Single Serving Reusable Brewing Material Holder With Offset Passage for Offset Bottom Needle

• US 20120207896A1
• Filed: 03/30/2012
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adrian Rivera
• Original Assignee: Adrian Rivera
• Inventors: Rivera, Adrian
• Granted Patent: US 9,232,871 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 426/433
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/0689 Reusable cartridges suitable to be opened for being filled with brewing material and to be closed to envelope the brewing material therein
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8061 Filters
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/80 Packaging reuse or recycling, e.g. of multilayer packaging bio-packaging Y02W90/10

Abstract

A single serving beverage filter cartridge is formed by placing a single serving portion of brewing material into a reusable coffee holder having a lid and a base. The reusable coffee holder includes an offset passage in the bottom of the base and is insertable into a cartridge housing of a single serving coffee maker having an offset bottom needle reaching up vertically from the base of the housing, the offset passage providing clearance for the offset bottom needle. The coffee holder defines a frustoconical exterior and includes mesh filtering material for retaining brewing material inside the reusable coffee holder. The mesh material may be a metal mesh or plastic mesh. The reusable coffee holder is configured for use in single serving coffee makers having the offset bottom needle and designed for single use cartridges.

Claims

1. A reusable coffee holder comprising:

a frustoconical shaped coffee holder base comprising;

a smaller diameter bottom;

a larger diameter top;

an interior;

an exterior, and

an offset passage in the bottom of the holder base;

a holder lid closeable over the coffee holder top; and

a mesh filter attached to the coffee holder and interposed between the interior and the exterior of the holder base and retaining brewing material deposited into the holder base through the holder top.

2. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1, wherein the mesh filter is a metal mesh filter.

3. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1, wherein the mesh filter is insertable and removable for cleaning from the holder base.

4. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1, wherein the holder lid is hingedly attached to the holder base.

5. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1, wherein the holder lid is detachably attachable to the holder base.

6. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1, wherein the holder lid includes a male threaded portion and the holder base includes a female threaded portion and the holder lid is detachably attachable to the holder base by screwing the holder lid into the holder base and the coffee is sandwiched between the male threaded portion and the holder base to tamp the coffee.

7. The reusable coffee holder of claim 1 wherein the holder lid includes a center mating portion configured to cooperate with a nozzle of a coffee maker and including a seal for cooperating with the nozzle to prevent the escape of heated liquid from the coffee holder.

8. The reusable coffee holder of claim 7, wherein the center mating portion including a compliant seal for sealing against a pad portion of a coffee maker lid to prevent the escape of heated liquid from the coffee holder.

9. The reusable coffee holder of claim 7, wherein the offset passage allows the holder to fit into existing single serving coffee makers having an offset bottom needle, the offset passage providing clearance for the offset bottom needle.

10. A reusable coffee holder for use in a single serving coffee maker having an offset bottom needle, the coffee holder comprising:

a frustoconical shaped coffee holder base comprising;

a smaller diameter bottom;

a larger diameter top;

an interior;

an exterior, and

a passage in the bottom of the holder base for the offset bottom needle of the single serving coffee maker;

a metal mesh filter material attached to the coffee holder base and interposed between the interior and the exterior of the holder base and retaining brewing material deposited into the holder base through the holder top; and

a holder lid closeable over the coffee holder top, the holder lid including a center mating portion of the holder lid for receiving a nozzle of a coffee maker and sealing against the coffee maker to prevent the escape of heated liquid during brewing.

11. A method for using a reusable coffee holder in a single serving coffee maker having an offset bottom needle for puncturing a single use coffee cartridge, the method comprising:

opening a lid of the reusable coffee holder, the reusable coffee holder comprising;

a frustoconical shaped coffee holder base comprising;

a smaller diameter bottom;

a larger diameter top;

an interior;

an exterior, and

an offset passage in the bottom of the holder base;

a metal mesh filter attached to the coffee holder base and interposed between the interior and the exterior of the holder base and retaining brewing material deposited into the holder base through the holder top; and

a holder lid closeable over the coffee holder top, the holder lid including a center mating portion of the holder lid including a downward concave cavity for receiving a nozzle of a coffee maker and sealing against the coffee maker to prevent the escape of heated liquid during brewing;

placing a single serving portion of brewing material into the holder base;

closing the lid of the coffee holder;

opening a coffee cartridge housing of the single serving coffee maker;

placing the coffee holder into the coffee cartridge housing aligning the offset passage with the offset bottom needle to cause the offset bottom needle to reside in the offset passage in the bottom of the holder base;

closing the coffee cartridge housing; and

brewing a brewed beverage.