Patent ID: 6619507
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
In a portable beverage dispenser having a hollow body for retention of a beverage and a faucet mounted to the body adjacent a bottom of the body and extending outwardly from a side of the body, the improvement being a dispenser base assembly for supporting the bottom and the faucet above an underlying support surface, comprising:means for supporting the body and faucet mounted to the body sufficiently above a support surface to enable insertion of a serving cup beneath the faucet and above the underlying support surface including a pair of support base members attached to the body and extending forwardly of the body on opposite sides of the body; a drip tray assembly; and means for mounting the drip tray assembly to the supporting means in a location beneath the faucet for receipt of drips of beverage from the faucet, the drip tray assembly spanning a gap between and supported at least in part by the pair of forwardly extending support base members.