| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 426082000 | Having defined support or handle means | 28 |
| 20080206408 | INFUSION/STRAINER DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE STRAINER - A straining/stirring device and a method for manufacturing a straining device are provided. The straining device includes a handle, a frame, which is positioned at an end of the handle, and a compartment containing a medium to be strained. The compartment includes a top porous surface and a bottom porous surface, and is affixed to the frame. Further, the compartment is configured so as to strain the medium through at least one of the top porous surface and the bottom porous surface. The medium to be strained may include a beverage, medicine, or soup ingredient. Accordingly, the straining device provides a convenient apparatus for preparing a beverage, a food, or a medicine, and for a variety of utensil applications such as stirring or collecting and adding an additive. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080213434 | Infusion Unit - The invention relates to an infusion unit comprising a bag part ( | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080292756 | Infusion cup - An infusible cup includes a cup body having protruding stop members inwardly protruded from the inside wall, an infusible material contained in the cup body below the elevation of the protruding stop members, and a screen plate mounted inside the cup body and stopped below the protruding stop members above the infusible material for stopping the infusible material inside the cup body when the infusible material is infused with hot water. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090098253 | Single-use Food-Grade Plastic or Aluminium Cup System with Integral Pressed Ground Coffee for Placing in the Cavity of an Espresso Coffee Maker - Given the figures referred to, it may be seen how the invention consists of a single-use food-grade plastic or aluminium cup or bowl system ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090162491 | Brewing sachet - A brewing sachet ( | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090214714 | INSTANT TEACUP - An instant teabag includes a cup and a teabag. The cup includes an open end and a closed end. The teabag includes a sealed perimeter and receives a content. The sealed perimeter is fixed to an inner face of the closed end at at least one point. A cotton yarn includes an end fixed to the sealed perimeter at another point opposite to the at least one point. A piece of paper is fixed to the other end of the cotton yarn. The tealeaves or powder in the teabag can expand or spread when water is poured into the cup. Furthermore, a user can move the yarn and hence the teabag with a slight force to expand or spread the tealeaves or tea powders in the teabag. The teabag can be pulled off the closed end of the cup. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100040740 | TEA BAG COZY - An infusion system for processing a brewing material includes a pouch configured to contain a brewing material, a sealable packet configured to house the pouch, and an attachment member coupled with the pouch and the packet. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20110183043 | PRE-CHARGED GROUND COFFEE CAPSULE - A pre-charged ground coffee capsule is described. The capsule has a container body made of a metal foil material combined with a film of thermoplastic material. The container body is open at one end, the end being joined to a closing surface made of the same material. The container body is associated with a structural stiffening member provided with a plurality of through-openings and arranged in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the container body. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120189742 | PRE-MEASURED BEVERAGE PRODUCTION PACKAGE - A single-cup pod beverage production container is presented using a pod containing coffee grounds, tea leaves or other soluble or partially-soluble substances, surrounded by filter paper and supported for easy handling by stiffening the periphery of the pod and adding a finger grip area. The pod periphery may also be provided with indicia in various forms to indicate various information relating to the pod container and its contents such as the composition of its contents, the coffee making machine(s) with which the pod container is compatible, or information relating to the production of the pod container. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120213891 | Perforated Stirrer - An apparatus for making and stirring a liquid mixture includes a spoon with a handle and a bowl portion, a mixture component, and a covering across the top of the bowl portion of the spoon. The covering confines the mixture component, and is formed of a material permitting the liquid to contact the component. Immersion of the bowl portion of the spoon in the liquid causes the liquid to contact the mixture component, thereby producing a mixture of the liquid and the component external to the spoon. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120269933 | FILTERING AND PERMEABLE CONTAINER FOR SUBSTANCES SUITABLE FOR THE PREPARATION OF BEVERAGES - Filtering and permeable container for substances ( | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120328740 | CAPSULE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF COFFEE - Machine, capsule, method for the preparation of drinks, particularly coffee, even more particularly “Americano type coffee” or filter coffee or filtered coffee in which the capsule is shaped with an essentially cylindrical form with a mouth, this capsule containing a predefined proportion of preparation for drink according to a filling factor in the range from 35 to 90%, preferably in the range from 40 to 85%, even more preferably in the range from 45 to 75%. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130059039 | Beverage Capsule - A beverage capsule has a body, a filter disposed in the body, ingredients disposed in the filter and a cover. The body includes a side wall that extends from an end wall to an opening that is covered by the cover. A boss extends into the interior space from the end wall inwardly of an extraction region. In one embodiment, the boss defines an engagement surface having a plurality of arms for engaging a bottom portion of the filter during use. In another embodiment, the boss engages the filter to define a tented filter zone wherein an inner portion of the filter is spaced a further distance from the end wall than an outer portion of the filter. In another embodiment, a diffusing surface is disposed in the body downstream of where a fluid is intended to enter the opening of the capsule during use with a beverage preparing machine. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20140186496 | "Filtering Container" - A collapsible bag or compressible bottle container for accepting, holding, and filtering fluid. Fluid is filtered upon entry to the container or filtered upon egress. The filter media resides either in a removable cap, or in a second fluid-tight compartment attached to, and in fluid communication with, the container body. A one-way valve with unique one-time connection to a fluid source mitigates potential contamination from container overuse. A second collapsible layer is used in conjunction with the collapsible bag to accept compressed air that provides rigidity for the container body. