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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2001
C. Laron Boyte, Collins, MS (US);
Donald R. Ivy, Waynesboro, MS (US);
Mahmoud F. Ismail, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Sunbeam Products, Inc., Boca Raton, FL (US);
Abstract
A coffee carafe with a hidden handle support. The handle support is an annular band that extends around a rim of a glass jar for the coffee carafe. An annular collar fits over the annular band, hiding the handle support from view. The annular collar includes a pour spout and an annular flange that extends against an inside surface of the rim of the glass jar. A silicon adhesive or other suitable bonding agent is used to hold the annular collar in place. The use of the annular collar provides strong support for the handle. In addition, because the bonding agent that holds the annular flange in position against the glass jar does not have to support the handle, materials other than acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plastic may be used for the annular collar and the handle. For example, polypropylene may be used as the material for these two components.