Plug for beverage container lid
AssigneeStixtogo, Inc.
InventorThomas Burns
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Abstract
A device and system for temporarily sealing an orifice in a beverage container lid comprising a plug (10, 110,210,310) having an upper surface (14,114,214), a body portion (12,112), and a lower surface (16,116,216), said body portion adapted to be inserted and releasably retained in the orifice to provide a temporary seal thereof, and an external member (20,120,220) located on the upper surface of the plug configured to allow a user to grip the plug for ease of removal from the orifice.
Claims40
1-20. (canceled)
A device for temporarily sealing an orifice in a beverage container lid, the device comprising
- a plug configured to be at least partially received within an orifice of a lid for a beverage container, the plug comprising an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface;
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- an elongate projection extending from the lower surface and configured to allow a user to stir a beverage contained in the beverage container, the elongate projection having proximal and distal ends, wherein the elongate projection comprises at least one separation element configured to provide a point to break off a portion of the elongate projection distal end from the plug.
A plug for use with a beverage container lid having at least one orifice, the plug comprising:
- a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the body portion has a maximum cross sectional dimension;
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- an elongate projection extending from the lower surface, the elongate portion having a maximum cross sectional dimension that is less than the maximum cross sectional dimension of the body portion, the elongate projection having at least one separation element configured to provide a point to break off a distal portion of the elongate projection, wherein the distal end portion of the elongate projection comprises a stirring element configured to allow a user to stir a beverage contained in the beverage container.
A device for use with a beverage container, the device comprising:
- a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface that is offset from the upper surface along a longitudinal axis of the body portion, wherein the body portion is configured to plug an orifice in a lid for the beverage container;
- an external member extending from the upper surface and configured to allow a user to grip the device;
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- an elongate projection extending from the lower surface in a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the body portion, the elongate projection comprising a proximate portion near the body portion and a distal portion, wherein the elongate projection comprises at least one separation element configured to provide a point at which to separate the distal portion of the elongate projection from the proximate portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.