US 11,812,891 B2
Brew basket for automated beverage brewing apparatus
Richard Rhys Mathias, Brookline, MA (US)
Assigned to SharkNinja Operating, LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed by SharkNinja Operating, LLC, Needham, MA (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/060,948.
Application 17/060,948 is a division of application No. 15/405,856, filed on Jan. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,799,060.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/278,597, filed on Jan. 14, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0015295 A1, Jan. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 31/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 31/446 (2013.01) [A47J 31/061 (2013.01); A47J 31/0615 (2013.01); A47J 31/10 (2013.01); A47J 31/4403 (2013.01); A47J 31/0626 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage system, comprising:
a housing;
a brew basket body connected to said housing and having an open first end, a closed second end, at least one sidewall extending between said open first end and said closed second end, and at least one outlet formed in said closed second end, said at least one outlet comprising a plug arranged therein and moveable between a sealed position and an open position, said closed second end arranged within a cap surrounding said closed second end and operably coupled to said plug, said cap configured to move said plug between said sealed position and said open position via at least one biasing mechanism coupling said at least one side wall and said cap, said brew basket body being movable between a retracted position and an extended position, wherein when said brew basket body is in said retracted position, said brew basket body is arranged in sealing contact with an adjacent component of said beverage system.