Patent ID: 7988019

Claim:
A combination comprising: a beverage tap faucet, having an open end with an internal surface with an internal diameter, and an external diameter, and a beverage tap plug for occupying and disinfecting, sanitizing, or cleaning the open end of the beverage tap faucet, the beverage tap plug further comprising: a support member, said support member comprising a flat base having a center, said flat base being attached to a thin post, said post defining a longitudinal axis having a base end and a distal end, and protruding outwardly from the center of said base at said base end; and a resilient absorbent member, enclosing and extending axially beyond the distal end of the post of the support member and comprising a substantially cylindrical column with an outside uncompressed diameter larger than the internal diameter of the open end of the beverage tap faucet, the flat base of the support member having an outside diameter greater than the outside uncompressed diameter of the resilient absorbent member, said absorbent member being impregnated with at least one of a disinfectant, sanitizer, and cleaner for compressed receipt and maintenance within, and chemical interaction with, the internal surface of the open end of the beverage tap faucet.