US 12,116,201 B2
Beverage pod for agglomerating material
Darren Joseph Footz, Surrey (CA); Kianoush Karimi Pour Kerman, Essex Junction, VT (US); Edmundo Paulino, Vancouver (CA); and Diolan Borogay, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to Nexe Innovations Inc., Windsor (CA)
Filed by Nexe Innovations Inc., Surrey (CA)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,884.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/051,665, filed on Jul. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0017294 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); B65B 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8046 (2013.01) [B65B 29/025 (2017.08)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container for dispensing a beverage, the container comprising:
a pod including
a top portion configured to receive a liquid from a beverage machine;
a sidewall;
a bottom portion that includes a first part extending from a center of the bottom portion to the sidewall, wherein the first part is configured to break away from a second part of the pod and move away from an adjacent region of the sidewall when an outlet of the beverage machine presses into the first part, wherein the breaking away of the first part from the second part of the pod creates an opening at least partially defined by the sidewall; and
a chamber space; and
a beverage making material that is sealed within the chamber space, wherein the first part is configured to rotate upwardly to form the opening, through at least a portion of the beverage making material, and away from the sidewall to define an exit flow path directly between the first part and the sidewall when pressed upon by the beverage machine;
wherein a portion of the beverage making material and the liquid flows along the sidewall via the exit flow path and exits the chamber space via the opening bypassing the outlet of the beverage machine when the liquid is received via the top portion, thereby preventing the beverage making material from remaining in the chamber space.