| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 099316000 | Plural compartment | 24 |
| 20090235827 | HOLDER AND CUP WITH CONCENTRATE FOR PREPARATION OF HOT BEVERAGES - Cup for preparing a beverage by means of an appropriate holder ( | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110185913 | Brew basket with integrated separate cavity for water bypass or additives - A brew basket with an integrated separate cavity providing for a water bypass or additive conduit all of which may be added to the brewed beverage, as it exists its brew basket discharge spout during a brewing cycle. An integrated separate cavity is provided partially around the perimeter of the brew basket, as along its upper flange, for some angular distance, and which cavity tapers into a downward conduit, which conduit extends under the bottom of the brew basket, and empties into the same discharged port through which the brewed beverage is discharged from the brew basket and into a lower decanter, during performance of a brewing cycle. Additives such as flavoring, sweeteners, and even cold water may pass through the separate cavity, for intermixing with the brewed beverage, in order to add to its flavoring, sweetening, or even cooling, depending upon whether coffee, hot tea, or ice tea, has been selected for the brewing cycle. The brew basket is capable of pivoting, in its support under the cantilevered top of the brewing apparatus, to allow for the beverage to be dispensed into one or more decanters, during a brewing cycle, or during performance of sequential brewing cycles. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110226133 | CONTAINER WITH AN IMPROVED STRUCTURE - A container with an improved structure includes a body having an opening. The opening is covered with a cover. The bottom of the cover has a first assembly part. A supporting base is accommodated inside the body. One end of the supporting base has a second assembly part to hang on the first assembly part. The other end of the supporting base has a connecting part for connecting with an infusion object. When the supporting base is hung on the first assembly part using its second assembly part, the supporting base can be shaken with a force. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120024162 | Tea pot with check valve - A tea pot includes an upper container assembly comprising a releasable top, an open bottom, a beverage chamber, and a funnel in the beverage chamber; a check valve comprising a cylindrical seat comprising a bossed hole having a conical top surface, an opening spaced from the hole and being sealingly aligned with a stem of the funnel, and guide slots on an annular surface of the seat; a conical valve unit comprising a stepped-diameter tunnel, the valve unit being seated upon the seat; and a sliding assembly comprising a body, periphery tabs slidably received in the guide slots, and a top shaft including grooves, and a cylindrical top projection fasten in the tunnel wherein the shaft is slidably inserted into the hole in an assembled state; and a lower container assembly comprising releasable top and bottom, a lower ingredient chamber, and an intermediate strainer. | 02-02-2012 |
| 099317000 | Inner foraminous receptacle | 20 |
| 20100288134 | Teapot with Supple Spout - The present invention discloses a teapot with supple spout, including a teapot body, a supple spout, and a lid. Through assembling a supple spout onto a teapot body, a classical teapot will have a spout not easily chipped or broken. Besides, the teapot according to this application comprises a design at the upper and the lower parts of the teapot body, so that the teapots can be stacked up for saving space. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20110056386 | PITCHER WITH INFUSER - A lid assembly including a lid ring removably securable to the rim of a pitcher for holding liquid; a cover removably securable to the lid ring; and an infuser removably securable to the cover, the infuser when removably secured to the cover rotates in a first direction as the cover is being attached to the lid ring and in a second direction as the cover is being detached from the lid ring. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110303095 | DISPOSABLE SINGLE USE BEVERAGE PACKAGE - A disposable single use beverage package includes a frame. The frame includes a continuous rim that defines an opening at a top of the frame, a bottom portion that is closed, and a plurality of spaced apart ribs that extend from the rim to a peripheral edge of the bottom. The bottom portion, plurality of ribs and rim define a plurality of openings that facilitate fluid flow. The basket is tapered to facilitate stacking of multiple baskets. At least one rib includes a ledge positioned in a center region configured to limit an amount by which an upper basket is insertable into a lower basket to thereby define a space between respective bottoms of the upper basket and the lower basket. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120024163 | RING-SHAPED ADAPTER HAVING A NET FOR BREWING TEA IN DISPOSABLE CUPS - A ring-shaped adapter that is capable of connecting a standardized disposable cup with a standardized disposable lid, being separable from said cup and said lid, includes a net that can be placed inside the disposable cup and is suitable for accommodating tea leaves. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20130239821 | Container with Removable Bottom Tea Infuser - A cylindrical travel mug or container with or without a handle and drinking top/lid, lower tea compartment housing with one or more mesh screens, and removable bottom. The removable bottom is comprised of a threaded base bap, rubber seal, conical tea compartment for retaining a tea bag and an on/off control knob. The tea compartment is connected to the base with a press release that allows it to swing open against an opposing hinge from the release so a tea bag can be inserted or removed. The conical tea compartment is further comprised of one or more mesh openings through which liquid and tea may be transferred. An on/off control switch is used to rotate the tea compartment and its mesh screens with respect to the tea compartment housing and its mesh screens to enable control of the starting and stopping of tea infusion or steeping. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20140326143 | IMBRUE KEG INFUSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An infusion keg for beer is described having a cylinder closed at both ends, the cylinder formed from a food-grade material, the cylinder being purgeable with purging gas to expel air therefrom and being Tillable with beer; a valve for controlling the entering of the purging gas and the exiting of the beer; and, an infusion port for the insertion of a permeable body having flavorant therewithin. Upon being purged and the permeable body being inserted, the keg is filled with beer that, over a given period of time, absorbs a reproducible volume of flavorant. | 11-06-2014 |
