Patent ID: 6405638
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
A hot drink steeping pot for receiving a flavoring agent and hot fluid therein, comprising:a jug formed with two passages formed opposedly on a rim thereof; a cover mountable on the rim of the jug and formed with two recesses corresponding to the passages of the jug; a strainer adapted for receiving the flavoring agent, and a pivot device including two opposed handles extending from the strainer, each handle comprising a resilient tube with a distal end and an end face, a stub extending from the end face, a rod integrally extending from within the tube and protruding from the distal end of the tube, and a tube formed on a top of the rod, wherein the resilient tube has an upper portion formed with longitudinal ridges, the handles being respectively and rotatably received in the recesses or the cover and the passages of the jug, wherein the strainer is pivotally mountable between the combined jug and the cover, the strainer is extendable between a lowered position and a secured raised position whereby in the lowered position the strainer is rested in the jug and the flavoring agent is steeped in the hot fluid, and in the secured raised position the strainer is rested in the cover and the flavoring agent is suspended above the jug.