US 12,330,862 B2
Single serving beverage preparation cup
Robert Brown, Bend, OR (US); and Brent Patterson, Bend, OR (US)
Assigned to Tower Coffee, Inc., Bend, OR (US)
Filed by Tower Coffee, Inc., Bend, OR (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/133,907.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/330,285, filed on Apr. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0322430 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); B65D 1/26 (2006.01); B65D 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8055 (2020.05) [B65D 1/265 (2013.01); B65D 1/46 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single serving beverage preparation cup, comprising:
a frustoconical shaped body having an opening and a base, wherein the opening has a greater diameter than the base, the frustoconical shaped body comprising a wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface, both the interior surface and exterior surface being formed by a plurality of reverse teardrop ribs, wherein the plurality of reverse teardrop ribs are vertically offset.