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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1997
Todd Anderson, Aurora, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A chiller device (10) for a pitcher (12) which holds a beverage (14). The pitcher (12) has a body (16) with an open top rim (18), a spout (20) on the open top rim (18) and a handle (22) on the body (16). The chiller device (10) comprises a sealed container (24) with a coolant (20) that becomes frozen is carried within the sealed container (24). A structure (28) is for maintaining the sealed container (24) with the coolant (26) within the body (16) of the pitcher (12), to keep the beverage (14) cold during a predetermined time interval. Even when the handle (22) is grasped by a hand of a person and the body (16) of the pitcher (12) tipped over to pour some of the beverage (14) from the spout (20) on the open top rim (18) into a glass, the sealed container (24) with the coolant (26) will stay within the body (16)) of the pitcher (12).