1. Field of the Invention
The present invention is generally related to a teapot, and more particularly to the teapot enabling a tea bag to be placed outside water.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Traditionally, the tea bag needs to soak in the water all the while to make tea. When use a small teapot to make tea, in order to avoid the overly steep, the tea bag must be thrown away after slightly using. That is a squander. In this circumstance, the tea bag could be reused. Limiting to the teapot design of the prior art, it is inconvenient to place the tea bag and the water individually. For above-mentioned reasons, the more prefect design is needed.
In view of the above background and in order to fulfill the requirements of industry, a new teapot is provided in the present invention.
One subject of the present invention is to provide a teapot. The teapot comprises a teapot body, a loading plate, a handle and an upper top. The teapot body has an open part and a chink, the open part dents inward for composing an inner space in the teapot body. Besides, the chink sweeps downward from the edge of the open part. The loading plate crossly sites under the open part. The handle sites on the outside of the teapot body and moreover have a salient part and a sweep part. Besides, the salient part is protrusive from the edge of the open part to the inner of the open part, and the sweep part stretches from the top of the salient part to the inner of the open part. The upper top has a guarding skirt, and the guarding skirt fits with the open part. The guarding skirt has a gap corresponding to the chink, wherein the upper top forms an external edge around the guarding skirt. The external edge comprises a buckle space and the site of the buckle space is corresponding to the salient part, even the buckle space can contain the salient part.
What is probed into the invention is teapot. Detail descriptions of the structure and elements will be provided in the following in order to make the invention thoroughly understood. Obviously, the application of the invention is not confined to specific details familiar to those who are skilled in the art. On the other hand, the common structures and elements that are known to everyone are not described in details to avoid unnecessary limits of the invention. Some preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in greater detail in the following. However, it should be recognized that the present invention can be practiced in a wide range of other embodiments besides those explicitly described, that is, this invention can also be applied extensively to other embodiments, and the scope of the present invention is expressly not limited except as specified in the accompanying claims.
The teapot body 200 has an open part and a chink 242, the open part dents inward for composing an inner space 204 in the teapot body 200, besides, the chink 242 sweeps downward from the edge of the open part, and the loading plate 230 crossly sites under the open part.
Further, the handle 210 sites on the outside of the teapot body 200 and moreover have a salient part 212 and a sweep part 2122. Besides, the salient part 212 is protrusive from the edge of the open part to the inner of the open part, and the sweep part 2122 stretches from the top of the salient part 212 to the inner of the open part, wherein the buckle space 102 fits with the salient part 212.
Moreover, an upper top 100 has a guarding skirt 110, and the guarding skirt 110 fits with the open part. The guarding skirt 110 has a gap 112 corresponding to the chink 242, wherein the upper top 100 forms an external edge around the guarding skirt 110. The external edge has a buckle space 102 and the site of the buckle space 102 is corresponding to the salient part 212, even the buckle space 102 can contain the salient part 212. Additionally, the teapot according to this embodiment further comprises a stem 104 deposited above the upper top 100.
Furthermore, the spout 220 has an outlet, the outlet sites outside the teapot body 200.
In one preferred example according to this embodiment, as shown in
In another preferred example according to this embodiment, the teapot further comprises a chink pad 240 sited upper the chink 242. The chink pad 240 dents downward and the chink 242 is wrapped by the chink pad 240. The mentioned chink pad 240 is constructed of an elastic material. When a tea bag 300 is placed in the inner space 204, as shown in
In still another preferred example according to this embodiment, the teapot further comprises a loading plate 230. The loading plate 230 is sited under the chink 242. The loading plate 230 keeps a second distance from the open part, and the stretching height downward from the upper top 100 to the guarding skirt 110 is small than or equal to the second distance. A loading space 202 is formed by the loading plate 230 and the open part, and the loading space 202 can be used to place tea bags, as shown in
In view of the above, even covering the open part with the upper top 100, as shown in
Obviously many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings. It is therefore to be understood that within the scope of the appended claims the present invention can be practiced otherwise than as specifically described herein. Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that many modifications of the present invention may be made without departing from what is intended to be limited solely by the appended claims.