Patent ID: 8734874

Claim:
An individual serving brewed beverage lid, comprising: a shell including a well chamber formed therein and a rim surrounding the well chamber, said rim including an opening therethrough; a beverage pod including an individual dose of product, said beverage pod being sized to be received in said well chamber, including an upper surface disposed distally from a floor of said well chamber; a feed mechanism disposed above said beverage pod in the beverage lid, said feed mechanism being configured to distribute a liquid received in said feed mechanism to the upper surface of said beverage pod, said feed mechanism including only a single inlet port for receiving hot water into said feed mechanism, said single inlet port including a self-sealing valve configured to receive a fluid tube therethrough to provide hot water into said feed mechanism and to automatically close after the fluid tube has been removed therefrom; said feed mechanism including a screen assembly by which a liquid provided to said screen assembly is gravity fed to the upper surface of said beverage pod; and said screen assembly includes a gate lid, a transfer screen and a screen chamber formed therebetween, such that a liquid poured through said gate lid is provided into said screen chamber and to said transfer screen.