Patent ID: 9572452
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A47J,B65B,B65D

Claim:
1. A holder for a single serving cartridge, the holder comprising: a holder base having a floor and walls and an open top for receiving the single serving cartridge; a holder lid attachable to close the open top of the holder base to form an assembled cartridge holder after receiving the single serving cartridge in the holder base, wherein the attached holder lid is configured to retain the single serving cartridge in the holder base and to allow entry of liquid into the cartridge holder through the holder lid; a holder interior defined by the floor and the walls of the holder base and the holder lid, the holder interior configured to contain a single serving of brewing material contained in the single serving cartridge when the single serving cartridge is retained in the holder; the assembled cartridge holder engagable with a coffee maker to make a serving of coffee, and the assembled cartridge holder dis-engagable from the coffee maker after each time the serving of coffee is prepared, and disassembleable after dis-engagement from the coffee maker to dispose of the used single serving cartridge and re-use the holder; and a readable identification feature fixed to the single serving cartridge and attached to the holder by retaining the single serving cartridge in the holder, the readable identification feature readable by the coffee maker whenever the assembled holder containing the single serving cartridge is engaged with the coffee maker; and the readable identification feature at least one of: