Patent ID: 6637624
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
In a beverage dispensing urn having a hollow body, a top with an inlet for receipt of beverage, a bottom, a base for supporting the bottom above a support surface, and a dispensing faucet adjacent the bottom for dispensing beverage from the bottom, the improvement being a surface covering assembly, comprising:a relatively rigid, substantially air impermeable, movable surface-covering member with a perimeter slightly smaller than that of an interior surface of the hollow body and which generally conforms to a cross sectional shape of the interior surface; and means for mounting the movable surface-covering member within the body and on top of a top surface of the beverage within the hollow body to reduce contact of air within the body with the surface of the beverage, the mounting means including a vertical guide member located within the body, and the surface-covering member including an opening for snug sliding receipt of the vertical guide member.