AU5825599A

AU5825599A - Support for tea making device

Info

Publication number: AU5825599A
Application number: AU58255/99A
Authority: AU
Inventors: Chuan Jang Yeh
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1999-11-03
Filing date: 1999-11-03
Publication date: 2001-05-10

Description

AUSTRALIA

PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION NAME OF APPLICANT(S): Chuan Jang Yeh ADDRESS FOR SERVICE: c r DAVIES COLLISON CAVE Patent Attorneys 1 Little Collins Street, Melbourne, 3000.

INVENTION TITLE: Support for tea making device The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us:- O0:0.0 *0 o OP Australia 9 Documents received on: 0 3 NOV 1999 Batch No: Batch No: L la The invention relates to a support for a tea making device.

Typical tea making devices comprise a bottle having a base of metal materials which may scrape and damage the table surface and which may slip relative to the table surface.

It is accordingly an object of the present invention to provide a tea making device having an 10 anti-slip support.

According to the present invention there is *provided a tea making device comprising: a) a bottle for receiving and making tea, the bottle including a bottom portion, b) a base including an open top for receiving the .bottom portion of the bottle and a peripheral wall oooi extended downward therefrom, and c) a pad including a peripheral groove formed therein for receiving the peripheral wall of the base.

The pad includes an outer flange and an inner flange formed thereon for defining the peripheral groove between the flanges. The outer flange of the pad includes a size greater than that of the inner flange for preventing the base from being disengaged from the pad. The peripheral wall of the base includes a size greater than that of the bottle for stably supporting the bottle in place.

2 A seat is secured between the bottom portion of the bottle and the base and includes at least one rib extended therefrom for engaging with the bottle and for detachably securing the bottle in the seat. The seat includes a latch device engaged with the base for securing the seat to the base. The base includes an opening formed therein, the latch device of the seat is engaged through the opening of the base and engaged with the base for securing the seat to the base.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a tea making device; FIG. 2 is a partial exploded view of the tea making device; FIG. 3 is a partial cross sectional view taken 15 along lines 3-3 of FIG. 1; and FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial cross sectional view of the tea making device.

Referring to FIGS. 1-3, a tea making device comprises a bottle 10 of such as glass materials for receiving and making tea. A rim 11 is engaged on top of the bottle 10. A base 12 includes an open top for receiving the bottom portion of the bottle 10 and includes a downward extending peripheral wall 122 having a size greater than the bottle 10 for stably supporting the bottle 10. A handle 13 is secured between the rim 11 and the base 12. A cap 16 is engaged on the bottle 10. A screen 15 is slidably received in 3 the bottle 10. A rod 14 has one end secured to the screen 15 and the other end extended upward through the cap 16 and secured to a knob 17 which may be used to move the screen 15 upward and downward in the bottle 10. The rim 11 and/or the base 12 may be made of metal or the other materials. The base 12 includes an opening 123 formed therein (FIG. 3).

A seat 30 is engaged between the bottom portion of the bottle 10 and the base 12 and includes one or more 10 ribs 32 for engaging with the bottle 10 and for detachably securing the bottle 10 in the seat 30, and *includes one or more hooks or a peripheral latch 31 for engaging through the opening 123 of the base 12 and for securing to the base 12. The seat 30 is preferably made of heat resistive materials for preventing the heat .from being transmitted to the base 12. A pad includes a peripheral groove 21 formed between an inner flange 22 and an outer flange 23 for receiving the peripheral wall 122 of the base 12 (FIG. The pad is made of such as plastic or rubber materials for preventing the table surface from being scraped and damaged by the tea making device and for providing an anti-slip effect to the tea making device. The flange 23 includes a size or a height greater than that of the flange 22 for preventing the base 12 from being disengaged from the pad Throughout this specification and the claims which 4 follow, unless the context requires otherwise, the word "comprise", and variations such as "comprises" and "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps.

Throughout this specification and the claims which follow, unless the context requires otherwise, the word "comprise", and variations such as "comprises" and "comprising", will be understood to imply the inclusion of a stated integer or step or group of integers or steps but not the exclusion of any other integer or step or group of integers or steps.

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Claims

1. A tea making device comprising:- a) a bottle for receiving and making tea, the bottle including a bottom portion, b) a base including an open top for receiving the bottom portion of the bottle and including a peripheral wall extended downward therefrom, and c) a pad including a peripheral groove formed therein for receiving the peripheral wall of the base. 10

2. A tea making device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pad includes an outer flange and an inner flange formed thereon for defining the peripheral groove between the flanges.

3. A tea making device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the outer flange of the pad includes a size greater than that of the inner flange for preventing the base from being disengaged from the pad.

4. A tea making device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the peripheral wall of the base includes a size greater than that of the bottle for stably supporting the bottle in place.

A tea making device as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a seat secured between the bottom portion of the bottle and the base.

6. A tea making device as claimed in claim wherein the seat includes at least one rib extended therefrom for engaging with the bottle and for 6 detachably securing the bottle in the seat.

7. A tea making device as claimed in claim wherein the seat includes a latch device engaged with the base for securing the seat to the base.

8. A tea making device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the base includes an opening formed therein, the latch device of the seat is engaged through the opening of the base and engaged with the base for securing the seat to the base.

9. A tea making device substantially as herein described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Any invention described or claimed herein.

11. The steps, features, compositions and compounds disclosed herein or referred to or indicated in the individually or collectively, and any and all combinations of any two or more of said steps or features. DATED this THIRD day of NOVEMBER 1999 Chuan Jang Yeh by DAVIES COLLISON CAVE Patent Attorneys for the applicant