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140212546 | BEVERAGE BREWING PACKAGE - A beverage brewing package includes a cup and a filter bag. The filter bag is supported in an interior region formed in the cup. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20150056331 | Brewing Cartridge - A single serving brewing cartridge adapter fits into known single serving horizontal coffee makers and allows use of a common single serving cartridge made for a vertical coffee maker. The cartridge adapter includes a fixed extraction needle in the base of cartridge adapter and defines walls rising from the base to guide a cartridge into position. The extraction needle pierces a single use cartridge to release brewed beverage into the cartridge adapter. An injection needle in the horizontal coffee maker lid punctures a foil cover of single use cartridges and passes through a permanent opening in a lid of the cartridge adapter and an extraction needle in the horizontal coffee maker cooperates with the cartridge adapter to carry brewed drink from the cartridge adapter. Reusable cartridges including permanent openings to receive the injection needle and to release brewed beverage may also be used with the cartridge adapter. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150368034 | AN INFUSION PACKAGE AND ASSEMBLY - An infusion package is disclosed comprising a permeable membrane defining an elongate cavity to hold an infusible material; and at least one rigid member extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the cavity such that the rigid member is retained by at least a portion of the permeable membrane. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20160001969 | DRIP BAG - A drip bag with hook members adhered to the outer surfaces of two opposing-face sheets of a bag body is configured to increase the area of an opening of the bag body and stabilize the shape of the opening. A drip bag has a body formed of a water-permeable filtering sheet, an upper end to be opened, and hook members formed of a thin plate-shaped material and provided on outer surfaces of two opposing-face sheets of the bag body. The hook member includes: an upper-stuck part adhered to the bag body along the opening; a center part below the upper-stuck part at the center in the width direction thereof and formed so as not to be pulled out from the bag body; and a hook part not adhered to the bag body. First oblique folding lines and second oblique holding lines are formed on the upper-stuck part by respective angles. | 01-07-2016 |
| 426083000 | Nonrigid tethered type | 10 |
| 20090041903 | TEA-BAG STRING HAVING FUNCTIONS OF INDICATING SOAKING CONDITION - The present invention relates to the tea bag string ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090130262 | DISPOSABLE SUSPENDED BEVERAGE INFUSION BAG - A beverage infusion device for preparing a beverage in a single beverage container ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090246324 | INFUSION PACKAGE - An infusion device includes an infusion bag containing tea. A string is attached to the bag and a cover encloses the bag. The cover is perforated at the bottom to permit the user to remove the bag from the cover. The string is also attached to a detachable tab on the cover so that the bag can be drawn back up into the cover after brewing the tea. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090263546 | SINGLE-LOBE FILTER BAG FOR INFUSION PRODUCTS - A single-lobe filter bag for infusion products comprises a length ( | 10-22-2009 |
| 20130287901 | Fortune T - A tea bag and a method and apparatus for its use are disclosed. Generally speaking the tea bag comprises an indicia that is selectively visible based on a desired characteristic of a tea-based beverage brewed from the tea bag. In various exemplary embodiments, the indicia indicates an elapsed time that the beverage has been brewed. In various other exemplary embodiments, the indicia indicates a relative strength of the brewed beverage. In yet other exemplary embodiments, the indicia indicates a temperature of the brewed beverage. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20140134297 | INFUSION BAG - The present invention provides a new invention provides a new infusion bag that is easy to handle even if a long hanging string is used, allows easy infusion, and prevents the hanging string from being caught in a seal part during individual-package sealing. Said infusion bag | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140342049 | Tea Storage, Infusion, and Disposal - A tea sleeve is described. The tea sleeve includes: a pouch adapted to store a tea bag; a tab adapted to secure a first opening of the pouch; and a water resistant lining along an interior surface of the pouch. A tea bag pouch includes: a sealed main body adapted to house a tea bag; a first removable section adapted to form a first opening in the main body, wherein the tea bag is able to pass through the first opening; and a second removable section adapted to form a second opening in the main body, wherein the second removable section is coupled to the tea bag via a retaining element and string. A tea bag envelope includes: a main body adapted to store a tea bag; a tab that extends from the main body to form a closure; and a slot adapted to accept a portion of the tab. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20150037467 | METHOD FOR MAKING POUCHES AND A POUCH AS SUCH - The present invention relates to a pouch and a method for making the same. In the inventive method, which is adapted to produce pouches having a limited amount of fusible material, a heat-sealable cord is arranged on a web forming confronting side surface of each pouch. Those confronting side surfaces are fused by heating the heat-sealable cord. The present invention furthermore provides a pouch, in particular containing a brewable or extractable commodity such as tea, with a pocket defined between confronting side surfaces of a web. The pouch of the present invention can have a limited amount of fusible material as the confronting side surfaces are joined by solidified melt of a heat-sealable cord arranged in vicinity of at least one edge of the pouch. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20160376094 | Tea bag tag adhesive - A tea bag tag has an adhesive surface adapted to temporarily adhere to the exterior of a container, such as a mug or cup, preventing the tag from falling into the container. When it is time to discard the tea bag, the tag is readily removed from the cup without difficulty. The tea bag tag adhesive is edible so that it will not adversely affect the flavor of a beverage into which it accidentally falls. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20170233179 | TEA BAG WITH AN EXTERNALLY CONNECTED LABEL STRUCTURE | 08-17-2017 |
