Container and lid with protective seal
AssigneeRBA Enterprises, LLC
InventorsBrennan Carl Swain, Robert Christopher Frisbee
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Abstract
A container and lid assembly that includes a container a lid, and a seal assembly that includes a lip cover, a lid cover, and a connection member extending between the lip cover and the lid cover. The container includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top. The lip cover is secured on the container, and the lid cover is secured on the lid.
Claims25
A cup and lid assembly comprising:
- a cup that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top,
- a lid, and
- a seal assembly that includes a lip cover, a lid cover, and a connection member extending between the lip cover and the lid cover, wherein the lip cover is secured on the cup and covers at least a portion of the lip, wherein the lid cover is secured on the lid, wherein the lip cover is separable from the lip, wherein the lid cover is separable from the lid, and wherein the lid is configured to be snap fit onto the lip of the cup after the lip cover is separated from the lip and the lid cover is separated from the lid.
A method of putting a lid on a cup that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top, wherein the lid and cup are part of a cup and lid assembly that includes a seal assembly that includes a lid cover that is secured over at least a portion of the top surface of the lid, a lip cover that is secured over at least a portion of the lip and a connection member that extends between the lip cover and the lid cover, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) separating the lid cover from the lid,
- (b) separating the lip cover from the lip, and
- (c) securing the lid on the lip of the cup.
A method of putting a lid on a container that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) removing a seal assembly from the container, wherein the seal assembly includes a lid cover that is secured over at least a portion of the lid, wherein the seal assembly includes a lip cover that is secured to the lip of the container and a connection member that extends between the lip cover and the lid cover, wherein the lip cover extends around the lip and defines a central opening, wherein the lip cover includes a tab, wherein at least a first weakened section is formed in the lip cover adjacent to the tab, wherein the first weakened section includes first and second opposite ends, wherein the first end is connected to the tab and the second end is connected to the connection member, wherein the connection member includes first and second opposite ends, wherein the first end is connected to the first weakened section and wherein the second end is connected to a second weakened section defined in the lid cover,
- (b) pulling the tab to fracture the first and second weakened sections,
- (c) removing the lid cover from the lid, and
- (d) placing the lid on the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.