Patent ID: 7464836
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
1. A beverage dispenser for prohibiting unauthorized tampering of fluid housed therein, said beverage dispenser comprising: a container having a ribbed outer surface and a chamfered portion formed therein, said outer surface being formed from fluid impermeable material and having a longitudinal axis centrally disposed thereto such that said outer surface is equidistantly and radially offset from the axis; a manually operable spout in fluid communication with said container and interfitted within said chamfered portion such that a user may nest a beverage container subjacent said spout and adjoined to said chamfered portion during operating conditions; an annular lid centrally registerable with the axis and conforming to a top opening of said container such that said annular lid becomes conjoined with said container for effectively isolating undesirable foreign debris from the fluid housed with the cavity; and means for removably locking said annular lid to said container such that a user may completely detach and remove said annular lid from said container by articulating said lid to an open position and thereafter vertically lift said lid along a linear travel path defined parallel to the longitudinal axis of said container.