Patents by Inventor Barbara Lynn Schnabel
Barbara Lynn Schnabel 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).
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Patent number: 9155418Abstract: A brewed beverage appliance uses a specialized pre-packaged beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container comprises a cup-shaped base having openings at the bottom. A plurality of roasted, whole coffee beans are contained therein. The appliance has a blade that punctures the cup and then grinds the beans while they are still in the cup. Heated water is delivered to the cup and passes through the ground coffee causing brewed coffee to emit from the openings in the bottom of the cup and into a container such as a coffee mug.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Patent number: 9066623Abstract: A beverage making appliance uses a specialized beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container includes a cup-shaped body having a floor, a circumferential wall, and a top opening, a filter element positioned above the floor, at least one aperture formed in the floor, and a cover releasably attached to the cup body and covering the top opening. The appliance includes a base adapted to receive a beverage receptacle, a reservoir, a housing, a brewing tray in mechanical communication with the housing and dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size, a grinding mechanism and a water delivery mechanism to selectively deliver water from the reservoir to one of a brewed beverage outlet in fluid communication with the receptacle, and a hot-water outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Patent number: 8978541Abstract: A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2013Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Patent number: 8950315Abstract: A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir and a receptacle in the housing dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size. The receptacle is pivotable from a first position in which the receptacle is angled towards a front of the appliance and a second position in which the receptacle is aligned with a brew head and contacts the brew head. The beverage appliance further includes a mechanism for transforming the particles of the drink ingredient from the first size to a second size within the container, the second size being smaller than the first size.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 10, 2015Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Publication number: 20140057033Abstract: A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2013Publication date: February 27, 2014Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Patent number: 8646379Abstract: A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, a brewing station disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir, a grinding station disposed within the housing and being functionally separate from said brewing station, and a brewing carriage being selectively movable between a first position adjacent the grinding station and a second position adjacent the brewing station. Movement of the brewing carriage between the first and second position shifts a beverage ingredient in the brewing carriage from the first position to the second position and when the brewing carriage is in the in said second position, liquid is dispensed from the liquid reservoir and directed to the brewing carriage to produce a brewed beverage.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: February 11, 2014Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Patent number: 8573115Abstract: A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Kin Man Lai, Kam Fai Fung, Barbara Lynn Schnabel
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Publication number: 20120171332Abstract: A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir and a receptacle in the housing dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size. The receptacle is pivotable from a first position in which the receptacle is angled towards a front of the appliance and a second position in which the receptacle is aligned with a brew head and contacts the brew head. The beverage appliance further includes a mechanism for transforming the particles of the drink ingredient from the first size to a second size within the container, the second size being smaller than the first size.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Publication number: 20120121780Abstract: A beverage appliance includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, a brewing station disposed within the housing and in fluid communication with the liquid reservoir, a grinding station disposed within the housing and being functionally separate from said brewing station, and a brewing carriage being selectively movable between a first position adjacent the grinding station and a second position adjacent the brewing station. Movement of the brewing carriage between the first and second position shifts a beverage ingredient in the brewing carriage from the first position to the second position and when the brewing carriage is in the in said second position, liquid is dispensed from the liquid reservoir and directed to the brewing carriage to produce a brewed beverage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Publication number: 20120121764Abstract: A brewed beverage appliance uses a specialized pre-packaged beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container comprises a cup-shaped base having openings at the bottom. A plurality of roasted, whole coffee beans are contained therein. The appliance has a blade that punctures the cup and then grinds the beans while they are still in the cup. Heated water is delivered to the cup and passes through the ground coffee causing brewed coffee to emit from the openings in the bottom of the cup and into a container such as a coffee mug.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Publication number: 20120121779Abstract: A beverage assembly includes a housing having a liquid reservoir, an inlet portion formed in the housing, a beverage container configured to be removably accommodated within the inlet portion and having a fracturable seal and containing a beverage ingredient of a first size, a grinding mechanism positioned within the housing and in fluid communication with the inlet portion, and a piercing assembly positioned within the housing, wherein the piercing assembly selectively pierces the fracturable seal thereby causing said beverage ingredient to enter the grinding mechanism. The grinding mechanism selectively transforms the beverage ingredient from the first size to a second size, the second size being smaller than the first size. The beverage assembly further includes a brewing area disposed beneath the grinding assembly and configured to removably accommodate the beverage container after the beverage container has been pierced by the piercing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Publication number: 20120121768Abstract: A beverage making appliance uses a specialized beverage container and a related method of brewing a beverage. The container includes a cup-shaped body having a floor, a circumferential wall, and a top opening, a filter element positioned above the floor, at least one aperture formed in the floor, and a cover releasably attached to the cup body and covering the top opening. The appliance includes a base adapted to receive a beverage receptacle, a reservoir, a housing, a brewing tray in mechanical communication with the housing and dimensioned to receive a container containing at least one drink ingredient having particles of a first size, a grinding mechanism and a water delivery mechanism to selectively deliver water from the reservoir to one of a brewed beverage outlet in fluid communication with the receptacle, and a hot-water outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATIONInventors: KIN MAN LAI, KAM FAI FUNG, BARBARA LYNN SCHNABEL
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Patent number: D625143Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Devin Lee Moore, Jill Kreutzer Orent, Barbara Lynn Schnabel, Maria Caruso, Charles Z. Krasznai, Chi Tong Chan
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Patent number: D625144Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2010Date of Patent: October 12, 2010Assignee: Conair CorporationInventors: Devin Lee Moore, Jill Kreutzer Orent, Barbara Lynn Schnabel, Maria Caruso, Charles Z Krasznai, Chi Tong Chan