Patents by Inventor Tyler G. HURD

Tyler G. HURD 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).

  • Beverage apparatus and method
    Patent number: 11866315
    Abstract: A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUM LLC
    Inventors: Tyler G. Hurd, Lloyd G. B. Cooper, Foster Daniel Phillips, Daniel Jacob Bolus, Tarek Midani
  • BEVERAGE APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20230020707
    Abstract: A beverage apparatus and system is disclosed. The beverage apparatus is configurable to add flavors, minerals, vitamins, or other such additives to a source fluid, such as purified water, in response to a user's selection of settings, to provide a customized beverage. Advantageously, the beverage apparatus uses the purified water to cleanse the components that come into contact with the N additive as part of the preparation of each beverage and includes this cleansing wash as part of the beverage itself, thus providing a self-cleaning apparatus that does not require a separate drain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tyler G. HURD, Lloyd G.B. COOPER, Foster Daniel PHILLIPS, Daniel Jacob BOLUS, Tarek MIDANI