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A device includes an obliquely shaped base member that has planar top and bottom surfaces. Decanters are removably positional on the top surface and each decanter includes a removable lid. A mechanism is included for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages that is directly attac

A device includes an obliquely shaped base member that has planar top and bottom surfaces. Decanters are removably positional on the top surface and each decanter includes a removable lid. A mechanism is included for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages that is directly attached to the top surface of the base member and includes a housing that has a central region and a handle connected to a top surface thereof. The simultaneous brewing mechanism further includes a pair of isolated reservoirs monolithically formed with the central region. Each reservoir includes a spout positioned along a bottom edge thereof. Another mechanism is included for abutting another decanter against the simultaneous brewing mechanism. Such another decanter is firmly maintained in a vertical manner so that the hot beverage stored therein will not spill out of the one decanter. The securely abutting mechanism is removably connected to the housing.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A device for brewing a variety of hot decanted beverages, said device comprising: an obliquely shaped base member having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces, said base member being portable b

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. A device for brewing a variety of hot decanted beverages, said device comprising: an obliquely shaped base member having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces, said base member being portable between remote locations; a plurality of decanters removably positional on said top surface of said base member, each said decanters including a removable lid directly conjoined therewith; means for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages, said simultaneous brewing means being directly attached to said top surface of said base member and including a housing having a central region vertically extending upwardly from said base member, said simultaneous brewing means further including a pair of isolated reservoirs monolithically formed with said central region and oppositely spaced therefrom such that said decanters can simultaneously receive the hot decanted beverages therein while being supported on said base member, each said reservoir including a spout positioned along a bottom edge thereof; and means for securely abutting one said decanters against said simultaneous brewing means such that a user can readily transport said one decanter while gripping only said simultaneous brewing means during transporting procedures, said one decanter being firmly maintained in a vertically oriented manner so that the hot decanted beverage stored therein will not spill out of said one decanter; wherein said simultaneous brewing means comprises: at least one discharge valve in fluid communication with one said reservoirs and positioned therebeneath for becoming directly intercalated between said decanters and said one reservoir, said discharge valve comprising a lever directly connected thereto in such a manner that said discharge valve can be manually engaged and disengaged with one said spout during operating conditions; and a stem directly conjoined to said at least one discharge valve, said stem being sized and shaped for medially supporting said at least one discharge valve along a top surface thereof, said top surface of said stem being beveled and defining a groove along which the hot decanted beverage can pass, said groove having an annular shape and sloping downwardly from said top surface of said stem, said groove vertically passing downwardly through said stem for directing the hot decanted beverage into said one decanter. 2. The device of claim 1, wherein each said reservoir comprises: a horizontally oriented bottom surface monolithically formed with said spout, said bottom surface including an annular shoulder integral with said spout and extending upwardly therefrom; an insulating layer directly seated on top of said bottom surface and lining an interior of said reservoir, said insulating layer being conformed about said shoulder and directly abutted thereagainst; an O-ring directly positioned on said insulating layer in such a manner that said O-ring is nested interior of said shoulder for preventing the hot decanted beverage from undesirably leaking out of said spout; and a ribbed layer directly situated on said O-ring, said ribbed layer including a plurality of grooves for channeling the hot decanted beverage downwardly towards said spout. 3. The device of claim 1, wherein said one decanter includes a beveled top surface sized and shaped for receiving said stem therein such that said stem groove becomes directly engaged with a top opening of said one decanter. 4. The device of claim 3, wherein said one decanter includes a lid directly positional on said top opening thereof, said lid being provided with an opening for regulating a flow rate of the hot decanter beverage into said one decanter. 5. The device of claim 1, wherein said securely abutting means comprises: an anchor bracket directly conjoinable to a front face of said central region; and a firm and rigid latch having a pair of oppositely disposed and monolithically formed arm portions extending substantially orthogonal to each other, one said arm portions being directly interfitted into said anchor bracket and abutted against said central region, another said arm portions being removable attachable to another said decanter. 6. A device for brewing a variety of hot decanted beverages, said device comprising: an obliquely shaped base member having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces, said base member being portable between remote locations; a plurality of decanters removably positional on said top surface of said base member, each said decanters including a removable lid directly conjoined therewith; means for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages, said simultaneous brewing means being directly attached to said top surface of said base member and including a housing having a central region vertically extending upwardly from said base member, said housing further including a handle directly connected to a top surface thereof for assisting a user to transport said device without directly contacting said base member, said simultaneous brewing means further including a pair of isolated reservoirs monolithically formed with said central region and oppositely spaced therefrom such that said decanters can simultaneously receive the hot decanted beverages therein while being supported on said base member, each said reservoir including a spout positioned along a bottom edge thereof; and means for securely abutting one said decanters against said simultaneous brewing means such that a user can readily transport said one decanter while gripping only said simultaneous brewing means during transporting procedures, said one decanter being firmly maintained in a vertically oriented manner so that the hot decanted beverage stored therein will not spill out of said one decanter; wherein said simultaneous brewing means comprises at least one discharge valve in fluid communication with one said reservoirs and positioned therebeneath for becoming directly intercalated between said decanters and said one reservoir, said discharge valve comprising a lever directly connected thereto in such a manner that said discharge valve can be manually engaged and disengaged with one said spout during operating conditions; and a stem directly conjoined to said at least one discharge valve, said stem being sized and shaped for medially supporting said at least one discharge valve along a top surface thereof, said top surface of said stem being beveled and defining a groove along which the hot decanted beverage can pass, said groove having an annular shape and sloping downwardly from said top surface of said stem, said groove vertically passing downwardly through said stem for directing the hot decanted beverage into said one decanter. 