Patent Application
20220225801
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The disclosure relates to steeping device and more particularly pertains to a new steeping device for steeping brewing granules that would normally be poured directly into water. The steeping device includes a pouch that contains the brewing granules and a dunking can for submerging the pouch in the water.
The prior art relates to steeping device including a variety of fluid permeable pouches that can be submerged in water for producing a beverage. The prior art also discloses a variety of beverage brewing devices that include a water container and a water soluble capsule that can be inserted into the water container for producing a beverage.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pouch which encloses brewing granules. The pouch is comprised of a fluid permeable material for submerging in a cup of water to steeping the brewing granules in the water to produce a beverage. A dunking can is provided that has a plurality of inlets each extending into an interior of the dunking can to pass the water into the dunking can when the dunking can is submerged in the cup of water. The pouch is insertable into the dunking can such that the dunking can suspends the pouch in the water for steeping. A handle is coupled to and extends upwardly from the dunking can for submerging the dunking can in the cup of water.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A dunking can 18 is provided and the dunking can 18 has a plurality of inlets 20 each extending into an interior of the dunking can 18. In this way each of the inlets 20 passes the water 16 into the dunking can 18 when the dunking can 18 is submerged in the cup of water 16. The pouch 12 is insertable into the dunking can 18 to suspend the pouch 12 in the water 16 for steeping. The dunking can 18 has a bottom wall 22 and an outer wall 24 extending upwardly therefrom, and the outer wall 24 has a distal edge 26 with respect to the bottom wall 22 defining an opening 28 into the dunking can 18 for receiving the pouch 12. The outer wall 24 may have a plurality of flaps 29 angling downwardly therefrom and each of the flaps 29 may extend along a respective one of the inlets 20.
The outer wall 24 has a front side 30, a back side 32, a first lateral side 34 and a second lateral side 36. The plurality of inlets 20 includes a set of first inlets 38 each extending through the front side 30. Additionally, the plurality of inlets 20 includes a set of second inlets 40 each extending through the back side 32. The outer wall 24 has a plurality of apertures 42 each extending into the interior of the dunking can 18 to pass water 16 into the dunking can 18. The apertures 42 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around the front side 30, the first lateral side 34 and the second lateral side 36. Additionally, the bottom wall 22 has a plurality of the apertures 42 extending therethrough to pass water 16 into the dunking can 18.
A handle 44 is provided and the handle 44 is movably coupled to the dunking can 18. As is most clearly shown in
In use, the pouch 12 is inserted into the dunking can 18 and the dunking can 18 is lowered into the cup of water 16. In this way the brewing granules 14 can be steeped, rather than poured directly, into the water 16 to produce the beverage. Thus, the beverage can be produced without the risk of spilling the brewing granules 14. The dunking can 18 may be stirred or agitated in the water 16 to enhance the process of producing the beverage. The dunking can 18 is lifted out of the water 16 and the pouch 12 is discarded after sufficient time to produce the beverage.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
