Patent ID: 7591218

Claim:
A brewing substance retaining container for use in a heated water brewer, the container comprising: a first hollow portion; a second hollow portion; a cavity defined between the inside of the first hollow portion and the inside of the second hollow portion when the first and second portions are assembled to hold a brewing substance in the cavity; openings in spaced apart faces of the first and second portions; water permeable material covering the openings for allowing water to flow from the brewer through the first portion and flow into brewing substance retained in the cavity and to allow beverage to flow out of the second portion; locking structure cooperatively positioned on corresponding portions of the first and second portions to permit releasably engagable locking of the first and second portions to retain a quantity of brewing substance in the cavity for use in brewing a beverage; and wherein the beverage substance retaining container is retained in a brewing chamber in a heated water brewer for receiving heated water dispensed under pressure through the water permeable material in the first portion for infusing the beverage substance in the container and allowing the beverage to flow out through the water permeable material in the second portion.