Patent ID: 7980422

Claim:
In a portable beverage dispenser having an opaque, insulated, non-electrically heated, hollow body with a closed bottom, atop with an inlet for receipt of a beverage for containing a multiple servings of the beverage and means for selectively dispensing servings of the consumable liquid from within the body, the improvement being an electronic level display assembly, comprising: an electronic liquid level sensor assembly mounted to the hollow body and in sensing relationship with the consumable liquid within the hollow body to sense a plurality of different liquid levels; an electronic display mounted to the hollow body and facing laterally outwardly from the hollow body for ease of viewing from a lateral position spaced from the side hollow body; a controller responsive to the electronic liquid level sensor for controlling the electronic display to show an indication of the plurality of different liquid levels in response to the electronic liquid level sensor assembly; and a portable power supply carried by the hollow body for providing a source of operating energy for both the electronic liquid level sensor assembly and the electronic display, said portable power source being the only source of electrical power of the portable dispensing urn assembly.