Cap for hot beverage cup
OwnerJoseph R. McFarlandinventor
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Abstract
A disposable, removable closure cap for a beverage container, including a depression permitting the beverage to be drunk while the cap remains in place on the container, while limiting spillage of liquids held in the container. The cap includes perforations in a depending wall located closely adjacent an inner wall of the container in order to limit the flow of beverage into a depression defined in the upper surface of the cap. A slit in the cap permits the aroma of a beverage to be enjoyed while the beverage is being drunk from the depression. The cap may be formed from sheet plastic material.
Claims13
A detachable closure cap for a beverage container having a circular opening defining a lip, comprising:
- (a) peripheral means for sealingly engaging the lip of said beverage container;
- (b) a main cover portion generally horizontally disposed and circumscribed by said peripheral means;
- (c) means for defining a depression adjoining said main cover portion and located within said peripheral means;
- (d) downwardly-extending outer wall means, included in said means for defining a depression, for defining one side of a narrow annular space alongside an interior surface of a beverage container;
- (e) a sloping floor member included in said depression and extending diagonally upward from a lower portion of said outer wall means to said main cover portion;
- (f) means for defining a plurality of apertures extending through said outer wall means;
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- (g) means for defining a slit through said floor means, said slit extending along said floor means generally radially of the portion of said closure cap defined within said peripheral means and located between said outer wall means and said main cover portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.