Coffee and tea pod

• US 6,948,420 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2003
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Original Assignee: The Coca-Cola Company
• Inventors: Kirschner, Jonathan, Masters, Michael Alan, Green, Charles Bradley
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US10/604,445
• Publication Number:
  US 20050016383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 798 Days
• Field of Search: 992/95, 993/23, 426/77, 426/82, 220/213, 220/253, 220/305, 220/780, 220/315, 220/797, 220/798
• US Class Current: 99/295
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/3633 Means to perform transfer from a loading position to an infusing position
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8046 Pods, i.e. closed containers made only of filter paper or similar material
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 85/8061 Filters

Abstract

A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves. The container may include a body and a lip extending from the body. The lip may include a top substantially flat surface and a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch).

Claims

1. A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves, comprising:

a body;

a lip extending from said body;

said lip comprising a top substantially flat surface; and

a lid to be positioned within said body;

said lid comprising a concave shape;

wherein said body comprises one or more cuts therein for said lid.

2. The container of claim 1, further comprising polystyrene, polyethylene, or polypropylene.

3. The container of claim 1, wherein said body comprises a sidewall and a base.

4. The container of claim 3, wherein said base comprises a plurality of apertures therein.

5. The container of claim 3, wherein said base comprises a plurality of support ribs thereon.

6. The container of claim 3, wherein said base comprises a plurality of spikes thereon.

7. The container of claim 1, wherein said lip comprises a flange extending from said flat surface.

8. The container of claim 7, wherein said flange extends downwardly at an angle so as to from a pocket with said body.

9. The container of claim 8, wherein said pocket comprises an upper curved radius.

10. The container of claim 1, wherein said lid comprises a plurality of apertures therein.

11. The container of claim 1, further comprising one or more layers of filter paper positioned within said body.

12. The container of claim 1, further comprising a foil envelope for holding the ground coffee or the tealeaves.

13. A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves, comprising:

a body; and

a lip extending from said body;

said lip comprising a top substantially flat surface; and

a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch);

said body comprises a base with a plurality of spikes thereon; and

wherein each of said plurality of spikes comprises a base surrounded by a plurality of blades.

14. A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves, comprising:

a body;

a lip extending from said body;

said lip comprising a top substantially flat surface; and

a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch); and

a lid to be positioned within said body;

wherein said lid comprises a concave shape.

15. A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves, comprising:

a body;

a lip extending from said body;

said lip comprising a lop substantially flat surface; and

a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch); and

a lid to be positioned within said body;

wherein said body comprises one or more cuts therein for said lid.

16. A container for holding ground coffee or tealeaves, comprising:

a base;

said base comprising a plurality of apertures therein;

a circular sidewall extending from said base; and

a lip extending from said sidewall;

said lip comprising a top substantially flat surface; and

a flange extending downwardly from said flat surface;

said flange comprising a curved inner radius.

17. The container of claim 16, wherein said flange comprises a width of no more than about 2.6 millimeters (about 0.1 inch).

18. The container of claim 16, wherein said base comprises a plurality of spikes thereon.