ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,644, issued on Feb. 25.
"Manual brewing press with lever hook and method of operating the same" was invented by Sergio Landau (Laguna Niguel, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manual brewing press with a lever assembly including a post, a base, a press plate extending from the post, and an elongated lever with an attached lever hook. A brew head is configured to be inserted into a top of the press plate and comprises a cylinder and a piston with a plunger disposed inside the cylinder and a stem integrating a pressure gauge. A sealing element is disposed adjacent to at least one of the stem and the plunger. A portafilter attache...