Beverage container lid with sliding seal mechanism

A lid for a beverage container, the lid comprising:

• a lid body defining a drinking passageway therethrough, the drinking passageway extending between a drinking opening positioned at a front of the lid and a drinking passageway inlet positioned at an interior of the lid body;
• and
• a sealing apparatus located at least partially in the interior of the lid body,
• wherein the sealing apparatus is configured to slide relative to the lid body between a first position in which the drinking passageway is sealed, and a second position in which the drinking passageway is not sealed,
• wherein the sealing apparatus slides away from the front of the lid along a travel axis when sliding from the first position to the second position,
• wherein an interior surface of the lid body around the drinking passageway inlet is angled downward toward a front of the lid, relative to the travel axis, and
• wherein a portion of the sealing apparatus that seals the drinking opening is angled downward toward the front of the lid, relative to the travel axis.

A lid for a beverage container, the lid comprising:

• a lid body defining a drinking passageway therethrough, the drinking passageway extending between a drinking opening at an upper rim of the lid body and a drinking passageway inlet at an interior of the lid body;
• and
• a sealing apparatus located at least partially in the interior of the lid body, the sealing apparatus slidable relative to the lid body between a first position in which the drinking passageway is sealed and a second position in which the drinking passageway is not sealed,
• wherein a sealing member of the sealing apparatus contacts an interior surface of the lid body around the drinking passageway inlet to seal the drinking passageway when the sealing apparatus is in the first position, and
• wherein the portion of the sealing apparatus that contacts the interior surface of the lid body around the drinking passageway inlet when the sealing apparatus is in the first position does not contact the interior surface of the lid body when the sealing apparatus is in the second position.