Patent ID: 6622614
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
A combination container and infuser apparatus for storing infusible substrate and brewing said infusible substrate in a separate drinking container comprising:an infusible substrate storage container having a sealable interior cavity for storing an infusible substrate prior to infusion and a top opening defined by rim section for providing access to the infusible substrate stored in said container; a lid adapted to be seated in said top opening of said container to form a fluid tight seal with said rim section to seal the storage container so that the infusible substrate may be preserved during storage; and an infuser having an other peripheral flange configured and dimensioned to be seated over said lid of said container for removable attachment to said container in a first storage position, said infuser having a protruding well portion away from said lid in said first storage position and adapted for receiving a portion of the infusible substrate when said infuser is removed from said container and inverted to a second infusion position, said well portion having a plurality of apertures for permitting infusion of the infusible substrate, said infuser further having means for retaining said infuser in said inverted second infusion position on top of said separate drinking container during infusion by said retaining means engaging the outer rim of said drinking container such that said protruding well portion extends into opening of the drinking container a sufficient distance to permit infusion of infusible substrate in said protruding well with liquid added in the separate drinking container.