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US 8,052,003 B2Granted
Plug with recessed body portions for beverage container lid
AssigneeStixtogo, Inc.
InventorThomas Burns
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Abstract
A device and system for temporarily sealing an orifice in a beverage container lid, comprising a plug having an upper surface, a body portion and a lower surface, said body portion adapted to be inserted and releasably retained in the orifice to provide a temporary seal thereof, and an external member located on the upper surface of the plug configured to allow a user to grip the plug for ease of removal from the orifice.
Claims27
A plug for temporarily sealing a drinking orifice in a beverage container lid, the plug comprising:
- a body portion having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a second sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the first sidewall and second sidewall are disposed on opposite sides of the body portion, wherein the first sidewall comprises a first center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the first sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, and wherein the second sidewall comprises a second center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the second sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, wherein the first and second sidewalls are configured to engage at least a portion of the orifice;
- a cap portion disposed on the upper surface, the cap portion configured to provide a limit to the insertion of the plug into the orifice;
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- an external member configured to allow a user to grip the plug for insertion and removal of the plug from the orifice.
1 more element
The plug of claim a, further comprising an elongate projection extending from the lower surface and configured to allow a user to stir a beverage contained in the beverage container.
A beverage container system comprising:
- a container for containing a liquid beverage, the container having an open end;
- a lid configured to attach to said open end of said container, said lid having at least one drinking orifice;
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- a plug for temporarily sealing said orifice, said plug comprising
- a body portion having an upper surface, a lower surface, a first sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, and a second sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the first sidewall and second sidewall are disposed on opposite sides of the body portion, and wherein the first sidewall comprises a first center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the first sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, and wherein the second sidewall comprises a second center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the second sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, wherein the first and second sidewalls are configured to engage at least a portion of the orifice, and
- a cap portion disposed on the upper surface, the cap portion configured to provide a limit to the insertion of the plug into the orifice.
3 more elements
A plug comprising:
- a body portion configured to be at least partially received within a drinking orifice of a lid for a beverage container, the body portion comprising
- an upper surface,
- a lower surface offset from the upper surface along a longitudinal axis of the plug,
- a first sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the first sidewall comprises a first center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the first sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, the first center region extending generally toward the longitudinal axis of the plug, and
- a second sidewall disposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, wherein the second sidewall comprises a second center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the second sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, the second center region extending generally toward the longitudinal axis of the plug, wherein the first and second sidewalls are configured to engage at least a portion of the orifice;
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- an external member configured to allow a user to grip the plug for insertion and removal of the plug from the orifice.
4 more elements
A plug for temporarily sealing a drinking orifice in a beverage container lid, the plug comprising:
- a plug body comprising means for inserting into an orifice of a beverage container to seal the orifice, the inserting means having a sidewall including a center region that is recessed with respect to regions of the sidewall on opposite sides of the center region, the sidewall being configured to engage at least a portion of the orifice, wherein a center portion of the plug body is thinner than an outer portion of the plug body on either side of the center region;
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- an external member configured to allow a user to grip the plug for insertion and removal of the plug from the orifice.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.