Patent ID: 9622614
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A47J

Claim:
1. A device for use in combination with a portafilter that aids in transferring of coffee grounds into a portafilter basket thereby reducing coffee ground waste during such transfer, the device comprising: a ring shaped guide portion for directing coffee grounds towards the portafilter basket, wherein the ring shaped guide portion comprises an upper end and a lower end, wherein the upper end funnels the coffee grounds into the portafilter basket and the lower end comprises at least one cut out portion which allows the ring shaped guide portion lower end to mate and engage with a top rim of the portafilter basket; wherein the ring shaped guide portion defines a frustoconical surface, the frustoconical surface extending between the upper end and the lower end of the ring shaped guide portion, the lower end of the ring shaped guide portion circumscribes the top rim of the portafilter basket when the lower end of the ring shaped guide portion is mated and engaged with the portafilter basket; and wherein opposing sides of the frustoconical surface are spaced further apart at the upper end of the ring shaped guide portion than at the lower end of the ring shaped guide portion; and a handle attached to the ring shaped guide portion.