US 12,167,815 B2
Coffee grinding apparatus with portafilter holder assembly
Ryan Ebstein, St. Joseph, MI (US); Daniel F. Galea, St. Joseph, MI (US); Edward Haney, Baroda, MI (US); Neela Lohith Paruchuri, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Norma Richards, Benton Harbor, MI (US); Pravin R. Shewale, Pune (IN); and ZhaoYi Yin, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Assigned to WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed by WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/965,219.
Application 17/965,219 is a continuation of application No. 16/876,166, filed on May 18, 2020, granted, now 11,503,955.
Application 16/876,166 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/674,687, filed on Nov. 5, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/757,318, filed on Nov. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031085 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47J 31/42 (2006.01); A47J 31/06 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); A47J 42/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 42/40 (2013.01) [A47J 31/0663 (2013.01); A47J 31/404 (2013.01); A47J 31/42 (2013.01); A47J 31/446 (2013.01); A47J 31/4464 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coffee grinding apparatus, comprising:
a support base having a storage cavity;
a pedestal portion extending upwardly from the support base, wherein the pedestal portion includes a first surface with an access aperture opening into a receiving hub;
a holder assembly, wherein the holder assembly includes:
a stem having front and rear portions, wherein the rear portion of the stem of the holder assembly is removably received in the receiving hub of the pedestal portion;
a head portion disposed on the front portion of the stem and having a sidewall with upper and lower portions, wherein the sidewall is outwardly curved to define first and second arms spaced-apart from one another which further define a receiving area therebetween, and further wherein the sidewall includes a first abutment surface disposed on the lower portion of the sidewall; and
a bracket having a first portion extending inwardly towards the receiving area, and a second portion extending downwardly from the first portion, wherein the second portion of the bracket includes a second abutment surface disposed above the first abutment surface.