ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,706, issued on Sept. 8.
"Beverage making apparatus" was invented by Viktor Kaptelinin (Hornefors, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for making beverages by immersing an infusible material, such as loose tea-leaves, in a liquid, such as hot water. The apparatus comprises a liquid-impermeable beverage container, and an infuser container, which can be inserted to, or extracted from the beverage container. The infuser container is liquid-permeable, while being impermeable to the infusible material. According to the invention, the infuser container, containing infusible material and being immersed in the liqui...