Portable drip coffee apparatus

Abstract

A drip coffee apparatus includes a body of the drip coffee apparatus. The body includes a perforated top and notches at a bottom of the body of the drip coffee apparatus. A protruding handle is coupled with the body of the drip coffee apparatus. Furthermore a protruding tab is at the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus and a coffee filter is coupled to an interior of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A drip coffee apparatus comprising:
 a body comprising a perforated top and a plurality of notches at a bottom of the body;   a protruding handle coupled to the body;   a protruding tab coupled to the perforated top when the body is in a folded position; and   a coffee filter coupled to an interior of the body.   
     
     
         2 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the protruding handle is configured to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container. 
     
     
         3 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the body is configured to be expanded or compressed after the protruding tab is removed. 
     
     
         4 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises:
 a first side surface;   a second side surface;   a third side surface; and   a fourth side surface, wherein:
 the first side surface and fourth side surface are coupled with the protruding handle and with the second side surface and third side surface, respectively, and 
 the second side surface is coupled with the third side surface. 
   
     
     
         5 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein at a bottom of the first side surface, second side surface, third side surface and fourth side surface, each respective side surface includes at least one of the plurality of notches and each notch of the plurality of notches is at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container. 
     
     
         6 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the notches of the second side surface and the third side surface are wider than the notches of the first side surface and the fourth side surface. 
     
     
         7 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein at a bottom of the first side surface and fourth side surface, each respective side surface has an indented tab at a location to be placed over a portion of a top of an open container. 
     
     
         8 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein at a bottom of the second side surface and third side surface, each respective side surface includes a stabilizing tab, wherein the stabilizing tab of the second side surface is coupled the stabilizing tab of the third side surface, and wherein the stabilizing tabs are configured to hold the drip coffee apparatus at a fixed position over a top of an open container. 
     
     
         9 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the protruding tab is configured to enclose the perforated top of the body of the drip coffee apparatus and the coffee filter. 
     
     
         10 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the coffee filter is coupled to an interior of the first side surface and fourth side surface of the body of the drip coffee apparatus. 
     
     
         11 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the body, the protruding handle, and the protruding tab form one piece. 
     
     
         12 . A drip apparatus comprising:
 a body comprising a perforated top and a plurality of notches at a bottom of the body of the drip apparatus, the plurality of notches being associated with placing the body of the drip apparatus over an open container;   a protruding handle coupled to the body of the drip apparatus and;   a protruding tab coupled to the perforated top when the body is in a folded position.   
     
     
         13 . The drip apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising:
 a filter coupled with an interior of the body, wherein a seal associated with the filter is removable with the perforated top of the body.   
     
     
         14 . The drip apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the body is configured to be expanded or compressed across a top of the open container when the perforated top is removed. 
     
     
         15 . A drip coffee apparatus comprising:
 a body comprising a perforated top and a plurality of supporting elements at a bottom of the body;   a protruding handle coupled to the body;   a protruding tab coupled to the perforated top of the body when the body is in a folded position; and   a coffee filter coupled to an interior of the body of the drip coffee apparatus.   
     
     
         16 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of supporting elements are configured to be placed over a top of an open container. 
     
     
         17 . The drip coffee apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of supporting elements correspond to a plurality of platforms.