Splash inhibiting beverage container lid

A lid for covering a drinking cup containing a liquid, comprising:

• a top wall having a generally circular periphery;
• an annular sidewall downwardly depending from the top wall periphery;
• the lid including a drinking opening formed adjacent to the periphery;
• a wave-breaker recess formed in the top wall having a sidewall that extends downwardly, wherein the wave-breaker recess sidewall includes a first portion facing toward the drinking opening and a second portion facing away from the drinking opening, and wherein the recess sidewall second portion is non-linear for reflecting waves of the liquid away from the drinking opening;
• a regulator valve formed under the drinking opening, the regulator valve including:
• a first sidewall structure downwardly depending from the lid adjacent the drinking opening and terminating in a first bottom wall;
• a plurality of apertures formed in at least one of the first sidewall structure and the first bottom wall;
• a second opening formed in the first bottom wall;
• a second sidewall structure downwardly depending from the first bottom wall adjacent to the second opening and terminating in a second bottom wall;
• and
• at least one aperture formed in one of the second bottom wall and the second sidewall structure.

A lid for covering a drinking cup containing a liquid, comprising:

• a top wall having a generally circular periphery;
• an annular sidewall downwardly depending from the top wall periphery;
• a drinking opening formed in the top wall adjacent to the periphery;
• a regulator valve formed under the drinking opening, the regulator valve including:
• a first sidewall structure downwardly depending from the top wall adjacent the drinking opening and terminating in a first bottom wall,
• a second opening formed in the first bottom wall,
• a second sidewall structure downwardly depending from the first bottom wall adjacent to the second opening and terminating in a second bottom wall,
• a plurality of apertures formed in the first bottom wall, and
• at least one aperture formed in the second bottom wall;
• and
• a wave-breaker recess formed in the top wall having a sidewall that extends downwardly, wherein the wave-breaker recess sidewall includes a first portion facing toward the regulator valve and a second portion facing away from the regulator valve, and wherein the recess sidewall second portion has one of a concave and a convex shape for reflecting waves of the liquid away from the regulator valve.

A lid for covering a drinking cup containing a liquid, comprising:

• a top wall having a generally circular periphery;
• an annular sidewall downwardly depending from the top wall periphery;
• the lid including a drinking opening formed adjacent to the periphery;
• and
• a regulator valve formed under the drinking opening, the regulator valve including:
• a first sidewall structure downwardly depending from the lid adjacent the drinking opening and terminating in a first bottom wall;
• a first aperture formed in the first sidewall structure or the first bottom wall;
• a second opening formed in the first bottom wall;
• a second sidewall structure downwardly depending from the first bottom wall adjacent to the second opening and terminating in a second bottom wall;
• and
• a second aperture formed in the second bottom wall and or second sidewall structure.