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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Arne Benjamin Colman, Notts, GB;
Terence Graham Curtis, Bucks, GB;
David Andrew Dalton, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel Scott, Berkshire, GB;
Arne Benjamin Colman, Notts, GB;
Terence Graham Curtis, Bucks, GB;
David Andrew Dalton, Loveland, OH (US);
Daniel Scott, Berkshire, GB;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A closure mechanism particularly useful in a brewing device includes a cover member rotatably disposed above the brewing device. A slider member is slidably disposed within an interior cavity of the cover member and has one or more tabs which may extend outside of the interior cavity. The brewing device has one or more receptacles for receiving the tabs when the cover member is closed. A lid member on top of the cover member may push the tabs into the receptacles through a link member. A release arm is disposed within the brewing device and has at least one blocker which releasably holds a tab of the slider member within a receptacle when the cover member is closed.