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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2012
Liberatore A. Trombetta, Ancaster, CA;
Christopher Douglas Meffen, Bolton, CA;
Scott Hanneson, Mississauga, CA;
Daud Ahmed Khan, Whitby, CA;
Yucheng Fu, Guelph, CA;
Dennis Dwight Paynter, Grapevine, TX (US);
Liberatore A. Trombetta, Ancaster, CA;
Christopher Douglas Meffen, Bolton, CA;
Scott Hanneson, Mississauga, CA;
Daud Ahmed Khan, Whitby, CA;
YuCheng Fu, Guelph, CA;
Dennis Dwight Paynter, Grapevine, TX (US);
2266170 ONTARIO INC., Mississauga, ON, CA;
Abstract
A beverage capsule has a body, a filter disposed in the body, ingredients disposed in the filter and a cover. The body includes a side wall that extends from an end wall to an opening that is covered by the cover. A boss extends into the interior space from the end wall inwardly of an extraction region. In one embodiment, the boss defines an engagement surface having a plurality of arms for engaging a bottom portion of the filter during use. In another embodiment, the boss engages the filter to define a tented filter zone wherein an inner portion of the filter is spaced a further distance from the end wall than an outer portion of the filter. In another embodiment, a diffusing surface is disposed in the body downstream of where a fluid is intended to enter the opening of the capsule during use with a beverage preparing machine.