CN106659318A

CN106659318A - Disposable brewing container and lid

Info

Publication number: CN106659318A
Application number: CN201580029929.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 劳拉·布格达诺斯
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2014-06-10
Filing date: 2015-06-09
Publication date: 2017-05-10
Also published as: WO2015191642A1; AU2015274793A1; JP2017524621A

Abstract

The brewing container and lid of the present invention is sued for drinking and controllably brewing a beverage. The brewing container and lid includes a container, a lid attachable to the container, and a brewing bag. The container has V-like shaped base, and an upper edge defining an opened end. The lid has an upper side, an opening defined through the upper side for drinking the beverage, and a cup extending away from the upper side. The cup is configured to receive the brewing bag allowing a liquid in the container too steep with a brewing material in the brewing bag. The V-like shaped base enables the container and the lid attached thereto to be placed in at least two separate standing positions being a brewing position when the container is standing on one of first and second angled sides, and a non-brewing position.

Description

Disposable brewing receptacle and lid

Technical field

The present invention relates to controllably brew in a reservoir or the infusion beverage brewing receptacle that uses of aspect and lid.The container tool There is the functional shape realized using V-arrangement base portion, it allows the container to be placed as two single stand up position, a position For brewing, and another neutrality or the non-position for brewing be used to drink the beverage for soaking.

Background technology

Help brew or infusion beverage using container and Gai Lai as is generally known in the art.However, what these known devices had Have the disadvantage that they can not control soak time according to the requirement of user.

Generally, wrap by brewing or connect with tealeaves piece through tea lobe/tealeaves or holding water by the pouring in different vessels Touch and then remove container to make tea or make coffee from teacup.The problem of existing solution is to need troublesomely to before consumption Brew bag or container removes from tea, fills and clean tea bag and container and is unpractiaca and is difficult to obtain concentration just Tea.In addition, the container for including tea material is not usually that closely thus tea material is drained in tea.

Although above-mentioned equipment realizes respective specific purposes and requirement, above-mentioned patent does not describe permission and is holding The brewing receptacle and lid with infusion beverage is controllably brewed in device.

The demand to new and improved brewing receptacle and lid is accordingly, there exist, the brewing receptacle and lid can be used to hold Controllably brew and infusion beverage in device.At this point, the present invention substantially realizes the demand.In this respect, according to this Bright brewing receptacle and lid substantially mutually deviate from the traditional concept of prior art and design, and thus provide mainly For controllably brewing in a reservoir and infusion beverage and improved device.

The content of the invention

In view of disadvantages mentioned above intrinsic in now existing in the brewing receptacle and convering system of known type of the prior art, The invention provides a kind of improved brewing receptacle and lid, and overcome the disadvantages mentioned above and defect of prior art.So, with The general purpose of the invention that will be described in more detail afterwards is to provide a kind of brewing receptacle of novel improved and lid and method, its tool There are all advantages and various novel features of the prior art mentioned before this, the novel feature is produced either individually or in combination Given birth to prior art it is unexpected, not so that it is obvious, do not instruct, even not brewing receptacle in secret and lid.

In order to obtain the purpose, present invention essence include it is a kind of for drink and controllably the brewing receptacle of soaking beverage and Lid.The brewing receptacle and lid include container and are removably attachable to the lid of the top edge of container.Container has with the first one-tenth The base portion that angle side and the second angled side are characterized.The top edge of container defines the open end relative with base portion.Container is matched somebody with somebody It is set to receiving liquid.Cup of the lid with upside, on the upside of being defined through the opening of upside and extending outwardly away from.Cup is configured to removable Bag is brewed except ground is accommodated.The angled side of the first of base portion and the second angled side enable container to put with the lid for being attached to container It is placed at least two single stand up position, i.e. container is stood on one of the first angled side and the second angled side When infusion position, and non-infusion position.

The lid of the present invention may also include a pair of the walls extended towards one another from upside, and the first protrusion between wall Portion.First protuberance defines the open space being positioned above and between wall.Wall and the first protruding parts in cup with it is recessed Between sunken base portion.

Therefore the prior feature of the present invention has rather broadly been summarised so that be better understood subsequent detailed Describe in detail bright and be better understood present contribution to the art.

Lid may also include the depression base portion between opening and cup, and the base portion that is recessed is configured to work as be in and stores and non- The part for brewing bag is accommodated during infusion position.

Other features of the present invention are there are certainly, it will be described below and will form the theme of claims.