| 20160130128 | IMBRUE KEG INFUSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM - An infusion keg for a beverage is formed as a cylinder closed at both ends. An interior of the cylinder is purgeable with a purging gas to expel air therefrom and being fillable with the beverage. The keg is also provided with a valve to control entering of the purging gas and the exiting of the beverage; and an infusion port for the insertion of a permeable body having a flavorant therewithin. Upon being purged, a permeable body being inserted, the keg is filled with the beverage that, over a given period of time, absorbs a reproducible volume of the flavorant. | 05-12-2016 |
| 099318000 | Movable or adjustable | 6 |
| 20140261003 | PORTION CONTAINER COMPRESSION SYSTEM - Provided is a portion container system having improved operability and user-friendliness. The system includes a receiving portion, for stowing a container on a system main body, and a rotatable handle. The container includes a peeling induction portion. The container, stowed in the receiving portion, is allowed to be compressed by swinging a handle. The container can be squeezed with the handle using the leverage, thus improving a convenience and allowing the system to be formed compact compared to a rotary apparatus. Since the container is obliquely placed in the receiving portion, the content ejected hardly splashes. Since the receiving portion is located below the rotation center shaft of the handle, the container is pressed with the handle having the rotation center shaft located above the receiving portion, thereby causing the container to be pressed with the force pushing down the handle, thus allowing for easy application of force. | 09-18-2014 |
| 099319000 | Vertical | 5 |
| 20080295700 | Coffee Percolator - A coffee percolator having a vertical axis, and wherein a pressurized-hot-water dispensing assembly has a bottom outlet facing a top surface of a fixed annular body supporting a percolating cup, which engages the annular body removably and is connected to the annular body by a bayonet joint defined partly by at least one sloping surface formed on the top surface of the annular body. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20100263549 | TEA AND HERB INFUSING BEVERAGE CONTAINER - An infusing apparatus or beverage container includes a container, a perforated infusion element configured to be positioned in the container, and an actuator including an activating member and an actuator body. The activating member is accessible from outside the interior space and rotatably coupled with respect to the container, and the actuator body is rotatably coupled to the infusion element, such that rotation of the actuator body with respect to the container can lower and raise the infusion element with respect to the container to selectively begin and cease an infusion process and drink the resulting beverage without having to remove herbs or tea placed in the infusion element. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110132200 | Liquid dispenser that stores and serves garnishes - The Liquid Dispenser that Stores and Serves Garnishes represents a device which will store garnishes within the dispenser allowing the natural infusion between the liquid and the garnish. The liquid will become naturally flavored by the garnish, while the garnish becomes naturally flavored by the liquid. The device will utilize a tap comprising a valve and spout to regulate the delivery of the infused liquid. The screw on cap, which secures the liquid within the dispenser, will be attached to a plunger and permeable catch tray. The catch tray will hold the garnish without letting the garnish interfere with the tap. When the handle located on the screw on cap is pulled up, the garnish becomes available to be served. Serving the garnish is accomplished by two methods, the consumer can take the garnish from the catch tray, or the garnish will naturally fall onto the garnish serving tray. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110303096 | TEA POT HAVING A REPLACEABLE STRAINER - A tea pot having a replaceable strainer includes a strainer, a cover and a knob. The tea pot is shaped as a cup body having a containment space. The strainer has a pull rod extending upward from a center position. An upper end of the pull rod has an assembly end and a positioning ring slot set below the assembly end. The cover is designed for covering an upper opening of the tea pot and has a through aperture at a center position. The knob comprises a main body, a housing, an elastic member and a positioning member. The main body has an extended hollow rod, and the housing is jacketed onto the main body. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20160113434 | POT AND INFUSER THEREOF - A pot and an infuser thereof are disclosed. The infuser comprises a lifting button, an upper rod, a lower rod and a basket. The basket is connected to the lower rod. The bottom end of the upper rod is hinged to the top end of the lower rod. The lifting button is connected to the top end of the upper rod. The present disclosure enables the separation of the infusion from the water conveniently. | 04-28-2016 |
| 099322000 | Suspended | 7 |
