Lid for container
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsDerek G. Sullivan, Andy Bondhus, Evan Goldberg
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Abstract
An insulating container may include an opening, which can be sealed by a closure. The closure may have an upper portion with a handle that has a circular curvature equal to the cylindrical portion of the closure. The closure may also have a lower portion that is joined to the upper portion by an injection molded polymer element. The closure may also be in the form of “flip” type of closure such that the lid can be selectably opened or closed by the user by rotating a flip closure into either the opened or closed position. The closure may also be a two-part lid having a lower cap that may be configured to be removably-coupled to the container and an upper cap that may be configured to be removably-coupled to the lower cap.
Claims22
A two-part lid configured to engage a container, the lid comprising:
- an upper cap portion comprising a first threaded sidewall and having threads on an inner portion of the first threaded sidewall;
- and
- a lower cap portion comprising:
- a second threaded sidewall having threads on an outer portion of the second threaded sidewall and engaged with a central portion and defining an upper opening;
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- a third threaded sidewall having threads on an outer portion of the third threaded sidewall and engaged with the central portion and defining a lower opening;
- wherein the first threaded sidewall is configured to removably engage the second threaded sidewall by rotating the upper cap relative to the lower cap, wherein the third threaded sidewall is configured to removably engage a threaded sidewall of a container by rotating the lower cap relative to the container, wherein the third threaded sidewall includes a lower channel extending around a lower area of the third threaded sidewall, wherein the lower channel retains a first gasket, wherein the third threaded sidewall includes an upper channel extending around an upper area of the third threaded sidewall, and wherein the upper channel retains a second gasket.
A two-part lid configured to engage a container, the lid comprising:
- an upper cap portion comprising:
- a first threaded sidewall having threads only on an inner portion of the first threaded sidewall;
- a lower cap portion comprising:
- a second threaded sidewall having threads on an outer portion of the second threaded sidewall and engaged with a central portion and defining an upper opening;
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- a third threaded sidewall having threads on an outer portion of the third threaded sidewall and engaged with the central portion and defining a lower opening;
- wherein the first threaded sidewall is configured to removably engage the second threaded sidewall by rotating the upper cap relative to the lower cap and wherein the third threaded sidewall is configured to removably engage a threaded sidewall of a container by rotating the lower cap relative to the container;
- wherein a diameter of the upper opening is less than a diameter of the lower opening;
- wherein the third threaded sidewall includes a lower channel extending around a lower area of the third threaded sidewall, and wherein the lower channel retains a first gasket;
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- wherein the third threaded sidewall includes an upper channel extending around an upper area of the third threaded sidewall, and wherein the upper channel retains a second gasket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.