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US 11,840,384 B2Granted
Container closure system
OwnerAlexander J. Simakovskyinventor
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Abstract
A container closure system comprising a container (e.g., a coffee cup) with a lid comprising a sip hole, wherein the closure system further comprises a stirrer that may be used to removably plug the sip hole in the lid, said stirrer being optionally further capable of stirring liquid within the container. The present invention also may include an attachment mechanism or attachment means on or adjacent to the lid, whereby the stirrer may by releasably attached to the lid for storage, transportation, and to facilitate facile relocation of the stirrer.
Claims19
A container system comprising:
- a. a container;
- b. a lid for the container, said lid releasably attachable to the container, wherein the lid comprises a sip hole, and wherein the lid comprises a raised ring-like portion, and a lowered portion located radially inward from the raised ring-like portion;
- c. a stirrer comprising an elongated body portion that is substantially rod shaped, and wherein the stirrer is releasably attached to the lid of the container;
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- d. wherein the lid further comprises attachment means, wherein the attachment means is located either only on the raised ring-like portion of the lid, on opposite ends of a diameter or chord of the raised ring-like portion and below the upper plane of the surface of the raised ring-like portion, or only on the lowered portion of the lid, wherein the stirrer is held substantially along or parallel to the surface of the lowered ring-like portion of the lid when engaged with the attachment means,
- and wherein the stirrer may be releasably attached to the lid through use of said attachment means, and the attachment means allows the stirrer to be completely detached from the lid and reattached to the lid.
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A container system comprising:
- a. a container;
- b. a lid for the container, said lid releasably attachable to the container, wherein the lid comprises an opening through which liquid optionally contained inside the container may be dispensed;
- c. a device releasably attached to the lid of the container, said device comprising a gripping portion, a stirring end, and an elongated body portion longitudinally situated between the gripping portion and the stirring end, wherein the device is sized so as to be capable of preventing the flow of said liquid through said opening in the lid when the elongated portion of the stirrer is placed in and through said opening;
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- d. an attachment mechanism located on opposite ends of a diameter or chord of the lid, wherein the attachment mechanism does not project out past the upper surface of a raised ring-like portion, and wherein the attachment mechanism is configured for releasable attachment of the device to the lid.
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A container system comprising:
- a. a container;
- b. a lid for the container, said lid releasably attachable to the container, wherein the lid comprises a sip hole;
- c. a stirrer releasably attached to the lid of the container;
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- d. wherein the lid further comprises attachment means, wherein the attachment means comprises grooves or channels located on opposite ends of a diameter or chord of the lid and below the upper plane of the surface of a raised ring-like portion, and wherein the stirrer may be releasably attached to the lid through use of said attachment means, and the attachment means allows the stirrer to be completely detached from the lid and reattached to the lid.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.