Combined coffee package and dispenser

Details Combined coffee package and dispenser Combined coffee package and dispenser

2007-06-05

2007-06-05

Becker, Drew (Department: 1761)

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Foraminous material infusion type, or foraminous container...

C426S108000, C426S115000, C426S118000, C426S119000, C426S122000, C426S123000

Reexamination Certificate

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10356935

ABSTRACT:
A thin sheet of sealed coffee grounds comprises a plurality of filter packs, a rigid substrate sheet, a flexible barrier sheet sealed to the substrate sheet via a plurality of ring-shaped seals to form a plurality of chambers to contain the plurality of filter packs, a plurality of cut lines outside the plurality of seals for isolating the chambers from one another, and a plurality of grippable tabs for dispensing the filter packs from the thin sheet. The grippable tabs are adapted to allow a user to dispense a filter pack at a time from the thin sheet by simply pulling a grippable tab to open a chamber and release the filter pack therein. The substrate sheet has a smooth top surface in one aspect of the invention and a plurality of cylindrical cavities sealed by the flexible barrier sheet via the ring-shaped seals in another aspect of the invention. In a further aspect of the invention the plurality of filter packs in the thin sheet is replaced by a plurality of portions of loose coffee grounds.

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