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US 12,043,452 B2Granted
Lid assembly for a beverage container
AssigneeThermos L.L.C.
InventorMarvin Lane
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Abstract
A lid for use with a beverage container is described. The lid includes a lid body to fit into an opening of the beverage container. The lid includes a stopper that threadably engages with the lid body. A fluid passage is formed between the lid body and the stopper. The rotation of the stopper relative to the lid body provides an indication that the stopper and the lid body are in the open configuration and/or the removable configuration. The indication may include an audible indication, a tactile indication, or an increase in resistance.
Claims15
A lid for a beverage container, comprising:
- a lid body configured to fit an opening of a beverage container;
- a stopper configured to threadably engage with the lid body, wherein the stopper rotates relative to the lid body between a closed configuration, an open configuration, and a removable configuration;
- a fluid passage between the lid body and the stopper, wherein the fluid passage is closed when the stopper and the lid body are in the closed configuration, and wherein the fluid passage is open when the stopper and the lid body are in the open configuration;
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- wherein an inner surface of the lid body includes one or more inner threads, which threadably engage with one or more outer threads of the stopper, wherein the one or more inner threads or the one or more outer threads include a first notch, wherein the other of the one or more inner threads or the one or more outer threads include a first protrusion, and the first protrusion is configured to engage the first notch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.