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US 10,994,899 B1Granted
Beverage can top cover
OwnerChristopher David Conners, Randy Fraser Wagginventors
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Abstract
A lid assembly for a beverage can has a base and a closure member that can be swiveled relative to the base between a position in which a drinking port in the top of a can is exposed to allow drinking through the port and a position in which the drinking port is covered. The base is snap fitted over a rim at the top of the can.
Claims18
A lid assembly for a beverage can comprising
- a base having a first plate and a skirt depending from the first plate, the skirt having a projection thereon for engaging under a part of a rim of the can to attach the first plate to the can,
- a cover having a second plate mounted parallel to and against the first plate on a side thereof remote from the skirt for rotation of the second plate relative to the first plate about an axis of rotation,
- the first plate, in areal extent, being a major part of a first circular area, centered on and encompassing the axis, the first plate having a first part of a perimeter thereof spanning the first circular area, the first plate excluding a first drinking access area having a perimeter defined by the first perimeter part and, contiguous thereto, an arc of the first circular area,
- the second plate, in areal extent, being a major part of a second circular area, centered on and encompassing the axis, the second plate having a second part of a perimeter thereof spanning the second circular area, the second plate excluding a second drinking access area having a perimeter defined by the second perimeter part and, contiguous thereto, an arc of the second circular area,
- wherein the second plate is rotatable relative to the first plate between a closed position in which the second plate covers the first drinking access area and an open position in which at least a part of the second drinking access area covers at least a part of the first drinking access area.
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