# US 5,702,024 A · Ice blocking cup lid

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- Number: US 5,702,024 A
- Document ID: US5702024A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/584,099
- Filed: 1996-01-11
- Granted: 1997-12-30
- Earliest claimed: 1996-01-11
- Inventors: Frank E. Riso
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5702024A

## CPC

- A47G 19/2211: {Lip- or moustache-protecting devices for drinking glasses; Strainers set in a movable or fixed manner in the glasses}
- A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B)

## Abstract

An ice blocking cup lid for use in association with a cup including a rim, ice cubes and fluid, the apparatus comprising: at least one plate formed in a planar configuration and including a front section, the plate including coupling devices to permit coupling to the rim of a cup, each plate being retained within the cup below the rim.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A ice blocking cup lid for use in association with a cup including a rim, ice cubes and fluid, the apparatus comprising, in combination:
a first plate and a second plate, each plate being fabricated of plastic and formed in a planar configuration with convex inboard, outboard and rear sides, each member further including a concave front side, an upper surface and a lower surface, each front side including three spaced apertures positioned therealong, the first plate being positioned above the second plate with the inboard end of the first plate overlapping the inboard end of the second plate, the members being positioned whereby at least one aperture of the first plate being positioned in alignment with at least one aperture of the second plate;
a pin being fabricated of plastic and pivotally and releasably coupled through the aligned apertures to permit pivotal movement of the first and second plates with respect to each other; and
each outboard side edge including an inverted U-shaped clip affixed thereto adjacent to the rear edge, each clip being fabricated of plastic, in an operative orientation the clips of each member being coupled to the rim of a cup, the slidably adjustable configuration of the apparatus permitting coupling to a plurality of differently sized cups, the apparatus serving to block ice cubes when a user drinks from a cup including fluid and ice cubes.

### Claim 2

An ice blocking cup lid for use in association with a cup including a rim, ice cubes and fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a plate formed in a planar configuration and including a front section, the plate including coupling devices to permit coupling to the rim of a cup, the plate being retained within the cup below the rim, the plate having a linear front section including three circular apertures positioned therealong, the plate having a rear extent including a spring loaded hinge, the hinge having a rear segment and a front segment, the front and rear segments being coupled around the rim of a cup in an operative orientation.

### Claim 3

An ice blocking cup lid for use in association with a cup including a rim, ice cubes and fluid, the apparatus comprising:
at least one plate formed in a planar configuration and including a front section, the plate including coupling devices to permit coupling to the rim of a cup, each of said at least one plate being retained within the cup below the rim; said at least one plate comprising first and second plates, each plate having a concave front edge with a plurality of apertures positioned therealong, each plate having an outboard edge with an inverted U-shaped clip affixed thereto, the first plate being positioned above the second plate with at least one aperture of the first plate being positioned in alignment with at least one aperture of the second plate, a pin being pivotally and releasably coupled through the aligned apertures to permit pivotal movement of the first and second plates with respect to each other.

### Claim 4

An ice blocking cup lid for use in association with a cup including a rim, ice cubes and fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a plate formed in a planar configuration and including a front section, the plate including coupling devices to permit coupling to the rim of a cup, the plate being retained within the cup below the rim, the plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the plate including a rear section with a horizontal plane, the front section having a concave front edge with four circular apertures positioned therealong, the front section being angled downwardly with respect to the rear section of the plate, the plate including a cylindrical flange with a rounded upper extent and a lower extent including a recess, the flange adapted to be coupled to the rim of a cup in an operative orientation.