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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Service Ideas, Inc., Woodbury, MN (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin A. Van Voorhis, St. Paul, MN (US);
Thomas A. Wendt, Colfax, WI (US);
Joseph J. Krawczyk, Hugo, MN (US);
Michael J. Store, Savage, MN (US);
Assignee:
Service Ideas, Inc., Woodbury, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/20 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 31/20 (2013.01); A47J 31/007 (2013.01); A47J 31/0636 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for simultaneous brewing and beverage dispensing, in which a brew basket is positionable in a beverage dispenser to permit brewing. The brew basket includes a novel shape that permits it to take advantage of current beverage dispenser configurations to ease the brewing process.