Beverage container lid with deployable straw
AssigneeLeapfrog Product Development LLC
InventorsSteven N. Pinelli, Andrew D. Mangelsdorf, Francis P. Heaney, Micaela K. McCabe
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Abstract
A beverage container having a container body and a lid assembly. The lid assembly has a lid housing, an actuator and a deployable straw. The actuator rotates about the lid housing between a first position and a second position. Rotation of the actuator from the first position to the second position moves the deployable straw between a straw-use position and a straw-stowed position. The straw-stowed position is within a cavity of the container body.
Claims20
A beverage container, comprising:
- a container body having a cavity;
- and,
- a lid assembly comprising a lid housing and a deployable straw assembly, the lid housing adapted to be removably secured to the container body, the lid housing further having a first opening for a portion of the deployable straw assembly to pass through from the stowed position to the use position;
- the deployable straw assembly comprising:
- a straw;
- an rotatable actuator positioned adjacent a top surface of the lid housing;
- a cam positioned adjacent an underside of the lid housing and connected to the actuator, the cam rotating with the actuator;
- and,
- an arm pivotally connected to the lid housing, and also pivotally connected to the straw, wherein the arm has a cam follower that engages the cam to raise and lower the straw when the actuator is rotated.
A beverage container, comprising:
- a container body having a cavity;
- and,
- a lid assembly comprising a lid housing, an actuator and a straw, wherein the actuator moves the straw between a straw-use position and a straw-stowed position, wherein a portion of the straw is positioned outside the lid housing in the straw-use position, and wherein the straw is positioned within the cavity of the container body in the straw-stowed position.
A beverage container, comprising:
- a container body having a cavity;
- and,
- a lid assembly comprising a lid housing, an actuator and a deployable straw, wherein the actuator rotates about the lid housing between a first position and a second position, and wherein rotation of the actuator from the first position to the second position moves the deployable straw linearly between a straw-use position and a straw-stowed position.
A beverage container, comprising:
- a container body having a cavity;
- and,
- a lid assembly comprising a lid housing having an opening and a deployable straw assembly, wherein the deployable straw assembly has a straw that moves between a first straw position wherein a first portion of the straw extends out of the opening in the lid housing for sipping by a user, and a second straw position wherein the first portion of the straw is positioned within the cavity of the container body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.