Patent ID: 7565860
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: A47J

Abstract:
1. A device for brewing a variety of hot decanted beverages, said device comprising: an obliquely shaped base member having substantially planar top and bottom surfaces, said base member being portable between remote locations; a plurality of decanters removably positional on said top surface of said base member, each said decanters including a removable lid directly conjoined therewith; means for simultaneously brewing a plurality of hot decanted beverages, said simultaneous brewing means being directly attached to said top surface of said base member and including a housing having a central region vertically extending upwardly from said base member, said simultaneous brewing means further including a pair of isolated reservoirs monolithically formed with said central region and oppositely spaced therefrom such that said decanters can simultaneously receive the hot decanted beverages therein while being supported on said base member, each said reservoir including a spout positioned along a bottom edge thereof; and means for securely abutting one said decanters against said simultaneous brewing means such that a user can readily transport said one decanter while gripping only said simultaneous brewing means during transporting procedures, said one decanter being firmly maintained in a vertically oriented manner so that the hot decanted beverage stored therein will not spill out of said one decanter; wherein said simultaneous brewing means comprises: at least one discharge valve in fluid communication with one said reservoirs and positioned therebeneath for becoming directly intercalated between said decanters and said one reservoir, said discharge valve comprising a lever directly connected thereto in such a manner that said discharge valve can be manually engaged and disengaged with one said spout during operating conditions; and a stem directly conjoined to said at least one discharge valve, said stem being sized and shaped for medially supporting said at least one discharge valve along a top surface thereof, said top surface of said stem being beveled and defining a groove along which the hot decanted beverage can pass, said groove having an annular shape and sloping downwardly from said top surface of said stem, said groove vertically passing downwardly through said stem for directing the hot decanted beverage into said one decanter.