US 6,644,490 B2 · Lid

Abstract

A lid, suitable for “take-away” hot and cold beverage containers, which reduces spillage of the container contents and allows the user to store the container contents for consumption at a later date. The lid comprises a main body portion, incorporating an aperture for discharging the container contents, and a flexible arm portion, connected to the body portion and having a closure member positioned thereon. When a user requires to store the contents of the container for consumption at a later date, the flexible arm portion can be bent over the top of the main body portion and the closure member engaged in the aperture so as to seal it. The main body portion may also include a recess, suitably shaped to receive the closure member, wherein, when the user requires to discharge the container contents through the aperture, the closure member can be engaged in the recess such that the arm portion does not interfere with the discharge of the container contents through the aperture.

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Dependent claims

A container lid comprising:

a body having an annular top wall, the annular top wall having both an aperture and a recess wherein the recess is adjacent the aperture;
an arm attached to a portion of said body and having a closure member positioned thereon;
and in which the closure member can be moved between a first position, in which the closure member closes off the aperture, and a second position, in which the aperture is open and the closure member is received by the recess.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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