof for ease of placing and removing such lid.
1. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, said drip style coffee maker comprising:
(a) a pot member having each of a predetermined size body portion, a predetermined size opening formed adjacent a top thereof and a predetermined shape, said pot member being formed from a predetermined material, said pot member including;
(i) a handle member formed from at least one predetermined material and attached to an outer surface of said pot member at a predetermined position thereon; and
(ii) a pouring spout disposed on a radially opposed side of said pot member below said predetermined size opening formed adjacent a top of said pot member;
(b) an open top basket member, having each of a predetermined size, a predetermined shape and a predetermined depth for holding a filter having ground coffee disposed therein, a bottom of said basket member engageable, during a brewing cycle, with said top of said pot member, said basket member includes at least one aperture having a predetermined shape formed through a bottom surface thereof for allowing freshly brewed coffee to pass therethrough and into said pot member and being open adjacent a top surface thereof;
(c) a generally hollow hot water reservoir having each of a predetermined number of apertures formed through a bottom surface thereof and a predetermined diameter opening adjacent a top thereof substantially identical to said predetermined size opening formed adjacent a top of said pot member, said apertures having each of a predetermined size, a predetermined shape and arranged in a predetermined pattern which will ensure hot water contacting such ground coffee contained within such filter in said basket member, said bottom surface of said hot water reservoir sized to engage in said opening adjacent said top of said basket member; and
(e) a lid member having a predetermined size which will enable said lid member to cover both said opening in said hot water reservoir and said opening in said pot member, said lid including a grip member connected to an outer surface thereof for ease of placing and removing said lid.
2. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined material said pot member is formed from is selected from the group consisting of heat resistant plastic, copper, stainless steel and aluminum.
3. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 2 , wherein said predetermined material said pot member is formed from is aluminum.
4. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said handle member disposed on said pot member includes at least a portion thereof formed from wood.
5. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 4 , wherein said handle member disposed on said pot member includes a predetermined plurality of gripping portions.
6. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said basket member further includes a predetermined plurality of rib portions disposed on an inner and outer surface thereof to aid in fluid flow.
7. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said basket member further includes a handle member disposed on an outer surface thereof.
8. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined shape of said basket member is generally round.
9. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said predetermined shape of said apertures formed through said bottom of said hot water reservoir is generally round.
10. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein said gripping member disposed on said lid is generally round.
11. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein each of said pot member, said basket member, said hot water reservoir and said lid member are formed from identical materials.
12. A nonelectric drip style coffee maker, according to claim 1 , wherein an outer surface of each of said pot member, said basket member, said hot water reservoir and said lid member is one of polished and provided with a matte like finish.