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US 11,591,140 B2Granted
Drink cup lid
AssigneeBerry Global, Inc.
InventorsJonathan Eickhoff, Braxton J. Bragg, Jeffrey A. Mann
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Abstract
A liquid container includes a cup having a brim forming an opening into an interior region of the cup. The container also includes a lid configured to mount on the brim of the cup to close the opening.
Claims19
A drink cup lid comprising
- a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to mate with a brim of a drink cup,
- a central closure surrounded by the brim mount and formed to include an upstanding drink spout having a top wall formed to include a liquid-discharge outlet and a side wall arranged to extend downwardly from the top wall toward an interior region surrounded by the ring-shaped brim mount, and
- an outlet closure coupled to the top wall of the upstanding drink spout for movement about a horizontally extending pivot axis between a closed position closing the liquid-discharge outlet formed in the top wall of the upstanding drink spout and an opened position away from the liquid-discharge outlet,
- wherein the drink cup lid is made from a sheet comprising polypropylene and the drink cup lid has a weight-to-diameter ratio of less than 1 and weight is measured in grams and diameter is measured in inches, and
- wherein the outlet closure includes an outlet-closure skirt having an outer edge that matches a perimeter edge of the liquid-discharge outlet, an outlet-closure pedestal arranged to extend upwardly from the outlet-closure skirt, and a reinforcement rib coupled to the outlet-closure skirt.
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A drink cup lid comprising
- a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to mate with a brim of a drink cup,
- a central closure surrounded by the brim mount and formed to include an upstanding drink spout having a top wall formed to include a liquid-discharge outlet and a side wall arranged to extend downwardly from the top wall toward an interior region surrounded by the ring-shaped brim mount, and
- an outlet closure coupled to the top wall of the upstanding drink spout for movement about a horizontally extending pivot axis between a closed position closing the liquid-discharge outlet formed in the top wall of the upstanding drink spout and an opened position away from the liquid-discharge outlet,
- wherein the drink cup lid is made from a sheet comprising polypropylene and the drink cup lid has a weight-to-diameter ratio of less than 1 and weight is measured in grams and diameter is measured in inches, and
- wherein the ring-shaped brim has an uppermost surface and only the upstanding drink spout and the outlet closure are arranged above the uppermost surface relative to the rest of the drink cup lid.
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A drink cup lid comprising
- a ring-shaped brim mount adapted to mate with a brim of a drink cup,
- a central closure surrounded by the brim mount and formed to include an upstanding drink spout having a top wall formed to include a liquid-discharge outlet and a side wall arranged to extend downwardly from the top wall toward an interior region surrounded by the ring-shaped brim mount, and
- an outlet closure coupled to the top wall of the upstanding drink spout for movement about a horizontally extending pivot axis between a closed position closing the liquid-discharge outlet formed in the top wall of the upstanding drink spout and an opened position away from the liquid-discharge outlet,
- wherein the drink cup lid is made from a sheet comprising polypropylene and the drink cup lid has a weight-to-diameter ratio of less than 1 and weight is measured in grams and diameter is measured in inches, and
- wherein the central closure further includes a closure basin and the sheet has a first thickness at the upstanding drink and the sheet has a second thickness different than the first thickness at the closure basin.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.