With reference to accompanying drawing, by reading hereinafter currently preferred but illustrative embodiment specifically Bright, multiple objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent for those of ordinary skill in the art.This point On, before the current embodiment of the present invention is explained in detail, it should be understood that the present invention is not limited to below in its application aspect Description in illustrate or the construction of part that is shown in the drawings and the details of arrangement.The present invention can have other embodiment simultaneously And can in a variety of ways implement and realize.Further, it should be understood that term used herein and term are the mesh for description And be not considered as restricted.

So, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that the concept that the present invention is based on can be easily used as realizing that the present invention's is more The other structures of individual purpose, the design basis of method and system.It is therefore important that claim should be believed to comprise it is this etc. Same structure, as long as these equivalent structures are without departing substantially from the spirit and scope of the invention.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a kind of brewing receptacle and lid of novel improved, it has rushing for prior art All advantages of bubble container and convering system, without its any shortcoming.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a kind of novel improved that can easily and effectively manufacture and sell is brewed Container and lid.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide the brewing receptacle and lid of a kind of novel improved, it is in terms of material and labour With low manufacturing cost, and therefore allow to provide low selling price to consuming public so that the purchase public can economically obtain To this brewing receptacle and lid.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of new brewing receptacle and lid, and it is carried to the apparatus and method of prior art Some advantages are supplied, and while has overcome usual relative some shortcomings.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of brewing receptacle for controllably brewing in a reservoir with infusion beverage And lid.This allows user to select immersion or not immersion liquid, and selects to control beverage by adjusting the gradient of container Soak time.

Finally, it is an object of the invention to provide a kind of novel improved method, it is by using liquid by vessel filling to pre- Determine liquid level to use brewing receptacle and lid.Then lid is attached to the top edge of container.Include infusion material brews Bao Ran In being inserted into the cup for covering afterwards so that infusion material is located at the inside of cup.When lid is attached to container, upside court of the cup from lid Extend to liquid.User and then tiltable container so that place on the surface the angled side of the base portion of container.Then liquid is allowed Body enters cup, so as to contact with the infusion material for brewing bag.

Appended by the present invention and formed the present invention a part claim in particularly point out the present invention this A little and other purposes, and the various novel features of the characteristic of the performance present invention.For a better understanding of the present invention, it is of the invention Service advantages and the specific purposes realized using the present invention, should refer to illustrated therein is the accompanying drawing of embodiments of the present invention with And description content.

Description of the drawings

When consider the present invention it is described further below when, be better understood with the present invention, and except being described above Other purposes outside purpose will become clear from.The explanation have references to accompanying drawing, wherein：

Fig. 1 is principle construction of the invention, brews the brewing receptacle of bag and the embodiment of lid with what is decomposed Stereogram, wherein environmental structure shown in phantom, but form any part of the present invention for required protection.

Fig. 2 is the top view of the brewing receptacle of the present invention and lid.

Fig. 3 is the sectional view of the brewing receptacle that the line 3 in Fig. 1 is intercepted and lid.

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of the amplification of the brewing receptacle of Fig. 3 and lid.

Fig. 5 is the sectional view of the base portion of the brewing receptacle that the line 5 in Fig. 3 is intercepted and lid.

Fig. 6 is the stereogram for brewing bag of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is the stereogram of the brewing receptacle and lid that brew bag in storage location.

Fig. 8 is the stereogram of the brewing receptacle and lid that brew bag in infusion position.

Fig. 9 is the sectional view in the inclined brewing receptacle of non-infusion position and lid.

Figure 10 is the sectional view in the inclined brewing receptacle of infusion position and lid.

In the various figures, identical reference refers to identical part.

Specific embodiment

With reference to the accompanying drawings, particularly referring to Fig. 1 to Figure 10, illustrate and main represent the present invention's by reference 10 The embodiment of brewing receptacle and lid.

In fig. 1 it is shown that for controllably brewing the new and improvement of the invention with infusion beverage in a reservoir Brewing receptacle and lid 10 and will be described.More specifically, brewing receptacle and lid 10 have container 12, lid 30 and punching Bubble bag 80.Brewing receptacle 12 is configured to supporting on the surface and is gripped by user, to drink liquid therein or beverage.

