ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,466, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MELITTA SINGLE PORTIONS GMBH & Co. KG (Minden, Germany).
"Portion packaging for producing a beverage" was invented by Kerstin Fernandes De Carvalho (Bielefeld, Germany), Jan Pahnke (Minden, Germany) and Holger Feldmann (Willich, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portion packaging for producing a beverage, in particular coffee, includes a container made of a filter material in which an extraction material is arranged and a support body which is connected to the filter material. The support body has multiple pivotal arms which can be pivoted from a position which closes the container and i...