Lid assembly for beverage container
AssigneeYETI Coolers, LLC
InventorsHector Barea, Dustin R. Bullock
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Abstract
A lid assembly for a beverage container includes an upper adapter and a lower adapter. The lid assembly may move between a closed configuration and an open configuration by rotating the upper adapter relative to the lower adapter. In some examples, the upper adapter may include a puck that is inserted into a receiver at a bottom of the upper adapter, where the puck has a tab that contacts a stop on the lower adapter to prohibit rotational movement of the upper adapter relative to the lower adapter beyond a predetermined amount to provide tactile feedback to a user that the lid assembly is in an open configuration. The puck may be secured to the upper adapter using a magnetic force between an upper adapter magnet in the upper adapter and a puck magnet in the puck.
Claims20
A lid assembly for a beverage container, the lid assembly comprising:
- an upper adapter comprising:
- a first upper cylindrical portion, a top wall connected to the first upper cylindrical portion, a first lower cylindrical portion connected to the first upper cylindrical portion;
- wherein the top wall comprises a primary opening;
- wherein the first lower cylindrical portion includes a receiver, wherein the receiver includes a side wall that surrounds a cavity that is open to an area below the lid assembly;
- and
- a lower adapter comprising:
- a second upper cylindrical portion, a second lower cylindrical portion connected to the second upper cylindrical portion, and an opening extending through the second upper cylindrical portion and the second lower cylindrical portion, wherein the opening at least partially receives the upper adapter;
- and
- a puck that is removably coupled with the receiver of the upper adapter, wherein the puck includes a puck body and a tab extending outward from the puck body, and wherein the puck body is at least partially received within the cavity of the receiver;
- wherein the lid assembly has a closed configuration and an open configuration, and wherein the upper adapter is moved relative to the lower adapter to move the lid assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration;
- and
- wherein the tab of the puck contacts the lower adapter to limit movement of the upper adapter relative to the lower adapter.
A lid assembly for a beverage container, the lid assembly comprising:
- an upper adapter comprising:
- a first upper cylindrical portion, a top wall connected to the first upper cylindrical portion, a first lower cylindrical portion connected to the first upper cylindrical portion, and an upper adapter magnet;
- wherein the first lower cylindrical portion includes a receiver;
- and
- a lower adapter comprising:
- a second upper cylindrical portion, a second lower cylindrical portion connected to the second upper cylindrical portion, and an opening extending through the second upper cylindrical portion and the second lower cylindrical portion, wherein the opening at least partially receives the upper adapter;
- and
- a puck that is removably coupled with the receiver of the upper adapter, wherein the puck includes a puck body, a puck magnet, and a tab extending outward from the puck body;
- wherein when the puck is coupled to the upper adapter, the upper adapter is movably coupled to the lower adapter;
- and
- wherein the puck is axially secured to the receiver by an attractive force between the upper adapter magnet and the puck magnet.
A lid assembly for a beverage container, the lid assembly comprising:
- an upper adapter comprising:
- a first upper cylindrical portion, a top wall connected to the first upper cylindrical portion, a first lower cylindrical portion connected to the first upper cylindrical portion, and an upper adapter magnet;
- wherein the first lower cylindrical portion includes a receiver, wherein the receiver comprises a cavity;
- and
- a lower adapter comprising:
- a second upper cylindrical portion, a second lower cylindrical portion connected to the second upper cylindrical portion, and an opening extending through the second upper cylindrical portion and the second lower cylindrical portion, wherein the opening at least partially receives the upper adapter;
- and
- a puck that is removably coupled with the receiver of the upper adapter, wherein the puck includes a puck body, a puck magnet, and a tab extending outward from the puck body;
- wherein the puck body is at least partially received within the cavity of the receiver;
- wherein the puck is axially secured to the receiver by an attractive force between the upper adapter magnet and the puck magnet;
- and
- wherein the lid assembly has a closed configuration and an open configuration, and wherein the upper adapter is rotated relative to the lower adapter to move the lid assembly from the closed configuration to the open configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.