Patent ID: 7367260
Filing Date: 2008-05-06
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. An in-wall coffee making system mounted in a wall cavity of a building wall that includes framing studs, a front wall panel, and a rear wall panel, the front and rear wall panels abutting opposite sides of the framing studs, the front wall including an opening between two adjacent framing studs, the wall cavity defined as a space that is between the two adjacent framing studs of a building industry standard stud wall, the framing studs separated by approximately sixteen inches on center, the wall cavity having a depth that extends from a front face of the front wall panel to a front face of the rear wall panel, wherein the depth of the wall cavity is less than 6 inches, the in-wall coffee making system comprising: a coffee maker unit mounted in the opening, the coffee maker unit including a front frame that overlies the front wall panel, the coffee maker unit further including a unit rear wall disposed within the wall cavity in proximity to the front face of the rear wall panel, the front frame shaped to provide a coffee pot cavity that extends depthwise from the front frame toward the unit rear wall, the coffee pot cavity arranged to support a coffee pot in a position that is at least partially within the wall cavity; an electrical power supply that is external to the coffee maker unit and electrically connected to the coffee maker unit by wiring within the wall cavity; and a building water supply that is external to the coffee maker unit and that is connected to the coffee maker unit by water plumbing within the wall cavity.