Container 12 is at an angle of the base portion 14 that side 18 is characterized with the first angled side 16 and second, and it is configured to angulation Assemble while container 12 are extended outwardly away from degree side.Base portion 14 has the construction of substantial V-arrangement.Container 12 has substantial cylindricality Shape, define that the open end limited by top edge and defining is configured to keep the internal capacity of liquid in addition.Container 12 may also include outer sleeve 20, and the outer sleeve 20 can be made up of insulating materials or padded coaming.It will be appreciated that the shape of container It can be any shape for limiting open end and internal capacity.Lid 30 is configured to brew bag 80 and is removably retained in and is not in Storage location in the internal capacity of container, and it is maintained at the infusion position in internal capacity.

Referring to Fig. 2 and Fig. 3, lid 30 includes the annular edge for extending outwardly away from top side 34 along 32.Annular edge can be from top along 32 Side 34 is outwards gradually oblique.The opening 36 through top side 34 is defined, when lid 30 is attached to container 12, inside opening 36 and container 12 Volume is connected.Lid 30 is divided into first of adjacent openings 36 and second relative with opening 36.

First has depression base portion 38, and it separates and extend outwardly away from top side 34 with top side 34.Depression base portion 38 include across Cross the edge that the width of lid 30 extends.A pair of walls 40 are extended towards one another from the opposite side of top side 34, while shape between them Into gap.Wall 40 extends downward depression base portion 38, to form edge.

First protuberance 42 is located between wall 40, and with the height between depression base portion 38 and the top surface of wall 40 Degree, thus define than wall 40 from depression base portion 38 be extending upwardly from less wall.The width of the first protuberance 42 is more than The width of wall 40, therefore the first protuberance 42 is extended beyond wall 40 in its side and is adjacent.

Second of lid 30 includes cup 46, and when cooperation is mounted with lid 30, the cup 46 is extended to away from the second protuberance 44 In the internal capacity of container 12.As being best shown in figs. 2 and 3, the second protuberance 44 and the first protuberance 42 Highly locate in identical, therefore the continuous protuberance from the depression of top side 42 is defined along the periphery of second.

Cup 46 includes the first wall 48, the second wall 52 and base portion 54, and the first wall and the second wall are straight or gradually oblique. First wall 48 can have substantially with annular edge along 32 corresponding shapes, or its profile can be arc.Multiple grooves 50 are limited It is set to and the first wall 48 is passed through on the longitudinal direction of the first wall 48.Second wall 52 extends from the first protuberance 42, and can connect Between the end of the first wall 48.As being best shown in figure 3, base portion 54 defines the multiple openings for passing through 56, and base portion 54 is bigger than the base portion 38 that is recessed from the distance that top side 34 extends downwardly.It is understood that when mounted groove 50 and opening 56 are connected with the internal capacity of container 12, so as to allow liquid and/or gas to pass through.

With reference to Fig. 4, lid 30 also includes raised 58, and it stretches out and parallel with top side 34 from top side 34.Raised 58 raised 58 Recess 60 is formed between the second protuberance 44.Recess 60 is sized to accommodate punching when bag 80 is brewed in storage location The card 82 of bubble bag 80.Lid 30 also includes annular ditch 62, and it is limited inside and adjacent rings edge 32 and top side 34 are joined Position.Ditch 62 is configured to securely and removably accommodate the top edge 22 for defining open end of container 12.Ditch 62 and upper Edge 22 has the correspondence profile for allowing them to interlock.Ditch 62 is configured to when annular edge buckles away from container 12 and causes along 32 Top edge 22 is allowed to discharge from ditch 62 when ditch 62 becomes big.

Gradually tiltedly being configured between the first wall 48 and container 12 for cup 46 forms gap, therefore allows liquid and/or gas to wear Cross groove 50 and enter the inside of cup 46.

As being best shown in Figure 5, base portion 14 is made up of cylindrical side wall, and it is cut with two angles, with The angled side 18 in the angled side 16 and second of manufacture first.The inside of base portion 14 can be hollow, or be filled by material, such as But it is not limited to insulating materials.It is appreciated that base portion 14 can be single element, it is attached to the bottom of container 12, so as to mark Accurate container or cup is converted into tiltable container.

With reference to Fig. 6, brewing bag 80 includes card 82 and mesh bag 88.Card is made up and including a pair of edges of rigid material 84 and limit opening bars 86.The end relative to each other of edge 84 and bars 86 is adjacent.Bars 86 are at its end Card 82 is flexibly connected at portion, and is characterized with the locking device of contact pin and groove 90.It is appreciated that other locking devices can To be but not limited to：Buckle, adhesive, and contact pin and groove 90 can be replaced using machanical fastener.

