Patent ID: 8250970
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A holder for use in a beverage maker, the beverage maker including a body, a base and an upper portion generally extending from the body over the base, the upper portion comprising a drawer, the drawer comprising a holder releasably retainable on the upper portion of the beverage maker and retaining a beverage making substance for use in a beverage making process, the holder including at least one wall, a floor extending from the wall, the wall and floor at least partially defining a cavity in the holder, a drain extending through the floor and communicating with the cavity, an insert removably positionable in the holder for positioning a beverage making substance above at least a portion of the floor, the insert having a unitary single piece construction having an upper portion and a single extension projecting from an underside of the upper portion, the upper portion having at least one liquid permeable portion for allowing beverage to flow from the brewing substance retained thereon, the upper portion being removably positionable in the cavity and overlying at least a portion of the floor of the holder, the liquid permeable portion permitting the flow of fluid from a beverage substance from an area above the upper portion to the drain into a lower area of the cavity defined between the underside of the upper portion and the floor for allowing brewed beverage to flow through the liquid permeable portion of the upper portion and towards the drain in the floor, the upper portion having a plurality of generally radially extending arms along the upper section extending from the single extension to the underside of the upper portion, openings defined between neighboring arms for providing holes through which beverage is drained; the center of the single extension extending from the underside of the upper portion and extending axially through the drain for releasably engaging the holder, the single extension being dimensioned and positioned for extending into the drain generally along a central axis of the drain with an end extending from the drain spaced from the upper portion, the end being enlarged relative to the drain for engaging a rim on the outside of the drain, the extension having a blade shape having an elongated width dimension and a central axis extending coaxially with the central axis of the drain for promoting a columnate flow of beverage from the holder.