Lid with drink opening
AssigneeSolo Cup Operating Corporation
InventorsBrian Norman Clarke, Peter Robert Wills, Nigel Frank Taylor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a lid for a beverage cup. The lid has a generally annular side wall, a rib depending from the side wall, and a top wall extending radially inward from the side wall. The lid further includes a central region positioned radially inward of the top wall. The central region has a well with a notched portion. The lid also includes a projection extending from a portion of the side wall. A living hinge formed by a line of weakness at the base of the projection permits the projection to pivot between an open position and a closed position. The central region has a shoulder portion that engages the tip of the projection to secure the projection in the open position.
Claims21
A lid for a container holding a flowable substance, the lid comprising:
- a body having a mounting portion, a central portion defining an intermediate plane and a top wall defining an upper plane wherein the planes are misaligned, the top wall having a drink opening and an upwardly extending protrusion that is moveable about a hinge located adjacent an inner circular periphery of the top wall and at the base of the protrusion, the protrusion being moveable between a first position wherein the protrusion obstructs the drink opening, and a second position wherein the protrusion is received by the central portion.
A lid for a container holding a flowable substance, the lid comprising:
- a mounting portion configured to connect the lid to the container;
- a sidewall extending upward from the mounting portion;
- a top wall extending radially inward from the sidewall, the top wall residing in an upper plane and having both a drink opening and an upwardly extending protrusion, the protrusion moveably connected to the top wall by a hinge located proximate an inner periphery of the top wall;
- and a central portion positioned radially inward of the top wall, the central portion having a primary horizontal wall positioned below the top wall, the central portion further having a recessed portion with a second horizontal wall positioned below the primary horizontal wall, the recessed portion having a receiver positioned below the second horizontal wall;
- wherein the protrusion is moveable between a first position wherein the protrusion obstructs the drink opening, and a second position wherein an extent of the protrusion is removably received by the receiver.
A lid for a container holding a flowable substance, the lid comprising:
- a body having a mounting portion, a top wall residing in a horizontal plane above the mounting portion, a central portion located radially inward of the top wall and depending from the top wall, and a drink opening positioned entirely within the top wall, wherein the central portion has both a primary horizontal wall positioned below the top wall and a recessed portion with a second horizontal wall positioned below the primary horizontal wall, the recessed portion having a receiver positioned below the second horizontal wall;
- the top wall having an upwardly extending protrusion, the protrusion having a hinge adjacent an interior edge of the top wall and a severable seam adjacent an exterior edge of the top wall;
- wherein the protrusion is moveable between a first position wherein the protrusion obstructs the drink opening, and a second position wherein an extent of the protrusion is received by the receiver.
A lid for a container holding a flowable substance, the lid comprising:
- a body having a mounting portion, a sidewall extending from the mounting portion, and a central portion positioned radially inward of the side wall, the central portion having a primary horizontal wall and a recessed portion, the recessed portion having a receiver and a secondary horizontal wall that is positioned below the primary horizontal wall, wherein the receiver is positioned below the secondary horizontal wall;
- the body further having an upper wall positioned above the central portion, the upper wall having both a drink opening and an upwardly extending protrusion, the protrusion moveably connected to the top wall by a hinge located adjacent an inner periphery of the upper wall;
- and,
- wherein the protrusion is moveable between a first position wherein the protrusion obstructs the drink opening, and a second position wherein an extent of the protrusion is removably received by the receiver.
A lid for a container holding a flowable substance, the lid comprising:
- a body having a mounting portion, a top wall residing in a horizontal plane above the mounting portion, a central portion located radially inward of the top wall and depending from the top wall, and a drink opening positioned entirely within the top wall;
- the top wall having an upwardly extending protrusion, the protrusion having a hinge adjacent an interior edge of the top wall and a severable seam adjacent an exterior edge of the top wall, the protrusion further having an apex defined by a plurality of converging walls;
- wherein the protrusion is moveable between a first position wherein the protrusion obstructs the drink opening, and a second position wherein the apex of the protrusion is removably secured in the central portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.