Mesh bag 88 has the open end being connected with card 82 and bars 86 so that the inside of mesh bag 88 and opening It is connected.Mesh bag 88 is configured to accommodate and keep infusion material, such as, but not limited to tealeaves wherein.

It is appreciated that container is designed to up be oriented when being held by user or being carried, and is placed on furthermore such that working as Surface or to incline when being held by user be in infusion position or non-infusion position.Therefore allow user to brew bag and be maintained at suitable Work as position, and do not continue immersion in erectly carrying or holding container.This can be provided by the design of container or be utilized and be surrounded The collar of container is providing.

It can also be understood that disposable or non-disposable data equipment can be in combination with container 12 or lid 30.The data equipment Bar code, light code, mark, RF identification (RFID) or transceiving chip can be but not limited to.User can pass through portable electronic Device scan data equipment, then can pass through application program (app) or the database on website：As method of payment, to user Send temperature signal, provide a user with soak time, temperature, health benefits, the geography information of tea growth, reward voucher, shop Loyalty points and reward are preferential etc..This kind of interaction can be highly useful, and every furthermore with what is such as drunk tea etc. It is day daily to bind brand image in virtual medium, social medium, digital media.Additionally, the present invention may include stamp cover thereon Warming ink, the ink is the ink based on nontoxic soybean.The present invention can be reusable or repeatable filling.

Best seen from as, in bag storage location, it may now be appreciated that brewing and wrapping 80 cup 46 is not on as in the figure 7 In, but be positively retained in the upper interior of lid 30.Card 82 is located in second so that the edge of card 82 is contained in recess Remain in 60 and by raised 58.In the storage location, the edge 84 of card 82 is connected with wall 40 with second Side it is adjacent or adjacent.Therefore the end of card 82 or bars 86 is supported by the first protuberance 42, and the week of card 82 While being supported by the second protuberance 44.During mesh bag 88 is therefore in first, and in the top of depression base portion 38.In the bit of storage Put, brew bag 80 and be positively retained at outside cup 46, until getting out soaking beverage.

Best seen from as, in infusion position, it is located in cup 46 it may now be appreciated that brewing and wrapping 80 as in fig. 8.User Bag 80 will be brewed to insert in cup 46 so that mesh bag is located inside cup 46, and card 82 is located at outside cup 46.Brew bag 80 Edge 84 is adjoined and supported by the second protuberance 44 with the second protuberance 44, and mesh bag is maintained inside cup 46.With second The associated recess of protuberance 44 or protuberance (not shown) can be used to that card 82 is fixed on into appropriate position on the second protuberance 44 Put.

In use, it will be appreciated that the example of the non-infusion position of container 12 is shown in Fig. 9.User be able to will be held using liquid Device 12 is filled to predetermined fluid level LL, and container 12 is placed on the S of surface.User's tiltable container 12 so that container 12 is placed In base portion 14 second is at an angle of on side 18.Container 12 can so inclined relative to surface S or angled so that cup 46 is located at Liquid level LL top, so that brew bag 80 not soaking in a liquid.Non- infusion position prevents liquid into cup 46 and therefore prevents Liquid is brewed or soaked.

In order to brew or immersion liquid, user's tiltable container 12 so that the angled side 16 of the first of base portion 14 is placed on On the S of surface.Container 12 can so inclined so that the first wall 48 of cup 46 and the bottom of the second wall 52 and base portion 54 are located at liquid Position LL lower sections.Therefore, brewing bag and 80 its mesh bag 88 can be made to be dipped in liquid in infusion position.Liquid in container 12 shows It is moved in cup 46 in the opening 56 of the groove 50 and base portion 54 that would allow through the first wall 48.Liquid in cup 46 will be started with Infusion material in mesh bag 88 is brewed or soaked.After the scheduled time, user can be tilted back into by making container 12 Non- infusion position or stand up position carry out brewing or soaking for stop liquid.User is by the inclination value residing for container 12 come simple Ground controls soak time amount and brews concentration.

