US Patent 7464836 Lockable beverage dispenser

A beverage dispenser includes a container that has a ribbed outer surface and a chamfered portion formed therein. A manually operable spout is in fluid communication with the container and interfitted within the chamfered portion such that a user may nest a beverage container subjacent to the spout adjoined to the chamfered portion during operating conditions. An annular lid is centrally registerable with the axis and conforms to a top opening of the container such that the annular lid becomes conjoined with the container for advantageously and effectively isolating undesirable foreign debris from the fluid housed within the cavity. Such an annular lid and container have coextensive diameters respectively. A mechanism is included for removably locking the annular lid to the container such that a user may conveniently completely detach and remove the annular lid from the container by articulating the lid to an open position.