Bee proof beverage container
OwnerJohn R. Hallinventor
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Abstract
A container with a lid which is provided with scorelines defining a plurality of long narrow lugs. A tab is secured by its midportion to the central portion of the lid and has at one end a plurality of fingers which respectively terminate over the lugs for pushing the lugs into the container when the tab is lifted. The displaced lugs leave parallel, narrow slits which preclude the entry of insects, such as bees, into the container.
Claims8
A beverage container comprising, a container body for containing a liquid and a lid for closing said container body for confining said liquid in said container body, the improvement comprising, said lid being provided with a plurality of spaced scorelines for defining individually outlined, displaceable lugs in said lid, a tab having detent means carried on said lid, said detent means including means for simultaneously engaging the outer surfaces of all of said lugs and for urging said lugs simultaneously downwardly into said container, thereby providing in said lid a plurality of spaced juxtaposed slots through which the liquid can be discharged when the container is tilted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.