Abstract: A universal remote control device includes a housing, an IR signal generator positioned in or on the housing, a user interface positioned in or on the housing, a control unit positioned in the housing and connected with the IR signal generator and the user interface, a rechargeable battery positioned in the housing and connected with the control unit, and first and second power contacts each connected with the rechargeable battery. Each power contact includes an external contact surface that is parallel, at least flush with, or outwardly offset from an unrecessed flat external surface of the housing.

Abstract: A hot beverage maker includes a pump, a kettle, a pumped fluid conduit, and a brew basket assembly. The kettle includes a reservoir, a heating element in the kettle for heating water in the reservoir, a spout for pouring water from the reservoir, and a pump inlet opening for providing heated water from the reservoir to the pump inlet. The pumped fluid conduit is connected with the pump outlet and includes a pumped fluid outlet. The brew basket assembly includes a pumped fluid outlet receptacle and a brew basket. The reservoir is selectively fluidly connectable with the brew basket via the pump inlet opening in the kettle being selectively fluidly connected with the pump inlet or the pumped fluid conduit outlet being selectively fluidly connectable with the pumped fluid outlet receptacle to selectively provide heated water from the reservoir to the brew basket.