Cover for beverage maker assembly

• US 20100242740A1
• Filed: 05/06/2008
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Piao I Enterprise Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shen K.U. Chun-Lan
• Inventors: Shen Ku, Chun-Lan
• Granted Patent: US 7,997,186 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 99/323
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/0605 with a valve at the filter-outlet; Anti-drip devices A47J31/0615, A47J31/0621 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/20 having immersible, e.g. rotatable, filters
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 31/4407 Lids, covers or knobs

Abstract

A beverage maker assembly includes an outer cup and an inner cup which is removably received in the outer cup. A filtering unit is received in the inner cup and communicates with a drain hole defined in a bottom of the inner cup so that the beverage can flow to the outer cup. A cover is pivotably connected to a handle of the outer cup and has an operation portion extending radially from a periphery thereof. A pivotal portion extends from the operation portion and has an elongate hole. The pivotal portion is movably engaged with a recess defined in the handle by extending a pin through the handle and the elongate hole to pivotably connect the cover to the handle. The cover is easily opened and closed relative to the outer cup.

Claims

1. A beverage maker assembly comprising:

an outer cup having a handle connected to an outside thereof and an inner cup removably received in the outer cup and rested on a top periphery of an open end of the outer cup, a filtering unit received in the inner cup and being in communication between the inner cup and the outer cup, a first cover pivotably connected to the handle and mounted to the outer cup and a second cover removably mounted to an open top end of the inner cup, characterized in that;

the handle includes a recess which defines two lugs and a passage is defined through the two lugs between which the recess is defined, the first cover has an operation portion extending radially from a periphery thereof and a pivotal portion extends from the operation portion, the pivotal portion has an elongate hole and is received in the recess, a pin extends through the passage and the elongate hole to pivotably connect the first cover to the handle.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein two curved grooves are defined in two respective insides of the two lugs of the handle and the first cover includes two bosses extending from the pivotal portion, the bosses are slidably engaged with the curved grooves.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first cover has a guide protrusion located at an inside of a peripheral wall thereof and the guide protrusion is located close to the pivotal portion.

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 3, wherein the first cover includes a thicken portion located at a position opposite to the guide protrusion.