US 12,077,370 B2
Beverage pod
Darren Joseph Footz, Surrey (CA); Seth Melvin Cronin, Essex Junction, VT (US); Zachary Michael Hudson, Vancouver (CA); and Kianoush Karimi Pour Kerman, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Nexe Innovations Inc., Windsor (CA)
Filed by G-PAK Technology Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed on May 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/316,135.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,163, filed on May 8, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,665, filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347558 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8067 (2020.05) [A47J 31/407 (2013.01); B65D 85/8061 (2020.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-serving beverage pod comprising:
a pod body having a bottom layer configured to be pierced by a brewing pin and having a lid,
a first chamber operable to contain a dry beverage material;
a second chamber enclosed within the single-serving beverage pod and spaced apart from the bottom layer, wherein the second chamber is operable to contain a second beverage material and has a substantially toroidal shape;
a receiving portion in fluid communication with the first chamber, wherein the receiving portion is operable to receive a beverage brewed in the first chamber upon mixture of the dry beverage material and a liquid, wherein the receiving portion includes
a central region surrounded by the second chamber, and
a lower lateral region positioned directly between the second chamber and the bottom layer to allow the brewed beverage to flow underneath at least a portion of the second chamber;
a seal layer disposed between the lower lateral region and the second chamber to prevent fluid communication between the receiving portion and the second chamber,
wherein the seal layer is operable to be breached by the brewing pin such that a tip of the brewing pin is positioned in the second chamber, wherein upon breach by the brewing pin, the second beverage material flows out of the second chamber and flows downwardly into the lower lateral region of the receiving portion, wherein the second beverage material mixes with the brewed beverage to form a mixture that flows downwardly away from the single-serving beverage pod via the brewing pin.