Refrigeration – Consumable products produced by cooling
Reexamination Certificate
1999-05-03
2001-02-06
Doerrler, William (Department: 3744)
Refrigeration
Consumable products produced by cooling
C062S530000, C426S524000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182452
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to devices used to cool beverages and more particularly to a frozen beverage stored in plastic packets until needed for use to cool beverages without dilution and at the same time to enhance or modify the flavor of a beverage.
Normally, when one desires to cool or maintain a beverage in a cool state for drinking one must put ice cubes into it which dilutes the beverage and adversely affects its flavor. The latter is particularly a problem in the case when the beverage is beer. Some restaurants use ice in plastic bags or support a container having ice to the sides of a pitcher containing beer. However, the latter method is somewhat unsanitary and makes it difficult to pour the beer into glasses for drinking. Also, if one wants to drink a beverage stored in an ambient condition if the beverage is not already cool, one must refrigerate it for a period of time until it is cool enough to drink. In addition to cooling a beverage such as beer, some persons want to enhance the flavor of a beverage by adding a concentrated version of the beverage or modify the flavor slightly, such as adding “honey wheat” to regular beer, while cooling.
Thus, a need exists for a method and device for cooling beer and also enhancing or modifying the flavor at the same time.
The prior art includes many patents related to freezing devices and methods, but none like the present invention. For instance, U.S. Pat. No. 1,923,522 issued to Whitehouse on Aug. 22, 1933, discloses a cooling device having water which is frozen in a container and placed in the drink. However, use of such a cooling device can still result in contamination and does not enhance the flavor of the beverage. U.S. Pat. No. 4,735,063 issued to Brown on Apr. 5, 1988, discloses a cooling rod. U.S. Pat. No. 2,285,149 issued to D'arcey on Jun. 2, 1942, discloses a beverage cooling device having a plurality of cooling sticks attached together to be stirred in a beverage to cool it. U.S. Pat. No. 4,350,712 issued to Kocharian, et al. on Sep. 21, 1982, discloses a frozen popsicle made of beer or wine. U.S. Pat. No. 4,765,147, issued to Adachi on Aug. 23, 1988, discloses a method for freezing sake. U.S. Pat. No. 4,790,999 issued to Ashmont, et al. on Dec. 13, 1988, discloses an alcoholic soft ice for creating a frozen cocktail. U.S. Pat. No. 5,013,562 issued to Somura on May 7, 1991, discloses liquor encased in a lump of ice for drinking. Finally, U.S. Pat. No. 5,296,251 issued to Ishida, et al. on Mar. 22, 1994, discloses liquors which freeze into a sherbet when poured into a container.
Although there are many patents which involve freezing beer and alcohol, none discloses a method and device for cooling beverages and enhancing or modifying the flavor of those beverages in a manner taught by this invention.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a device and method that has the following objects:
to cool beverages without diluting the flavor of the beverage;
to cool the beverage without contamination;
to enhance the flavor of the beverage;
to also modify the flavor of the beverage if desired;
to eliminate the need to refrigerate the beverage;
to eliminate delay in waiting until the beverage is cool enough for drinking; and
to prevent waste when beverage becomes too warm to drink.
The present invention accomplishes the above and other objects by providing a sealed package storing the beverage for use when in a frozen state which can be opened to release the frozen beverage into a container without dilution for drinking. The package may be a packet made of plastic which is serrated along either or both the top or bottom for easy tearing. The frozen beverage contained in the packet could be almost any beverage and could include beer, which may be in concentrated form or even flavored. The packets may be cylindrical in shape and sized to fit through and into the standard opening of a beverage can.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention should become even more readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings wherein there is shown and described illustrative embodiments of the invention.
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patent: 4765147 (1988-08-01), Adachi
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patent: 5013562 (1991-05-01), Somura
patent: 5296251 (1994-03-01), Ishida et al.
patent: 5958481 (1999-09-01), Hodges
Wright Christopher O.
Wright Monique P.
Doerrler William
Livingston, Esq. Edward M.
Wright Tamara A.
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