A disposable pod adaptor assembly for use in a single serve beverage brewer. The assembly is designed for use in brewers configured for cup-shaped beverage extract cartridges. The assembly includes a receptacle and a cover configured to engage with the receptacle. The receptacle includes a raised po
A disposable pod adaptor assembly for use in a single serve beverage brewer. The assembly is designed for use in brewers configured for cup-shaped beverage extract cartridges. The assembly includes a receptacle and a cover configured to engage with the receptacle. The receptacle includes a raised portion in it's interior, which raised portion is adapted to push a beverage pod residing inside the receptacle upward against the cover to create a tamping effect. In some implementations, the receptacle and raised portion are molded as a single piece to provide a low cost disposable pod adapter.
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1. An adapter comprising: a receptacle configured to receive a filter cup containing brewing material residing therein, said receptacle comprises sidewalls having a sidewall interior surface reaching up from a base having a base passageway;a biasing structure molded as a single piece with the recept
1. An adapter comprising: a receptacle configured to receive a filter cup containing brewing material residing therein, said receptacle comprises sidewalls having a sidewall interior surface reaching up from a base having a base passageway;a biasing structure molded as a single piece with the receptacle, the biasing structure comprising: a single horizontal platform; andflexible legs attached to the base of the receptacle and reaching upwards inside the receptacle to the single horizontal platform, all of the flexible legs attached to the single horizontal platform to vertically support the single horizontal platform, the flexible legs providing resistance to downward movement of the single horizontal platform, and the flexible legs are bendable between a first relaxed position and a second depressed position to allow some downward movement of the single horizontal platform; anda cover adapted to engage with the receptacle, the cover detachable from the receptacle to allow insertion of the filter cup containing brewing material into the receptacle and the cover attachable to the receptacle after insertion of the filter cup containing brewing material into the receptacle to seal the receptacle before insertion of the filter cup containing brewing material adapter into a beverage brewer, the biasing structure configured be depressed downward upon containment of the filter paper cup containing brewing material by engagement of the cover with the receptacle, and to press the filter cup containing brewing material against the cover tamping the brewing material;the receptacle and cover attachable together solely by cooperating features of the receptacle and cover, and the attached receptacle and cover insertable into the beverage brewer and removable from the beverage brewer. 2. The adapter of claim 1, wherein the legs are bent legs. 3. The adapter of claim 2, wherein the legs bend radially. 4. The adapter of claim 2, wherein the legs are bent tangentially in planes tangential to a conceptual cylindrical projection of the platform defined to be coaxial with the adapter. 5. The adapter of claim 1, wherein the legs have a spiral shape. 6. The adapter of claim 5, wherein the legs comprise four legs. 7. The adapter of claim 1, wherein: the cover includes a downward reaching cylindrical portion and the receptacle includes a lip defined by the sidewall interior surface; andthe cover is detachably attachable to the receptacle by an interference fit between the cylindrical portion and the lip. 8. An adapter comprising: a receptacle configured to receive brewing material contained in filter material, said receptacle comprises: sidewalls defining a receptacle interior and receptacle exterior,a top edge of the sidewall;a base at the bottom of the sidewalls; anda receptacle passageway placing the receptacle interior in fluid communication with the receptacle exterior;a single horizontal platform inside the receptacle and configured to support brewing material residing in the receptacle;flexible legs attached to the base of the receptacle and reaching upwards inside the receptacle to support the horizontal platform, the flexible legs bending to provide resistance to downward movement of the platform;a cover adapted to sealing engage with the top edge of the receptacle, the cover detachable from the receptacle to allow insertion of the brewing material into the receptacle and the cover attachable to the receptacle after insertion of the brewing material to seal the receptacle before insertion of the adapter into a beverage brewer;upon containment of the filter paper cup containing brewing material in the receptacle by engagement of the cover with the receptacle, the single horizontal platform is depressed downward, bending the flexible legs, and holding the filter cup containing brewing material between the single horizontal platform and the cover, thereby tamping the brewing material; andcooperating features of the receptacle and cover providing the sole means of attaching the cover to the receptacle,wherein, the attached receptacle and cover, the receptacle containing the brewing material, are engagable with the beverage brewer and disengagable from the beverage brewer, and the flexible legs and the single horizontal platform are molded as a single piece with the receptacle. 9. The adapter of claim 8, wherein the flexible legs comprise bent legs. 10. The adapter of claim 9, wherein the bent legs bend radially. 11. The adapter of claim 9, wherein the flexible legs are bent legs bending tangentially in planes tangential to a conceptual cylindrical projection of the platform defined to be coaxial with the adapter. 12. The adapter of claim 8, wherein the flexible legs having a spiral shape. 13. The adapter of claim 12, wherein the flexible legs comprise four legs.
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