Patent ID: 8584576

Claim:
A portable automatic beverage brewing device consisting of a unitary drinking vessel comprising a plurality of components including: a) a liquid container having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a vertical axis, a depth, and a volume; b) at least two guide channels extending at least a portion of the depth along the interior surface of the liquid container; c) a heating element; d) a receptacle for receiving infusible material configured in the top of the drinking vessel and configured to translate down and into said liquid container comprising: i. a plurality of guide elements configured to align with and couple with said at least two guide channels to guide said receptacle when said receptacle is translated down into said liquid container; ii. a threaded hole; e) liquid temperature sensor; f) a heating element temperature sensor; g) a power supply; h) an on/off button; i) a controller; j) a base configured under said liquid container; k) an electric motor; l) a threaded shaft extending from said base and up through said liquid container and into said threaded hole in said receptacle; and m) a drinking port, wherein said plurality of components are attached to said drinking vessel, wherein the threaded shaft is centrally coupled to said electric motor and with said threaded hole in said receptacle, wherein said plurality of guide elements couple with said at least two guide channels to prevent said receptacle from turning when said threaded shaft turns within said threaded hole, whereby the electric motor turns the threaded shaft and said threaded shaft turns within said threaded hole to translate the receptacle into and out of a liquid within said liquid container, wherein said controller of the automatic beverage brewing device is configured to automatically translate the receptacle into and out of a liquid contained within the liquid container, thereby brewing a beverage for consumption directly from said portable and automatic beverage brewing device.