Mighty Leaf Tea

Qualcomm Incorporated

Adaptec, Inc.

Brewbot, Inc.

Michael Barry

Jill Portman

Gary Shinner

Wai-Loong Lim

Tark Abed

Stephen S Carter

Raymond J McKinnon, Jr

Paul R Johnson

Jon L Korecki

Jason Ivan

Roger Bishop

Ray McKinnon

Pamela Schure

Jeff J Rhine

Gary L Waymire

Gene Pitkin

Steve Tidwell

John Hoving

Earl Daley

Kim Haile

Robert C Hall

Mark Senatori

Shane Washburn

Apparatus and methods for the individual controlled preparation of a beverage from one or more beverage bags within a variety of containers and the quick and sanitary storage of the bag or bags once the beverage preparation has been completed. Preferably, the beverage preparation and bag storage apparatus is sized and shaped to be seated on the lip of a container to cover the mouth of the container. The apparatus includes a raised container lid bag retention structure that is openable or open such that at least a portion of the beverage bag may be drawn within and thereby retained in a position elevated above the beverage so that the beverage can be sampled and consumed even with the apparatus in place on the container and the bag or bags retained within the apparatus. One embodiment of such apparatus includes a rounded raised area having a patterned area, such as weakenings formed in or perforations or incisions cut through the flexible cover panel, that can be opened partially or completely to provide a string/tag securing aperture or completely to provide a bag retention aperture by the application of respectively increasing amounts of pressure at the patterned area.

Raised container lid or beverage preparation and beverage bag retention

Systems and methods for brewing beverages in accordance with the present invention can improve the flavor of brewed beverages and reduce the vertical space required for a system using suction. One such assembly comprises a brewing chamber adapted to hold a filter having an intake duct for receiving fluid for brewing, and an output duct for expelling a brewed beverage. The brewing chamber is positioned above a pressurizable container, or carafe, having an adjustable standpipe and containing the fluid. The carafe has a heated base, which when heated causes pressure to build up, forcing the fluid up the standpipe, through a check valve, through the intake duct and into the filter. Once substantially all of the fluid has been urged into the brew chamber, the heat is removed, creating a partial vacuum that pulls the brewed beverage back into the carafe. This description is not intended to be a complete description of, or limit the scope of, the invention. Other features, aspects, and objects of the invention can be obtained from a review of the specification, the figures, and the claims.

System and method for brewing beverages

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Palo Alto, CA, United States of America

Michael Barry