Patent ID: 8231030

Claim:
A beverage dispenser, comprising: a dispenser body with an open top with a top edge and a removable closure for closing the open top, a bottom beneath the top, surrounding walls including a front wall extending between the top and the bottom and having a middle between the top and the bottom, and means supporting the bottom above a support surface; a drain hole in the bottom; and a manually operable, drain valve actuator assembly including a manually engagable drain actuator releasably, pivotally mounted to the front wall at a location adjacent to the top but spaced beneath the top edge and spaced from the middle of the front wall and from the drain hole; a movable valve member connected directly to the drain actuator and having a plug receivable in blocking engagement within the drain hole to close the drain hole, manual pivoting the manually engagable actuator toward the front wall relative to the body to raise the plug out of blocking engagement with the drain hole to allow beverage within the dispenser body to drain out of the drain hole.