# US 10,865,020 B2 · Drinking container with sliding closure

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- Number: US 10,865,020 B2
- Document ID: US10865020B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/625,472
- Filed: 2017-06-16
- Published: 2018-02-22
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2016-06-17
- Assignees: Marc Heinke
- Applicants: Marc Heinke
- Inventors: Nicholas Herling; Marc Heinke
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10865020B2

## CPC

- B65D 43/20: linearly slidable
- A47G 19/2266: {Means for facilitating drinking, e.g. for infants or invalids}
- A47G 19/2272: {from drinking glasses or cups comprising lids or covers}
- A47G 21/186: {Details of bendable straws}
- B65D 41/02: Caps or cap-like covers without lines of weakness, tearing strips, tags, or like opening or removal devices
- B65D 43/12: guided for removal by sliding
- B65D 47/066: {the spout being either flexible or having a flexible wall portion, whereby the spout is foldable between a dispensing and a non-dispensing position (B65D47/2043 takes precedence)}
- B65D 47/286: {between planar parts}
- B65D 51/18: Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)}
- B65D 53/00: Sealing or packing elements (sealings in general F16J15/00); Sealings formed by liquid or plastics material
- B65D 77/283: {located initially inside the container, whereby the straw is revealed only upon opening the container, e.g. pop-up straws}
- B65D 2205/02: Venting holes
- B65D 2251/0018: of the 43-type
- B65D 2251/0028: of the 51-type
- B65D 2251/0078: of the 41-type
- B65D 2251/0087: of the 47-type
- B65D 2251/009: of the 51-type
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

A drinking container comprising a vessel; a cap, atop said vessel; a flexible drinking straw extending from said cap, in flow communication with an interior of said vessel; a slidable, generally flat lid defining a cavity between said cap and said lid; wherein said lid is generally co-extensive with a top of said cap, and is slidably mounted to said cap to slide between an open position in which said flexible straw is extended for drinking, to a closed position in which said straw is flexed into said cavity.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A drinking container comprising
a vessel having a top opening;
a cap, seated within said top opening of said vessel;
a flexible drinking straw extending from said cap, in flow communication with an interior of said vessel;
a slidable lid defining a cavity between said cap and said lid;
wherein said lid is slidably mounted to said cap to slide between an open position in which said flexible straw is extended for drinking and a portion of said lid overhangs beyond an outer edge of said cap, to a closed position in which said straw is flexed into said cavity and said lid is co-extensive with a top of said cap.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The drinking container of claim 1, wherein said cap further comprises an air inlet to allow air to enter said vessel as liquid is depleted therefrom, and wherein said lid in said closed position urges said flexible drinking straw into contact with said air inlet to obstruct said air inlet.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The drinking container of claim 1, wherein said cap comprises two opposing grooves, for slidably receiving said lid.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The drinking container of claim 3, wherein said lid comprises two ribs for engaging said two opposing grooves.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The drinking container of claim 4, wherein said straw is formed of flexible silicone.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The drinking container of claim 1, wherein said lid comprises two downwardly extending rails to guide said flexible straw as said straw is flexed into said cavity.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The drinking container of claim 6, wherein said downwardly extending rails at least partially define said cavity.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The drinking container of claim 6, wherein said lid comprises a downwardly extending wall, at least partially defining said cavity.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The drinking container of claim 8, wherein said vessel comprises an upwardly extending tab that abuts with said downwardly extending wall with said lid in said closed position.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The drinking container of claim 1, wherein:
said vessel comprises a tab extending from a rear of said vessel above a top surface of said vessel; and
said lid comprises a stop extending downwardly from said lid to engage with said tab to prevent said lid from being slid from said cap, when said cap is mounted atop said vessel;
wherein said cap with said lid mounted thereto is removable from said vessel and said lid is removable from said cap when said cap is removed from said vessel by rearwardly sliding said lid from said cap without engaging said tab.