| 20080282900 | Ingenious Lid Structure for Infusion Drinks Percolator - A lid structure includes a lower lid slightly flared at the upper fringe, and having an engagement flange formed around it with a claw provided on its upper edge. A cutting tube of an upper lid is extended down from the center of the upper lid and inserted into the lower lid. The bottom of the cutting tube is also tilted. A detent is formed on the inner surface at the lower end of the upper lid to engage with the claw of the engagement flange so as to couple tightly the two lids. Several gaskets are provided around the inner side wall of the upper lid. An infusion drink material is filled into the cutting tube of the upper lid, and a film is used to seal the bottom of the lower lid. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090193979 | TEA POT HAVING A TEA FILTER - A tea pot comprises a receptacle having a pouring device at a first side and a handle on a second side opposite to the first side with the pouring device. A water filling aperture is provided at the top of the receptacle, which aperture defines a recessed circumferential lip. a lid is provided for closing said water filling aperture. A tea filter for the tea pot comprises a perforated cylindrical container of a cross sectional shape substantially the same as that of the water filling aperture, the filter being insertable into the teapot through the water filling aperture thereof. A circumferential flange is located at the upper part of the tea filter which is adapted to sit on the circumferential lip when the tea filter is inserted into the receptacle of the tea pot. An engagement means is adapted to permit the tea filter to be removably retained in the teapot receptacle and comprises a sprung detent located at the upper part of the container and which is urged away from the container for engagement under the lip of the water filling aperture to retain the tea filter in the tea pot The detent has a recess therein whereby it engages both above and below the lip. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20120279398 | INFUSER CUP - An improved tea cup apparatus for facilitating the mixture of a fluid substance and a device to add lose tea or a tea bag in a cup. The apparatus preferably comprises of a built in cup with handle, tea storage and lid. This apparatus combined with a tea infuser is to allow the accessibility to mix water and tea in a cup. The first cylinder section is a cup in which fluid is stored and brewed. The second is a built in infuser for infusing tea into the cup. This devise is designed for the convenience of brewing tea in two step process. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130233178 | CONTAINER FOR LIQUIDS - A container is disclosed that comprises an outer vessel having an inner cavity, and an inner vessel having an inner cavity. The inner vessel and outer vessel are configured for receiving all or substantially all of the inner vessel through an opening in the outer vessel such that in operation, said opening of the inner vessel may be releasably positioned proximate the opening of the outer vessel. The container also includes a lid for releasably enclosing said inner vessel within said outer vessel. The outer container may be made from a material called TRITAN and the inner vessel may be made from glass. A seal may be provided between the top to the inner vessel and the lid. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20140251152 | BEVERAGE CONTAINER SUITABLE FOR MAKING COLD OR HOT BEVERAGE - The present invention is to provide a beverage container suitable for making cold or hot beverage, which includes a container body having an opening at a top side thereof and a first receiving space therein in communication with the opening and configured for receiving a cold or hot liquid, an outer lid being disposed at the top side of the container body for covering the opening, a filter having a second receiving space therein for receiving a brewing material and having a top side detachably connected to a bottom side of the outer lid, and an inner lid being detachably connected to the container body at a position corresponding to the top end of the first receiving space and having a primary and a secondary liquid guiding holes provided on two opposite lateral sides thereof respectively. The primary liquid guiding hole is larger than the secondary liquid guiding hole. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140251153 | LID STRUCTURE CONFIGURED FOR EASY DISASSEMBLY AND CLEANING - The present invention is to provide a lid structure including a lid having a bottom side provided with an opening and concavely provided with an assembly space corresponding in position to the opening and having a first threaded connection portion protrudingly provided on an inner wall of the lid and extending toward the opening; a gasket fitted around the outer periphery of the first threaded connection portion and protrudingly provided with a pulling tab which extends toward the opening; and a filter having a second threaded connection portion provided on a top side thereof and threadedly engageable with the first threaded connection portion. Thus, when it is desired to clean the lid, the user only has to rotate the filter to easily detach the filter from the lid and pull the pulling tab to rapidly remove the gasket from the lid for cleaning, without using any tool. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20160120355 | FILTER POSITIONING STRUCTURE FOR BEVERAGE INFUSER - The present disclosure illustrates a filter positioning structure for a beverage infuser. In the filter positioning structure, a casing member includes upper and lower engaging parts respectively connected with top and bottom ends of a connecting part. A filter can be combined with the lower engaging part. The upper engaging part is ring-shaped and has protruding parts on an outer periphery thereof. Therefore, the filter positioning structure can be positioned in the beverage infuser by blocking between the protruding parts and a stop part of a body of the beverage infuser. | 05-05-2016 |
