Lid device with splashless baffle

A splashless lid device for dispensing fluid contained in a drinking container, the container including an upper lip portion which defines an opening into the container, said lid device comprising:

• a top cover having a mounting portion configured to sealingly engage the lip portion of the container for removable mounting thereto, and a top wall coupled to the mounting portion and extending substantially laterally across the container opening when the mounting portion is sealingly engaged with the container lip portion;
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• a bottom cover adapted to removably mount to said top cover such that said top wall and a bottom wall of the bottom cover cooperate to define an interior cavity therebetween, said top wall having a drinking port in flow communication with said interior cavity, and said bottom wall having an annular first wall portion depending downwardly from said top wall and having a baffle opening extending into said interior cavity such that an axis of said baffle opening is substantially skewed relative to an axis of said drinking port, the downwardly depending baffle portion being adapted to reduce splash of fluid flow therethrough such that during fluid dispensing from the container, said fluid must pass through the baffle opening and into said interior cavity prior to passing through said drinking port.

A drinking container assembly for dispensing a fluid therefrom comprising:

• a container including a lip portion which defines an opening into the container;
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• a splashless lid device having a mounting portion configured to sealingly engage the lip portion of the container for removable mounting thereto, and a top cover coupled to the mounting portion and extending substantially laterally across the container opening when the mounting portion is sealingly engaged with the container lip portion, said top cover including a top wall and a bottom wall cooperating to define an interior cavity therebetween, said top wall having a drinking port in flow communication with said interior cavity, and said bottom wall having an annular first wall portion depending downwardly from said top wall and having a baffle opening extending into said interior cavity such that an axis of said baffle opening is substantially skewed relative to an axis of said drinking port, the downwardly depending baffle portion being adapted to reduce splash of fluid flow therethrough such that during fluid dispensing from the container, said fluid must pass through the baffle opening and into said interior cavity prior to passing through said drinking port.

A splashless lid device for dispensing fluid contained in a drinking container, said container including an upper lip portion which defines an opening into the container, said lid device comprising:

• a top cover having a mounting portion configured to sealingly engage the lip portion of the container for removable mounting thereto, a top wall extending substantially laterally across the container opening when the mounting portion is sealingly engaged with the container lip portion, and an upstanding side wall extending between and interconnecting the mounting portion and the top wall;
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• a bottom cover adapted to removably mount to said top cover such that said top wall and a bottom wall of the bottom cover cooperate to define an interior cavity therebetween, said top wall having a drinking port in flow communication with said interior cavity, and said bottom wall depending downwardly from the top wall and having a baffle opening extending into said interior cavity, and adapted to reduce splash of fluid flow therethrough, said side wall and said bottom wall cooperating to channel the fluid through the baffle opening such that during fluid dispensing from the container, said fluid must pass through the baffle opening and into said interior cavity prior to passing through said drinking port.