Blend through cup lid
AssigneeSmoodi, Inc.
InventorsPascal Kriesche, Morgan Abraham
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Abstract
A lid, a disposable cup with the lid, and a blending machine for use with the lid and cup which is particularly well-suited for use in a self-service blending environment where material is initially provided in unblended form in the disposable cup, is blended in the disposable cup, and the disposable cup is used by the end user during consumption of the material. The lid is designed to allow for a blade assembly of the blending machine to pass through the lid and into the cup without it having to be removed.
Claims19
A lid for a drink cup, the lid comprising:
- a main body including an outer ring configured to connect to said drink cup;
- a central disk including a central orifice through said main body, the central orifice including a plurality of bendable petals which extend to the edge of a hole which is generally in the center of the central orifice;
- an outer curved wall arranged between said central disk and said outer ring;
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- a generally circular groove connecting said central disk and said outer curved wall, said groove forming a channel between said central disk and said outer curved wall;
- wherein said groove is configured to mate with a peak mounted on a base of a blender bell, said peak extending into said channel;
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- wherein when said blender bell is mated with said lid, a blade assembly of a blender may pass through said central orifice bending said petals.
A blender and cup combination for blending within said cup, the combination comprising:
- a cup;
- a lid including an outer ring connected to a rim of said cup, said lid including:
- a central disk including a central orifice through said central disk, the central orifice including a plurality of bendable petals which extend to the edge of a hole which is generally in the center of the central orifice;
- an outer curved wall arranged between said central disk and said outer ring;
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- a generally circular groove connecting said central disk and said outer curved wall, said groove forming a channel between said central disk and said outer curved wall;
- a blender bell including a base having a peak configured to mate with said groove, said peak extending into said channel;
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- a blade assembly mounted on a shaft which may move said blade assembly from a first position within said blender bell to a second position within said cup;
- wherein when said blender bell is mated with said lid, movement of said blade assembly between said first position and said second position results in said blade assembly passing through said orifice bending said petals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.