Patent · US Expired

Tea maker

US6805040B1 · kind B1 · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateApr 27, 2004
Grant dateOct 19, 2004
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 27, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J31/14
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An tea maker is constructed to include an infusion cup, the infusion cup having a skirt for supporting on any of a variety of cups, a stopper mounted in the bottom through hole of the infusion cup, a resilient member secured between a base of the stopper and the bottom wall of the infusion cup to hold the stopper in the closed position to seal the bottom through hole of the infusion cup against leakage, a link, and a rocker arm fastened pivotally with the infusion cup and coupled between the stopper and the link and adapted to lift the stopper from the bottom through hole upon downward movement of the link by the user.

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