Patent ID: 7845522
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: B67D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A disposable beverage dispenser comprising: at least one enclosure adapted to couple to and extend into the top of a beverage container having a top and a bottom and containing a gas cartridge, a gas cartridge piercer and a pressure regulator disposed adjacent the gas cartridge and configured to controllably pierce the gas cartridge to provide gas under pressure to the pressure regulator, the pressure regulator having a pressure regulator output configured to couple to the interior of a beverage container, and a beverage dispenser head, the beverage dispenser head being coupled to a flexible tube extending through the at least one enclosure, the disposable beverage dispenser being configured and positioned relative to the container top so as to not interfere with the stacking of multiple beverage containers for storage, the dispenser head being disposed in the at least one enclosure entirely below a top surface of the beverage container, and being removable from the at least one enclosure for operation as a beverage dispenser with the beverage container resting on its bottom, the flexible tube having a sufficient length to allow removal of the beverage dispenser head from the at least one enclosure while still extending through the at least one enclosure.