Patents by Inventor Dan L. Hutchens

Dan L. Hutchens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5967019
    Abstract: The single cup coffee or tea brewer system is adopted to retain a predetermined amount of ground coffee beans or tea for a "perfect" single cup of brewed coffee or tea. The brewing system includes an elongated handle, a basket formed at one end of the handle and a movable basket top member having a leg hinged to the handle. The basket defines a top, peripheral rim and a ground coffee and tea leaf impervious screen at a bottom region thereof. The basket has a predetermined size substantially equivalent to the correct amount of ground coffee or tea for the single cup of brewed coffee or tea. The volume or size of the basket is established below the top plane of the basket rim. The movable basket top member has an elevated basket top cover. The basket top cover includes at least one ground coffee and tea leaf impervious screen disposed over the basket. This permits liquid to flow through the basket and the retained ground coffee beans or tea leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignees: Barrie Lee Johnson, Dan L. Hutchens
    Inventors: Barrie Lee Johnson, Dan L. Hutchens
  • Patent number: 5806409
    Abstract: The single cup coffee brewer system is adopted to retain a predetermined amount of ground coffee beans for a "perfect" single cup of brewed coffee. The brewing system includes an elongated handle, a basket formed at one end of the handle and a movable basket top member having a leg hinged to the handle. The basket defines a top, peripheral rim and a ground coffee impervious screen at a bottom region thereof. The basket has a predetermined size substantially equivalent to the correct amount of ground coffee for the single cup of brewed coffee. The volume or size of the basket is established below the top plane of the basket rim. The movable basket top member has an elevated basket top cover. The basket top cover includes at least one ground coffee impervious screen disposed over the basket. This permits liquid to flow through the basket and the retained ground coffee beans. The basket top cover has a complementary rim which cooperates with the basket rim to seal the ground coffee beans in the basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1998
    Inventors: Barrie Lee Johnson, Dan L. Hutchens