Cup and lid combination
AssigneeHalo Cups, Inc.
InventorTony Bouie
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Abstract
A cup including a side wall, a closed bottom and an open top. Preferably the side wall includes an indented portion and a raised portion that cooperate to define a slot portion that is adapted to receive a lid. The lid can be slid into and retained in the slot portion.
Claims17
A cup comprising a side wall, a closed bottom and an open top, wherein the side wall includes an indented portion and a raised portion, wherein the raised portion and the indented portion cooperate to define a slot portion that is adapted to receive a lid.
A method of storing a lid, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a cup including a side wall, a closed bottom and an open top, wherein the side wall has a slot portion defined therein,
- providing a lid, and
- sliding the lid into the slot portion.
A method of placing a lid on a cup, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a stack of nestable cups, at least one of the cups including a side wall, a closed bottom and an open top, wherein the side wall has a slot portion defined therein, and wherein a lid is disposed in the slot portion,
- removing the at least one cup from the stack,
- sliding the lid out of the slot portion, and
- placing the lid on the top of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.