Liquid-dispensing container with multiple-position selector
AssigneeRunway Blue, LLC
InventorsNathan K. Hirst, Jim A. Colby, David O. Meyers, Joseph O. Jacobsen
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Abstract
A liquid-dispensing container may include a vessel, lid body, valve assembly, selector and/or straw. The selector may be movable between a first position that allows fluid disposed within the container to be discharged through a straw, and a second position that allows fluid within the container to be discharged by inverting and/or squeezing the container. The selector may be movable into a closed position that restricts fluid from being discharged from the container. The selector may be movable into a detachment position that allows for detachment of the selector from a remainder of the container, disassembly of the valve assembly, or both.
Claims22
A lid for a drinking vessel, the lid comprising:
- a lid body;
- a selector movable relative to the lid body between a closed position, a first open position and a second open position;
- a conduit coupled with the selector, the conduit comprising a first conduit opening, a second conduit opening, and a third conduit opening;
- a valve body comprising a first valve body opening and a second valve body opening;
- and
- a straw,
- wherein when the selector is in the closed position, fluid flow from a reservoir of an attached vessel is inhibited,
- wherein when the selector is in the first open position, fluid is able to be removed from the reservoir of the attached vessel along a first fluid pathway extending from the reservoir of the attached vessel through the straw, through the first valve body opening, through at least one of the first conduit opening and the second conduit opening, and through the third conduit opening,
- wherein when the selector is in the second open position, fluid is able to be removed from the reservoir of the attached vessel along a second fluid pathway extending from the reservoir of the attached vessel, through the second valve body opening, through at least one of the first conduit opening and the second conduit opening, and through the third conduit opening, and
- wherein the second fluid pathway does not extend through the straw.
A lid for a drinking vessel, the lid comprising:
- a lid body;
- a selector movable relative to the lid body between a closed position, a first open position and a second open position;
- a conduit coupled with the selector, the conduit comprising a conduit opening disposed in a cylindrical sidewall of the conduit;
- a valve body comprising a first valve body opening and a second valve body opening;
- and
- a straw,
- wherein when the selector is in the closed position, fluid flow from an attached vessel is inhibited,
- wherein when the selector is in the first open position, fluid is able to be removed from the attached vessel along a first fluid pathway extending from an interior of the attached vessel through the straw, the first valve body opening, and the conduit opening,
- wherein when the selector is in the second open position, fluid is able to be removed from the attached vessel along a second fluid pathway extending from the interior of the attached vessel through the second valve body opening and the conduit opening, and
- wherein the second fluid pathway does not extend through the straw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.