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US 11,628,985 B2Granted
Lid
AssigneeGary Ross
InventorsGary Ross, Griffin Ross
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Abstract
A lid is disclosed having a spring mechanism that pushes up an activator lever while also lifting up a flow stopper that keeps fluid from the mug and out through the lid. A button in the side of the lid activates the lever. This button can be locked in either the open or closed position. The open architecture allows for easy disassembly and deep cleaning of all of the parts of the lid. Due to the design of the lid, a mug can be filled without having to remove the lid. Similarly, the user does not have to touch any part of the lid from which water flows. This makes the use of this lid more sanitary.
Claims18
A lid, comprising:
- a) a button:
- b) a circular wall, said circular wall having a wall opening for said button, each end of said circular wall being open;
- c) a lid substructure, said lid substructure being circular, said distal end of said lid substructure being attached to a bottom end of said circular wall, said lid, said lid substructure comprising:
- i) a rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure;
- ii) a flow stopper port centered within the rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure, said flow stopper port comprising:
- 1) a bottom floor;
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- 2) a hole in the bottom floor;
- iii) a plurality of connecting rods connecting and centering the flow stopper port to the rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure;
- iv) fluid passageways formed by and positioned between said connecting rods;
- d) a remote activator lever, said remote activator lever connected at a first end to said button and pivotable about an x-axis;
- e) a remote activator, said remote activator connected to a second end of said remote activator lever;
- f) a pushport positioned between an underside of said remote activator and the flow stopper port of the lid substructure, said pushport being a port open on at least a proximal end;
- g) a flow stopper, said flow stopper comprising:
- i) a flat circular disk having the ability to cover the fluid passageways, preventing fluid flow, said flat circular disk positioned under the lid substructure;
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- ii) a centralized stem which is centralized, perpendicular to and extending upward from the flat circle, said centralized stem extending up through said hole in the bottom floor of said substructure and held in place by said pushport;
- h) a spring positioned between said bottom floor of said flow stopper port and the pushport, said spring having enough strength and to push up said pushport such that the remote activator and the remote activator lever are pushed upwards;
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- i) a cap that has the ability to cover an opening of the lid.
17 more elements
A lid, comprising:
- a) a button:
- b) a circular wall, said circular wall having an opening for said button, each end of said circular wall being open;
- c) a lid substructure, said lid substructure being circular, said distal end of said lid substructure being attached to said proximal end of said circular wall, said lid, said lid substructure comprising:
- i. a rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure;
- ii. a flow stopper port centered within the rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure, said flow stopper port comprising:
- 1) A bottom floor;
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- 2) a hole in the bottom floor;
- iii. a plurality of connecting rods connecting and centering the flow stopper port to the rim positioned around the inner circumference at the bottom of the lid substructure;
- iv. fluid passageways formed by and positioned between said connecting rods;
- d) a remote activator lever, said remote activator lever connected at a first end to said button and pivotable about an x-axis;
- e) a remote activator, said remote activator connected to a second end of said remote activator lever;
- f) a flow stopper, said flow stopper comprising:
- I) a flat circular disk having the ability to cover the fluid passageways, preventing fluid flow, said flat circular disk positioned under the lid substructure;
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- II) a centralized stem which is centralized, perpendicular to and extending upward from the flat circle, said centralized stem extending up, through said hole in the bottom floor of said substructure and held in place by said pushport;
- g) a spring positioned between said bottom floor of said flow stopper port and an underside of the remote activator, said spring having enough strength that the remote activator and the remote activator lever are pushed upwards;
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- h) a cap that has the ability to cover an opening of the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.