Patent Publication Number: US-10772458-B2

Title: Rollable beverage brewing assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to brewing devices and more particularly pertains to a new brewing device for brewing hot beverages at any location and charging electronic devices. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, a control circuit being coupled to the housing and a plurality of rollers that are each rotatably coupled to the housing for rolling along a support surface. a handle is slidably coupled to the housing for rolling the housing on the rollers for transporting the housing. A brewer is positioned in the housing for brewing a hot beverage such as coffee or tea and the brewer is electrically coupled to the control circuit. A charging unit is coupled to the housing and a plurality of electronic devices may be electrically coupled thereto for charging the electronic devices. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of a rollable beverage brewing assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure being rolled along a support surface. 
         FIG. 4  is a front phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a right side phantom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new brewing device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the rollable beverage brewing assembly  10  generally comprises a housing  12  that has a top wall  14 , a bottom wall  16 , a front side  18 ; the housing  12  is hollow, the front side  18  has a first opening  20  extending into an interior of the housing  12  and the front side  18  has a second opening  22  extending into the interior of the housing  12 . A control circuit  24  is coupled to the housing  12  and a plurality of rollers  26  is each rotatably coupled to the housing  12  for rolling along a support surface  28 . Each of the rollers  26  is positioned on the bottom wall  16  and a foot  30  is coupled to the bottom wall  16  of the housing  12 . The foot  30  supports the housing  12  in an upright position on the support surface  28  when the housing  12  is stationary. 
     A handle  32  is slidably coupled to the housing  12  for rolling the housing  12  on the rollers  26  for transporting the housing  12 . The handle  32  comprises a central member  34  extending between a pair of end members  36 . Each of the end members  36  is slidably coupled to the top wall  14  of the housing  12  such that the central member  34  is urgeable away from the top wall  14  for gripping the central member  34 . A cushion  38  is positioned around the central member  34  for enhancing gripping the central member  34  and the cushion  38  is centrally positioned between the end members  36 . 
     A brewer  40  is positioned in the housing  12  for brewing a hot beverage such as coffee or tea. The brewer  40  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  24  and the brewer  40  may be an electric basket type brewer  40  of any conventional design. A reservoir  42  is positioned within the housing  12  for containing water and the reservoir  42  is fluidly coupled to the brewer  40  for supply water for brewing the hot beverage. A touch screen  44  is coupled to the housing  12  and the touch screen  44  is electrically coupled to the control circuit  24 . The touch screen  44  controls operational parameters of the brewer  40  and the touch screen  44  displays indicia comprising the operational parameters of the brewer  40 . An access panel  45  is hingedly coupled to the housing  12  for accessing the reservoir  42 . 
     A charging unit  46  is coupled to the housing  12  and a plurality of electronic devices can be electrically coupled to the charging unit  46  for charging the electronic devices. The electronic devices may be smart phones, laptop computers and any other type of rechargeable electronic device. The charging unit  46  comprises a plurality of output charge ports  48  that is each recessed into the top wall  14  of the housing  12 . Each of the output charge ports  48  has a respective one of the electronic devices electrically coupled thereto for charging. Each of the output charge ports  48  may comprise a usb port or the like. 
     At least one battery  50  is positioned within the housing  12  and each of the output charge ports  48  is electrically coupled to the at least one battery  50  for charging the electronic devices. An input charge port  52  is coupled to the housing  12  and the input charge port  52  is electrically coupled to the at least one battery  50 . The input charge port  52  is electrically coupled to a power source  54  for recharging the at least one battery  50 . The input charge port  52  may comprise a usb port or the like and the power source  54  may be a battery  50  charger or the like. 
     A door  56  is hingedly coupled to the front side  18  of the housing  12 , the door  56  is aligned with the first opening  20  and the door  56  closes the first opening  20  when the door  56  is closed. The door  56  exposes the first opening  20  when the door  56  is opened and the door  56  is comprised of a translucent material. A pair of compartments  58  is each coupled to the housing  12  for storing accessories for brewing the hot beverage. A drawer  60  is slidably coupled to the housing  12  for storing accessories for brewing the hot beverage and the drawer  60  is positioned in the second opening  22  in the front side  18  of the housing  12 . The drawer  60  has a forward wall  62 , the forward wall  62  is aligned with the front side  18  when the drawer  60  is closed and a grip  64  is coupled to the forward wall  62  of the drawer  60  for gripping. 
     In use, the handle  32  is gripped, the housing  12  is tipped onto the rollers  26  and the housing  12  is rolled to a selected destination. In this way the hot beverage can be brewed at any time, and at any location, such as a sporting event or other gathering. The reservoir  42  is filled with water and the brewer  40  is employed in the conventional manner of coffee makers to brew coffee, tea or other hot beverage. Additionally, an electronic device can be charged with the charging unit  46  thereby facilitating the electronic device to be recharged at any time and at the selected destination. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.