US 12,227,352 B2
Single-serve beverage pod with additive enclosure and methods of making and using thereof
Robert A. Faircloth, Lebanon, OH (US)
Filed by JointJockey LLC, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/412,976.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/073,036, filed on Sep. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0063898 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8046 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0673 (2013.01); A47J 31/4403 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-serve beverage pod comprising:
an open container having an upper rim;
a filter positioned within the open container holding beverage precursor, with a void remaining between the bottom of the filter and the bottom of the open container; and
an additive enclosure, wherein the additive enclosure comprises an upper layer and a lower layer, wherein the lower layer is non-porous, disposed proximate the upper rim of the open container and separate from the beverage precursor.