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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Phillip L Brookshire, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert A Demars, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
David Dinunzio, Mentor, OH (US);
Spencer L Mackay, Agoura Hills, CA (US);
Joseph F Moore, Richmond, VA (US);
Craig Weidman, Wooster, OH (US);
Assignee:
Healthometer, Inc., Bedford Hts., OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
99295 ; 99300 ; 9930 / ; 99306 ; 99316 ;
Abstract
A device for automatically brewing and holding tea has a water reservoir and a combined water reservoir inlet and heated water distributor attached to and extending forward from the water reservoir, a base for holding a hot tea receptacle under the combined water reservoir inlet and heated water distributor. A hot tea receptacle especially adapted for use with the device has a flat bottom surface for optimal heat transfer from the base to the receptacle.