Beverage brewing lid and system and method incorporating such a lid
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65B-029/02
B65D-085/804
A23F-005/24
출원번호
US-0152765
(2011-06-03)
등록번호
US-8734874
(2014-05-27)
발명자
/ 주소
Paolone, Alfonso Ernesto
출원인 / 주소
UCAI Holdings LLC
대리인 / 주소
Greenberg, Laurence A.
인용정보
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3인용 특허 :
3
초록▼
A beverage cup lid and a system and method incorporating such a lid is provided. The lid holds an individual serving dose of a beverage to be brewed. Hot water is poured into a chamber of the lid to brew the beverage. The brewed beverage is fed into an underlying cup through an outlet in the lid. Th
A beverage cup lid and a system and method incorporating such a lid is provided. The lid holds an individual serving dose of a beverage to be brewed. Hot water is poured into a chamber of the lid to brew the beverage. The brewed beverage is fed into an underlying cup through an outlet in the lid. The beverage can be consumed through an opening in the lid without removing the spent grounds contained in the lid, from which the beverage was brewed.
대표청구항▼
1. An individual serving brewed beverage lid, comprising: a shell including a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, said rim including an opening therethrough;a beverage pod including an individual dose of product, said beverage pod being sized to be received in said we
1. An individual serving brewed beverage lid, comprising: a shell including a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, said rim including an opening therethrough;a beverage pod including an individual dose of product, said beverage pod being sized to be received in said well chamber, including an upper surface disposed distally from a floor of said well chamber;a feed mechanism disposed above said beverage pod in the beverage lid, said feed mechanism being configured to distribute a liquid received in said feed mechanism to the upper surface of said beverage pod, said feed mechanism including only a single inlet port for receiving hot water into said feed mechanism, said single inlet port including a self-sealing valve configured to receive a fluid tube therethrough to provide hot water into said feed mechanism and to automatically close after the fluid tube has been removed therefrom;said feed mechanism including a screen assembly by which a liquid provided to said screen assembly is gravity fed to the upper surface of said beverage pod; andsaid screen assembly includes a gate lid, a transfer screen and a screen chamber formed therebetween, such that a liquid poured through said gate lid is provided into said screen chamber and to said transfer screen. 2. The lid of claim 1, wherein the beverage pod is part of a beverage kit that is received into the well chamber. 3. The lid of claim 2, wherein the beverage pod is sized to be received in said well chamber such that the beverage pod does not impede consumption of a beverage by a consumer through said opening while said beverage pod is in said well chamber. 4. The lid of claim 2, wherein said screen assembly is disposed in said beverage kit. 5. The lid of claim 1, wherein the self-sealing valve is a one-way, self-sealing valve configured to receive the fluid tube therethrough to provide hot water into the screen chamber between the gate lid and the transfer screen. 6. The lid of claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of the well chamber includes a plurality of drainage holes located through a positive dome formed in the floor of the well chamber. 7. The lid of claim 6, wherein the positive dome surrounds a negative dome additionally formed in the floor of the well chamber. 8. A method of providing an individual serving of a beverage to be brewed, comprising the steps of: providing a beverage brewing lid including:a shell including a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, said rim including an opening therethrough;a beverage pod including an individual dose of product, said beverage pod being sized to be received in said well chamber, including an upper surface disposed; distally from a floor of said well chamber;a feed mechanism disposed above said beverage pod in the beverage lid, said feed mechanism being configured to distribute a liquid received in said feed mechanism to the upper surface of said beverage pod, said feed mechanism including only a single inlet port for receiving hot water into said feed mechanism, said single inlet port including a self-sealing valve configured to receive a fluid tube therethrough to provide hot water into said feed mechanism, said self-sealing valve configured to create a water seal between said valve and the fluid tube;said feed mechanism including a screen assembly by which hot water provided to said screen assembly is gravity fed to the upper surface of said beverage pod; andsaid screen assembly including a gate lid, a transfer screen and a screen chamber formed therebetween, for producing a one-way, self sealing valve when hot water is poured through said assembly lid into said screen chamber. 9. The method of claim 8, comprising the further steps of: placing the beverage brewing lid over a cup; andinfusing the beverage pod with hot water to provide a brewed beverage. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the beverage pod is part of a beverage kit that is received into the well chamber. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein the beverage pod is sized to be received in said well chamber such that the beverage pod does not impede consumption of a beverage by a consumer through said opening while said beverage pod is in said well chamber. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein said feed mechanism includes a screen assembly disposed in said beverage kit. 13. The method of claim 8, wherein the self-sealing valve is a one-way, self-sealing valve configured to receive the delivery tube therethrough, to provide hot water into the screen chamber between the gate lid and the transfer screen, the delivery tube including a rubber jacket. 14. The method of claim 8, wherein the bottom surface of the well chamber includes a plurality of drainage holes located through a positive dome formed in the floor of the well chamber. 15. The method of claim 6, wherein the positive dome surrounds a negative dome additionally formed in the floor of the well chamber. 16. An individual serving beverage kit sized to be received in a beverage lid, the beverage lid including a shell having a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, the rim including an opening therethrough, the individual serving beverage kit comprising: a beverage pod including an individual dose of product, said beverage pod being sized to be received in the well chamber, said pod including an upper surface;a feed mechanism disposed above said beverage pod in the beverage kit, said feed mechanism being configured to distribute hot water received in said feed mechanism to the upper surface of said beverage pod, said feed mechanism including a gate lid having only a single inlet port for receiving hot water into said feed mechanism, said feed mechanism further including a water transfer screen disposed below the gate lid and above the upper surface of said beverage pod and including a plurality of holes therethrough, said gate lid and water transfer screen defining a free space therebetween. 17. The kit of claim 16, wherein the feed mechanism includes a one-way, self sealing valve configured to receive a delivery tube including a rubber jacket therethrough, to provide hot water into the screen chamber between the gate lid and the transfer screen. 18. An individual serving brewed beverage lid, comprising: a shell including a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, said rim including an opening therethrough;an individual serving beverage kit according to claim 16 received in said well chamber. 19. The individual serving brewed beverage lid of claim 18, wherein the feed mechanism includes a one-way, self sealing valve configured to receive a delivery tube including a rubber jacket therethrough, to provide hot water into the screen chamber between the gate lid and the transfer screen.
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