Patent ID: 7677157
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A hot beverage maker comprising: a stand; a water reservoir; a filter basket to hold beverage grinds to be brewed; a brewed beverage tank for holding a brewed beverage; a dispenser for dispensing the brewed beverage from the brewed beverage tank; and a floating brewed beverage level indicator comprising a buoyant portion located within the brewed beverage tank and adapted to float on a surface of the brewed beverage, an indicating portion adapted to protrude through an aperture in a wall of the hot beverage maker, and a connecting portion adapted to traverse a top edge of a wall of the brewed beverage tank to connect the buoyant portion and the indicating portion; wherein a position of the protruding portion relative to the aperture varies as an amount of the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank varies, such that the position indicates the amount of the brewed beverage in the brewed beverage tank.