Package adapted to contain granulated beverage material and method of making the same

Claim 1

A BEVERAGE MAKING PACKAGE FORMED OF METALLIC FOIL HAVING A PLURALITY OF PREFORMED, COMPACTED FOLDS THEREIN AND ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A PERCOLATOR INCLUDING A WATER RISER, SAID PACKAGE COMPRISING A BASKET WHICH CONTAINS A GRANGULATED BEVERAGE MAKING PRODUCT, SAID BASKET HAVING A CENTRALLY LOCATED, SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTO-CONICAL, HOLLOW STEM PROJECTING UPWARDLY FROM SUBSTANTIALLY THE CENTER THEREOF, SAID STEM INCLUDING AN ENLARGED BASE PORTION AND BEING TAPERED THEREFROM THE REDUCED UPPER PORTION, SAID STEM BEING ADAPTED FOR ENGAGEMENT AROUNT SAID WATER RISER, A COVER PORTION FOR SAID BASKET CLOSING THE BASKET, A CENTRAL STEM OPEN AT ITS ENDS DEPENDING FROM THE COVER PORTION, SAID LAST NAMED STEM GEING SUBSTANTIALLY FRUSTOCONICAL AND HAVING AN ENLARGED PORTION AT ITS POINT OF CONNECTION WITH SAID COVER PORTION AND BEING TAPERED TO A REDUCED OUTER END PORTION, SAID LAST NAMED STEM BEING TELESCOPICALLY ENGAGED WITH SAID STEM OF SAID BASKET WITH THE REDUCED OUTER END PORTION THEREOF TIGHTLY ENGAGING AGAINST THE BASE PORTION OF THE STEM OF SAID BASKET, AND SAID COVER PORTION AND SAID BASKET EACH BEING FREELY PERFORATED TO ALLOW THE PASSAGE OF A SOLVENT THROUGH SAID PACKAGE.