Device for use in separating coffee brewers which are in two screw-threaded portions

Claim 1

In combination, a coffee brewer including an upper portion and a lower portion and screw-thread means interconnecting the upper and lower portion, said lower portion having a bottom and including a plurality of upstanding peripheral walls extending from the bottom which, forms as seen in bottom plan view, an equi-angle polygon, and a receptacle member having a plurality of upstanding walls corresponding to said bottom portion and defining a mating receptacle to nest the bottom with the upstanding walls of the receptacle member in close adjacent relation to the upstanding peripheral side walls extending upwardly from the bottom of said lower portion, and means to fix the receptacle member to a surface comprising a plurality of suction cup means, said mating walls permitting the upper and lower portion of the brewer to be separated from one another by rotating the upper portion and lower portion of the coffee brewer relative to one another, said separation accomplished by pressing the coffee brewer downwardly in the receptacle and, simultaneously, the upper portion of the coffee brewer is rotated about a vertical axis through the coffee brewer and receptacle member, said coffee brewer including a handle extending radially of the upper portion for lifting the upper portion and, also, for applying torque to the upper portion to rotate it relative to the lower portion.