US Patent Issued to IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS on Feb. 10 for "Reusable brew basket and brewing machine assembly" (Illinois, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,884, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IB APPLIANCES US HOLDINGS LLC (Chicago).

"Reusable brew basket and brewing machine assembly" was invented by Tania Aldous (Niles, Ill.), Jason LePinske (Schaumburg, Ill.), Tyler Brunner (Durand, Wis.), Travis Harvey (Chicago) and Daniel M. Wodka (Riverside, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brew basket including a basket body having a side wall forming an interior and an opening at an upper edge of the basket body, and a lid having an elastomeric periphery sized and shaped to wipe a portion of the side wall proximate to the upper edge of the basket body when the lid moves between an open po...