Mechanism and top for personal beverage press

• US 8,051,766 B1
• Filed: 03/26/2008
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Black Design Associates, LLC
• Original Assignee: Black Design Associates, LLC
• Inventors: Montano, Manuel A., Yu, Henry K.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALEXANDER, REGINALD
• Application Number:
  US12/056,270
• Time in Patent Office: 1,322 Days
• Field of Search: 992/97, 992/87, 100/116, 100/125, 220/625, 220/23.87
• US Class Current: 99/297
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/20 having immersible, e.g. rotatable, filters

Abstract

There is an apparatus for brewing and making a personal beverage, which combines an independently sliding filter apparatus and a push button opening and closing mechanism, which coordinate vertically applied pressure and controlled rotational movement.

Claims

1. An apparatus for brewing a liquid beverage with a beverage flavoring material comprising:

a cup having an open top end and a closed bottom end;

a sidewall extends from the bottom end to the open top end of the cup;

a lid removably engages the open top end of the cup;

the lid having a first lid opening and a second lid opening;

the second lid opening is centrally disposed;

the lid having a first lid end and a second lid end;

a shaft, which slidably engages the centrally disposed second lid opening;

the shaft has a first shaft end and a second shaft end;

the first shaft end has an activation button;

the second shaft end has a filter assembly;

the lid further comprising an opening and closing mechanism for the first lid opening;

the opening and closing mechanism comprising;

a handle platform having a first handle platform end and a second handle platform end and a centrally located handle platform opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the first handle platform end being able to engage the activation button;

a cog structure, which can rotate around a vertical axis of the shaft;

said cog structure having a first cog end and a second cog end and a centrally located cog structure opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the second cog end being able to removably engage the second handle platform end and the second lid end;

a plunger structure with a first plunger end and a second plunger end and a centrally located plunger opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

a spring;

a spring housing with a first spring housing end and a second spring housing end and a centrally located spring housing opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the first spring housing end is removably connected to the second lid end;

the spring is placed between the second spring housing end and the second end of the plunger,

whereby the sliding shaft allows movement of the filter apparatus to be moved from a first elevation to a lower second elevation to separate the beverage flavoring material from the liquid beverage and the opening and closing mechanism can assume a first closed position to a second open position.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the filter assembly comprises a first filter housing and a second filter housing;

between the first and second filter housings, there is a flexible check valve and a filter.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lid has a third lid opening.

4. An apparatus for brewing a liquid beverage with a beverage flavoring material comprising

a cup having an open top end and a closed bottom end;

a sidewall extends from the bottom end to the open top end of the cup;

a lid, which removably engages the open top end of the cup;

the lid having a first lid opening and a second lid opening;

the lid further having a third lid opening, which is centrally disposed;

the lid having a first lid end and a second lid end;

a hollow shaft slidably engages the centrally disposed second lid opening;

the shaft has a first shaft end and a second shaft end;

the first shaft end has an activation button;

the second shaft end has a filter assembly;

the filter assembly comprises a first filter housing and a second filter housing;

between the first and second filter housings, there is a flexible check valve and a filter;

the lid further comprising an opening and closing mechanism for the first and the second lid openings;

the opening and closing mechanism having;

a handle platform having a first handle platform end and a second handle platform end and a centrally located handle platform opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the first handle platform end being able to engage the activation button;

a cog structure, which can rotate around a vertical axis of the shaft;

said cog structure having a first cog end and a second cog end and a centrally located cog structure opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the second cog end being able to removably engage the second handle platform end and the second lid end;

a gasket;

a plunger structure with a first plunger end and a second plunger end and a centrally located plunger opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

said gasket is fixedly attached to the first plunger end and can removably contact said first and second lid openings;

a spring;

a spring housing with a first spring housing end and a second spring housing end and a centrally located spring housing opening, which can slidably engage the shaft;

the first spring housing end is removably connected to the second lid end;

the spring is placed between the second spring housing end and the second end of the plunger;

whereby the sliding shaft allows movement of the filter apparatus to be moved from a first elevation to a lower second elevation to separate the beverage flavoring material from the liquid beverage and the opening and closing mechanism can assume a first closed position to a second open position.