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US 8,205,468 B2Granted
Thermodynamic container
AssigneeThermoBuffer LLC
InventorsOrin L. Hemminger, Megan L. Cavanaugh, Brian E. Henslee
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Abstract
A thermodynamic container for regulating the temperature of a liquid. An exemplary embodiment may include an inner layer of a thermal buffering material and an outer layer of insulation. The thermal buffering layer may include a phase change material and/or a non-phase change material. Some exemplary embodiments may include lid, which may include insulation, a thermal buffering layer, and/or a drinking port.
Claims13
A beverage container comprising:
- a cup portion including an interior for holding a beverage and an open top, where the cup portion includes an inner layer including a first portion of a thermal buffering material and an outer insulative layer;
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- a lid for covering the open top, the lid including
- a lid body releasably engagable with the cup portion proximate the open top,
- an open button extending upwardly from the body,
- a peg extending substantially axially through the body, a first end of the peg engaging the open button,
- a seal body mounted to a second end of the peg, the seal body releasably sealing against an annular rim on the lid body when the open button and the peg are in a closed position, and the seal body being axially spaced apart from the annular rim when the open button and the peg are in an open position,
- a spring arranged to bias the open button towards the closed position, and
- a drinking port selectively isolatable from the interior of the cup portion by the seal body and the annular rim.
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A beverage container comprising:
- a cup portion including an interior for holding a beverage and an open top;
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- a lid releasably enlargeable with the cup portion for covering the open top, the lid including a selectively sealable drinking port and a first portion of a thermal buffering material ;
- wherein the lid includes a protrusion extending into the interior of the cup portion;
- and wherein the first portion of the thermal buffering material is disposed in the protrusion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.