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US 10,870,522 B2Granted
Lid with actuator for valve assembly
AssigneeThermos L.L.C.
InventorMarvin Lane
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Abstract
A lid is described to reduce spillage or leakage of fluids contained in a beverage container. The lid includes the actuator that opens and closes a dispensing opening of the lid and also opens and closes a valve of the lid to reduce spillage or leakage from the beverage container. As the actuator is opened, the dispensing opening is uncovered and the valve opened.
Claims21
A lid assembly, comprising:
- a lid body comprising an indentation in the lid body and a dispensing opening passing through the lid body;
- an actuator movably engaged to the indentation, and the actuator comprising a sloped lower surface and an inclined surface;
- a valve assembly comprising a valve body featuring a valve stem, and the valve stem configured to pass through the lid body;
- a stem retainer in a cavity of the lid body, wherein the stem retainer comprises a sloped upper surface and a second sloped lower surface, wherein the stem retainer engages with the valve stem;
- and,
- the sloped lower surface of the actuator is positioned over the sloped upper surface of the stem retainer, and the inclined surface of the actuator is positioned under the second sloped lower surface of the stem retainer.
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A lid assembly, comprising:
- a lid body comprising an indentation in the lid body and a dispensing opening passing through the lid body;
- an actuator movably engaged to the indentation, and the actuator comprising a sloped lower surface;
- a valve assembly comprising a valve body featuring a valve stem;
- a stem retainer in a cavity of the lid body, wherein the stem retainer comprises a sloped upper surface, wherein the stem retainer engages with the valve stem;
- and,
- the sloped lower surface of the actuator is positioned over the sloped upper surface of the stem retainer, wherein a lower surface of the actuator defines a channel that receives an upper end of the valve stem, wherein the channel limits movement of the upper end of the valve stem.
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A lid assembly, comprising:
- a lid body comprising an indentation in the lid body and a dispensing opening passing through the lid body;
- an actuator movably engaged to the indentation, and the actuator comprising a sloped lower surface;
- a valve assembly comprising a valve body featuring a valve stem;
- a stem retainer in a cavity of the lid body, wherein the stem retainer comprises a sloped upper surface, wherein the stem retainer engages with the valve stem;
- and,
- the sloped lower surface of the actuator is positioned over the sloped upper surface of the stem retainer, wherein the valve body comprises the valve stem extending generally perpendicular from a valve body plate, wherein the valve body plate includes one or more ridges that extend upward from the valve body plate to meet with protrusions extending from an inner surface of a lower outer wall of the lid body to reduce any rotation of the valve body.
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A lid assembly, comprising:
- a lid body comprising an indentation in the lid body and a dispensing opening passing through the lid body;
- an actuator movably engaged to the indentation, and the actuator comprising a sloped lower surface;
- a valve assembly comprising a valve body featuring a valve stem;
- a stem retainer in a cavity of the lid body, wherein the stem retainer comprises a sloped upper surface, wherein the stem retainer engages with the valve stem;
- and,
- the sloped lower surface of the actuator is positioned over the sloped upper surface of the stem retainer, wherein the indentation includes indentation sidewalls having protrusions, and wherein the actuator includes sidewalls having openings, which leads to channels, wherein the protrusions of the indentation sidewalls enter into the openings and the channels of the sidewalls to slidably lock the actuator to the lid body.
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A lid assembly, comprising:
- a lid body comprising a dispensing opening passing through the lid body;
- an actuator movably engaged to the lid body, and the actuator comprising a first sloped lower surface and an inclined surface;
- a valve assembly comprising a valve body featuring a valve stem, and the valve stem configured to pass through the lid body;
- a stem retainer in the lid body, wherein the stem retainer comprises a sloped upper surface and a second sloped lower surface, wherein the stem retainer engages with the valve stem;
- the first sloped lower surface of the actuator is positioned over the sloped upper surface of the stem retainer;
- and,
- the inclined surface of the actuator is positioned under the second sloped lower surface of the stem retainer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.