US 12,391,466 B2
Portion packaging for producing a beverage
Kerstin Fernandes De Carvalho, Bielefeld (DE); Jan Pahnke, Minden (DE); and Holger Feldmann, Willich (DE)
Assigned to MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG, Minden (DE)
Appl. No. 17/311,626
Filed by MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & CO. KG, Minden (DE)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/051139
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/152049, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 101 533.2 (DE), filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0024685 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B65D 85/80 (2006.01); B65D 85/804 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8061 (2020.05) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portion packaging for production of a beverage from an extraction material, the portion packaging comprising:
a container made of filter material in which the extraction material is arranged, the container comprising a plurality of side walls connected together via common side edges between adjacent side walls; and
an annular shaped support body comprising a plurality of cardboard sections, wherein each of the side walls of the container is glued to a separate one of the cardboard sections of the support body and the support body additionally includes a plurality of pivotable arms bonded to the filter material of the container and being pivotable from a closed position closing the container into an open position for opening the container, wherein the plurality of pivotable arms of the support body are arranged on top of one another in at least a first plane and a second plane in the closed position of the container, wherein each of the plurality of pivotable arms has a free end shaped to form a locking element such that in the closed position of the container at least two of the plurality of pivotable arms are mutually interlocked with one another in the first plane via respective ones of the locking elements of the at least two pivotable arms in the first plane and at least an additional two of the plurality of pivotable arms are mutually interlocked with one another via the respective locking elements of the additional two of the plurality of pivotable arms in the second plane.