Although the embodiment of brewing receptacle and lid has been described in detail, it should be understood that can make to these embodiments Modifications and changes, all these modifications and changes are each fallen within the spirit and scope of the invention.With regard to above description, should recognize To for the change for including size, material, shape, form, function and mode of operation, assemble and use, it is considered that the present invention is each Partial optimum size relation is for a person skilled in the art to be perfectly clear and it will be evident that and illustrate and illustrate in accompanying drawing All identity relations described in book are intended to comprising in the present invention.For example, can be replaced using any suitable, firm material Above-described any material, such as paper, metal, plastics, cardboard or various timber.Although having been described for controllably to rush in a reservoir Bubble and infusion beverage, although it is understood that brewing receptacle described herein and lid are further adapted for utilizing and are stored in lid and V-arrangement base Liquid in the container in portion is dissolving any material.

Therefore, above content is regarded only as the explanation of the principle of the invention.Additionally, because those skilled in the art is easy Expect carrying out various modifications and changes, therefore it is not expected that limit the invention to shown and described exact configuration and behaviour Make, and therefore all suitable modification and equivalent for falling within the scope of the present invention can be taken.

Claims

1. a kind of brewing receptacle and lid, it is used to drink and controllably soaking beverage, and the brewing receptacle and lid include：

Container, it has：Base portion, it is characterized with the first angled side and the second angled side；And top edge, its limit with The relative open end of the base portion, the container is configured to accommodate liquid；And

Lid, it is removably attachable to the top edge of the container, and the lid has：Upside；Opening, it is defined as wearing Cross the upside；And cup, it extends outwardly away from the upside, and the cup is configured to removedly accommodate and brews bag,

The angled side of described the first of wherein described base portion and the second angled side cause the container and are attached to described The lid of container can be placed at least two single stand up position, as, be at an angle of when the container stands in described first Infusion position when one of side and the second angled side are upper, and non-infusion position.

2. brewing receptacle according to claim 1 and lid, wherein, the lid also include being located at the opening and the cup it Between depression base portion.

3. brewing receptacle according to claim 1 and lid, wherein, the lid also includes：A pair of walls, it is from the upside court Extend to each other；And first protuberance, it is located between the wall, first protuberance above it and the wall it Between define open space, the wall and first protruding parts are between the cup and the depression base portion.

4. brewing receptacle according to claim 3 and lid, wherein, the cup also includes the second protuberance, and described second dashes forward Go out portion in the same plane with first protuberance.

5. brewing receptacle according to claim 4 and lid, wherein, the cup of the lid also includes：First wall, its restriction At least one groove；Second wall；And cup base portion, it limits at least one opening.

6. brewing receptacle according to claim 5 and lid, wherein, first wall extends outwardly away from second protuberance, And second wall extends from first protuberance.

7. brewing receptacle according to claim 5 and lid, wherein, it is described when the container is in the infusion position The opening of cup and at least a portion of the groove are immersed in the liquid.

8. brewing receptacle according to claim 5 and lid, wherein first wall is arc, and second wall is Flat.

9. brewing receptacle according to claim 4 and lid, wherein, second protuberance is configured to brew bag described in supporting First at least a portion so that brew bag second is contained in the cup.

10. brewing receptacle according to claim 9 and lid, wherein, the lid also includes projection, described raised on described Side is stretched out and the second protuberance positioned in spaced relation, to limit recess between described raised and described second protuberance.

11. brewing receptacles according to claim 10 and lid, wherein, the recess configuration by described into brewing described in bag The Part II of first is accommodated wherein, and the bag that brews is fixed on into storage location, and described brews the described of bag Second adjacent with the depression base portion of the lid, so as to the bag that brews is oriented in into the storage location.

12. brewing receptacles according to claim 11 and lid, wherein, in the storage location, second protuberance Hold the periphery of brew bag described first.

The method of a kind of 13. use brewing receptacles and lid, the method comprising the steps of：

A) utilize liquid by vessel filling to predetermined fluid level；

B) lid is attached to the top edge of the container；

C) bag that brews for including infusion material is inserted in the cup of the lid so that the infusion material is located at the cup In inside, wherein when the lid is attached to the container, the cup extends from the upside of the lid towards the liquid；

D) container is inclined so that place on the surface the angled side of the base portion of the container；And

E) liquid is allowed to enter the cup, to contact with the infusion material for brewing bag.

14. methods according to claim 13, also including making the container be inclined upwardly in the side contrary with step d), with From infusion material described in the liquid removal.

15. methods according to claim 13, wherein, the lid also includes the first protuberance and projects positioned at described first The second protuberance on the same level in portion, second protuberance is configured to brew at least the one of first of bag described in supporting Part so that it is described brew bag, include the second of the infusion material and be contained in the cup.