Patent ID: 6283605
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: A47G,F25D,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for beverages comprising a beverage vessel having:(a) an optically transparent housing having a cylindrical portion extending between a top circular edge and a bottom circular edge, the bottom circular edge having an inner circular recess forming an inner circular shoulder, the housing having a circular dividing platform forming an upper compartment and a lower compartment of the beverage vessel, the lower compartment having a volume determined approximately by a height between the bottom circular edge and the circular dividing platform and a diameter of the cylindrical portion, and(b) a base having a cylindrical base portion, the cylindrical base portion having an upper circular edge, the upper circular edge engaging the inner circular recess and abutting the inner circular shoulder, the base having a circular base bottom parallel to the circular dividing platform and in a spaced apart planar relation from the bottom circular edge of the cylindrical portion of the housing so that the volume of the lower compartment is increased by an amount determined approximately by second height between the bottom circular edge and the circular base bottom and a diameter of the cylindrical base portion and wherein a volume of the upper compartment is greater than the volume of the lower compartment of the beverage vessel.