Beverage cup lid for suspending a can in the cup interior

A lid for a drinking cup having a circular rim and a hollow interior, said lid adapted for suspending a cylindrical beverage can within said hollow interior of said drinking cup, said beverage can being of the type comprising a generally horizontal top provided with an openable beverage-dispensing opening, and a generally vertical side wall joining said top in a vertically extending rim, said lid comprising:

• a top having a generally circular periphery;
• a drinking opening in said top to enable drinking from the interior of said
• drinking cup without removal of the lid;
• and
• an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the rim of said drinking cup;
• said lid having an annular ring secured to said lid and extending downwardly along the central axis of said lid, said annular ring comprising means for releasably gripping the rim of said cylindrical beverage can, and a liquid-sealing gasket located and configured to removably seal said lid to said rim of said beverage can, thereby forming a liquid-retaining chamber located radially inwardly of said annular ring and communicating between said beverage-dispensing opening of said beverage can and said drinking opening of said lid.