Beverage Brewer

Abstract

A beverage brewer includes a container, a container collar, a brewing material holder, a mesh element, and a drive assembly. The container has an open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom. The container collar is configured to cover a rim of the open top. The brewing material holder is configured to hold brewing material and to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container. The brewing material holder includes a sidewall having an opening, an open top, and a bottom. The mesh element covers the opening in the sidewall of the brewing material holder. The drive assembly is positionable on the container collar and is configured to be mechanically coupled to and rotate the brewing material holder.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A beverage brewer, comprising:
 a container collar having an opening and configured to be arranged on a rim of an open top of a container;   a brewing material holder configured to hold brewing material and including a sidewall, an open top, and a bottom, wherein the brewing material holder is configured to be removably arranged at the container collar such that the open top of the brewing material holder opens through the opening of the container collar; and   a drive assembly configured to impart movement to at least a portion of the brewing material holder, wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holder is configured to agitate liquid held in the container.   
     
     
         2 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holder is configured to agitate liquid in the brewing material holder. 
     
     
         3 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holder is configured to agitate brewing material held in the brewing material holder. 
     
     
         4 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the sidewall of the brewing material holder has at least one perforation. 
     
     
         5 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , further comprising the container, configured to hold liquid, having the open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom;
 wherein the brewing material holder is configured to be suspended from the container collar and into an interior of the container.   
     
     
         6 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the drive assembly is configured to rotate the at least a portion of the brewing material holder about an axis. 
     
     
         7 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holder is a bottom cap configured to be removably coupled to a bottom of the sidewall of the brewing material holder. 
     
     
         8 . The beverage brewer of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holder includes at least one fin projecting inward from an inner surface of the bottom of the brewing material holder within an interior of the brewing material holder. 
     
     
         9 . The beverage brewer of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one fin is the portion of the brewing material holder and is configured to agitate liquid held in the container when the drive assembly imparts movement to the fin. 
     
     
         10 . The beverage brewer of  claim 8 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holder is the portion of the brewing material holder and is configured to agitate liquid held in the container when the drive assembly imparts movement to the bottom of the brewing material holder. 
     
     
         11 . A beverage brewer, comprising:
 collar means having an opening, for being arranged on a rim of an open top of container means;   brewing material holding means for holding brewing material and including a sidewall, an open top, and a bottom, and for being removably arranged at the collar means such that the open top of the brewing material holding means opens through the opening of the collar means; and   drive means for imparting movement to at least a portion of the brewing material holding means, wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holding means is configured to agitate liquid held in the container means.   
     
     
         12 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holding means is configured to agitate liquid in the brewing material holding means. 
     
     
         13 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the at least a portion of the brewing material holding means is configured to agitate brewing material held in the brewing material holding means. 
     
     
         14 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the sidewall of the brewing material holding means has at least one perforation. 
     
     
         15 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , further comprising the container means, configured to hold liquid, having the open top, a closed sidewall, and a closed bottom;
 wherein the brewing material holding means is configured to be suspended from the collar means and into an interior of the container means.   
     
     
         16 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the drive means is configured to rotate the at least a portion of the brewing material holding means about an axis. 
     
     
         17 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holding means is cap means for being removably coupled to a bottom of the sidewall of the brewing material holding means. 
     
     
         18 . The beverage brewer of  claim 11 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holding means includes fin means for projecting inward from an inner surface of the bottom of the brewing material holding means within an interior of the brewing material holding means. 
     
     
         19 . The beverage brewer of  claim 18 , wherein the fin means is the portion of the brewing material holding means and is configured to agitate liquid held in the container means when the drive means imparts movement to the fin means. 
     
     
         20 . The beverage brewer of  claim 18 , wherein the bottom of the brewing material holding means is the portion of the brewing material holding means and is configured to agitate liquid held in the container means when the drive means imparts movement to the bottom of the brewing material holding means.