Patent ID: 6176562
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
A beverage server assembly comprising:a housing having a rear end and a reservoir therein for holding a beverage;a base including a first portion and a second portion which extends upwardly from said first portion, said first portion having a front end, said second portion having a front end, said housing being capable of being seated upon said first portion with said second portion being proximate to said rear end of said housing and said housing being capable of being removed from engagement with said base;first coupling structure extending outwardly from said rear end of said housing; andsecond coupling structure extending outwardly from said front end of said second portion of said base, said second coupling structure being engagable with said first coupling structure to prevent a top end of said housing from being tipped toward said front end of said first portion, said first and second coupling structures being disengagable from each other to allow said housing to be decoupled from said base,wherein one of said first coupling structure or said second coupling structure comprises a protrusion and the other of said first coupling structure or said second coupling structure comprises a bracket, said bracket overlapping said protrusion when said bracket and said protrusion are engaged; anda power transmitting assembly for transmitting power between said base and said housing, said power transmitting assembly being separate components from said first coupling structure and said second coupling structure.