Domed Cup Lid for Holding an Inverted Can or Bottle
AssigneeAKACAS IP Holdings, LLC
InventorAlexander K. Miller
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Abstract
A lid for a cup is described where the lid acts to hold a can upside down inside the cup. The lid including a rim attachment mechanism allowing the lid to be attached to the cup and a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein. The lid also includes a can receptacle extending from the top into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the can receptacle is formed to accept a can and to hold the can in a fixed position relative to the lid, and a bottle receptacle extending from a bottom of the can receptacle, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept a neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid.
Claims8
A method for holding a can inverted in an interior of a cup comprising:
- inserting a lid onto a cup, the lid comprising:
- a dome connected to the rim attachment mechanism and having an aperture therein;
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- a can receptacle extending from the top into the interior of the dome through the aperture in the dome, wherein the can receptacle is formed to accept a can and to hold the can in a fixed position relative to the lid;
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- a bottle receptacle extending from a bottom of the can receptacle, wherein the bottle receptacle is formed to accept a neck of the bottle and to hold the bottle in a fixed position relative to the lid;
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- inserting a can into aperture in the lid such that the lid holds the can inverted in the interior of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.