US 12,344,520 B2
Quick release beverage dispenser with keyed coupler
Nicholas Mason Andrisevic, Edina, MN (US); and Peter Nicholas Benecke, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed by Nicholas Mason Andrisevic, Edina, MN (US); and Peter Nicholas Benecke, Eden Prairie, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/232,875.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/068,726, filed on Aug. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/012,115, filed on Apr. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323806 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B67D 1/14 (2006.01); F16K 31/60 (2006.01)
CPC B67D 1/1477 (2013.01) [F16K 31/602 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A beverage dispenser, comprising:
a tap handle;
a faucet that includes a faucet lever, wherein:
the tap handle is configured to be coupled to the faucet lever via a quick release keyed coupler; and
the quick release keyed coupler is configured to prevent rotation of the tap handle with respect to the faucet, wherein the quick release keyed coupler includes a collar configured to be moved along a longitudinal axis to selectively engage a retaining feature, wherein the collar includes a collar base disposed at a distal end of the collar, a retaining spring and a retaining spring head coupled to a proximal end of the retaining spring, the retaining spring attached to and extending proximally from the collar base, wherein the retaining spring and the retaining spring head are configured to be moved along the longitudinal axis in conjunction with the collar and the collar base, the retaining spring head further configured to contact a retaining ball thereby retaining the tap handle with respect to the faucet lever, the retaining feature including the retaining ball.