7. The device of claim 6, wherein each said reservoir comprises: a horizontally oriented bottom surface monolithically formed with said spout, said bottom surface including an annular shoulder integral with said spout and extending upwardly therefrom; an insulating layer directly seated on top of said bottom surface and lining an interior of said reservoir, said insulating layer being conformed about said shoulder and directly abutted thereagainst; an O-ring directly positioned on said insulating layer in such a manner that said O-ring is nested interior of said shoulder for preventing the hot decanted beverage from undesirably leaking out of said spout; and a ribbed layer directly situated on said O-ring, said ribbed layer including a plurality of grooves for channeling the hot decanted beverage downwardly towards said spout. 8. The device of claim 6, wherein said one decanter includes a beveled top surface sized and shaped for receiving said stem therein such that said stem groove becomes directly engaged with a top opening of said one decanter. 9. The device of claim 8, wherein said one decanter includes a lid directly positional on said top opening thereof, said lid being provided with an opening for regulating a flow rate of the hot decanter beverage into said one decanter. 10. The device of claim 6, wherein said securely abutting means comprises: an anchor bracket directly conjoinable to a front face of said central region; and a firm and rigid latch having a pair of oppositely disposed and monolithically formed arm portions extending substantially orthogonal to each other, one said arm portions being directly interfitted into said anchor bracket and abutted against said central region, another said arm portions being removable attachable to another said decanter. 11. A device for brewing a variety of hot decanted beverages, said device comprising: an obliquely shaped base member having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces, said base member being portable between remote locations; a plurality of decanters removably positional on said top surface of said base member, each said decanters including a removable lid directly conjoined therewith; means for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages, said simultaneous brewing means being directly attached to said top surface of said base member and including a housing having a central region vertically extending upwardly from said base member, said housing further including a handle directly connected to a top surface thereof for assisting a user to transport said device without directly contacting said base member, said simultaneous brewing means further including a pair of isolated reservoirs monolithically formed with said central region and oppositely spaced therefrom such that said decanters can simultaneously receive the hot decanted beverages therein while being supported on said base member, each said reservoir including a spout positioned along a bottom edge thereof; and means for securely abutting one said decanters against said simultaneous brewing means such that a user can readily transport said one decanter while gripping only said simultaneous brewing means during transporting procedures, said one decanter being firmly maintained in a vertically oriented manner so that the hot decanted beverage stored therein will not spill out of said one decanter, said securely abutting means being removably connected to said housing; wherein said securely abutting means comprises an anchor bracket directly conjoinable to a front face of said central region; and a firm and rigid latch having a pair of oppositely disposed and monolithically formed arm portions extending substantially orthogonal to each other, one said arm portions being directly interfitted into said anchor bracket and abutted against said central region, another said arm portions being removable attachable to another said decanter. 12. The device of claim 11, wherein said simultaneous brewing means comprises: at least one discharge valve in fluid communication with one said reservoirs and positioned therebeneath for becoming directly intercalated between said decanters and said one reservoir, said discharge valve comprising a lever directly connected thereto in such a manner that said discharge valve can be manually engaged and disengaged with one said spout during operating conditions; and a stem directly conjoined to said at least one discharge valve, said stem being sized and shaped for medially supporting said at least one discharge valve along a top surface thereof, said top surface of said stem being beveled and defining a groove along which the hot decanted beverage can pass, said groove having an annular shape and sloping downwardly from said top surface of said stem, said groove vertically passing downwardly through said stem for directing the hot decanted beverage into said one decanter. 13. The device of claim 11, wherein each said reservoir comprises: a horizontally oriented bottom surface monolithically formed with said spout, said bottom surface including an annular shoulder integral with said spout and extending upwardly therefrom; an insulating layer directly seated on top of said bottom surface and lining an interior of said reservoir, said insulating layer being conformed about said shoulder and directly abutted thereagainst; an O-ring directly positioned on said insulating layer in such a manner that said O-ring is nested interior of said shoulder for preventing the hot decanted beverage from undesirably leaking out of said spout; and a ribbed layer directly situated on said O-ring, said ribbed layer including a plurality of grooves for channeling the hot decanted beverage downwardly towards said spout. 14. The device of claim 12, wherein said one decanter includes a beveled top surface sized and shaped for receiving said stem therein such that said stem groove becomes directly engaged with a top opening of said one decanter. 15. The device of claim 14, wherein said one decanter includes a lid directly positional on said top opening thereof, said lid being provided with an opening for regulating a flow rate of the hot decanter beverage into said one decanter.