Spill resistant cup lid
AssigneeOculus Design LLC
InventorTariq Ziad Khalaf
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Abstract
Disclosed is a lid for containers including one or more liquids. The lid is configured to provide the user with both protection from spillage, and a natural drinking experience. The structural features of the lid include a rim, a top surface, and a reservoir. The reservoir includes one or more drink inlets positioned on a lower wall portion configured to allow the one or more liquids from the container to pass through when the lid is in a drinking position, and to drain the one or more liquids from the lid to the container when the lid is not in a drinking position.
Claims27
A lid for covering a container containing one or more liquids, the lid comprising:
- a top surface;
- and
- a reservoir formed below the top surface, the reservoir including an upper level and a lower level and further comprising:
- an upper wall portion extending from the top surface to the upper level of the reservoir, wherein the upper wall portion is slanted radially inwards;
- a lower wall portion extending from the upper level to the lower level of the reservoir, wherein the lower wall portion is slanted radially inwards and comprises one or more inlets, each of the one or more inlets being configured to allow the one or more liquids from the container to pass therethrough when the container is in a drinking position, and onto at least the lower level of the reservoir;
- wherein the lower level of the reservoir is convex with a raised central base and one or more surrounding areas,
- wherein in the drinking position the one or more liquids in the container pass through the one or more inlets to fill at least a portion of the reservoir, and
- wherein at least one of the upper wall portion, the lower wall portion, the upper level, and the lower level are configured to drain the one or more liquids from the reservoir when the container is not in a drinking position, by allowing the one or more liquids to flow towards the container through the one or more inlets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.