Container and lid with protective seal
AssigneeRBA Enterprises, LLC
InventorsBrennan Carl Swain, Robert Christopher Frisbee
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Abstract
A container and lid assembly that includes a container a lid, and a seal assembly that includes a lip cover, a lid cover, and a connection member extending between the lip cover and the lid cover. The container includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip, and an open top. The lip cover is secured on the container, and the lid cover is secured on the lid.
Claims16
A cup and lid assembly comprising:
- a cup that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top,
- a lid that includes a top surface, wherein a drinking opening is defined through the lid, and,
- a seal assembly that includes a lid cover, wherein the lid cover is secured on the lid and covers at least a portion of the top surface and the drinking opening, wherein a tab extends outwardly from the lid cover, such that a user can grasp the tab and peel the lid cover from lid, and wherein the lid is configured to be snap fit onto the lip of the cup.
A method of putting a lid on a cup that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top, wherein the lid and cup are part of a cup and lid assembly that includes a seal assembly that includes a lid cover that is secured over a drinking opening defined through the lid and at least a portion of the top surface of the lid, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) snap fitting the lid on the lip of the cup,
- (b) grasping a tab that extends outwardly from the lid cover, and
- (c) separating the lid cover from the lid to reveal the drinking opening.
A cup and lid assembly comprising:
- a cup that includes at least one sidewall, a bottom, a lip and an open top,
- a lid, and
- a seal assembly that includes a lip cover, a lid cover, and a connection member extending between the lip cover and one of the lid and the lid cover, wherein the lip cover is secured on the cup, wherein the lid cover is secured on the lid, wherein the lip cover is separable from the lip, wherein the lid cover is separable from the lid or lid cover, and wherein the lid is configured to be snap fit onto the lip of the cup after the lip cover is separated from the lip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.