Cup lid having a perimeter portion adapted to cause liquid to drain toward a central portion of the lid
AssigneeNew WinCup Holdings, Inc.
InventorsBobby V. Hundley, Joseph H. Quatmann
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Abstract
A lid for a drinking cup may include a rim portion and a raised cover portion. The rim portion may be adapted to matingly engage an upper peripheral edge of the drinking cup so as to selectively maintain the lid in a covering relationship on the cup. The raised cover portion may extend from the rim portion, and have a perimeter adapted to impede spillage of liquid over a peripheral edge of the lid. Liquid spilled or released on the cover portion or perimeter portion may drain away from the periphery of the cover portion and into the drinking opening or a recess in the cover portion that is adapted to receive a reclosable tab.
Claims19
A lid for a drinking cup, the lid comprising:
- a rim portion adapted to matingly engage the drinking cup so as to selectively maintain the lid in a covering relationship on the drinking cup;
- a cover portion extending from the rim portion, the cover portion having a central portion with a planar surface and a perimeter portion that defines a perimeter around the central portion, the perimeter portion having a sloped surface extending from the perimeter of the central portion and 360° around a periphery of the lid, the sloped surface being adapted to drain liquid away from the periphery of the lid;
- a recess integrally formed in the planar surface adapted to receive a hinged portion movable to produce a drinking opening in the lid;
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- a drainage opening through the planar surface, the drainage opening being adapted to receive and return the liquid drained by the sloped surface back into the drinking cup.
A lid for a drinking cup, the lid comprising:
- a rim portion adapted to matingly engage the drinking cup so as to selectively maintain the lid in a covering relationship on the drinking cup;
- a cover portion extending from the rim portion, the cover portion having a central portion with a planar surface and a perimeter portion that defines a perimeter around the central portion, the perimeter portion having a sloped surface extending from the perimeter of the central portion, the sloped surface being adapted to drain liquid away from a periphery of the lid;
- a hinged portion defined within the cover portion and having a tab integrally formed thereon, the tab being totally recessed within the sloped surface of the perimeter portion, the hinged portion being rotatable about a hinge so as to provide a drinking opening in the lid, wherein the hinge is integrally formed in the planar surface along the perimeter of the central portion that is defined by the perimeter portion of the cover portion;
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- a recess integrally formed in the planar surface adapted to receive the tab;
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- a drainage opening defined through the planar portion, the drainage opening being adapted to receive and return the liquid drained by the sloped surface back into the drinking cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.