Cup lid
AssigneeBerry Plastics Corporation
InventorsKyle F. Tabor, Alexander R Kastelic
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Abstract
A liquid container includes a brim forming a mouth opening into a product receiving chamber formed in a cup. A lid is coupled to the rim to close the mouth of the cup.
Claims17
A method of producing a lid for a cup, the method comprising the steps of
- providing a non-perforated cover including a central closure and a ring-shaped brim mount arranged to surround the central closure, the ring-shaped brim mount being adapted to couple the non-perforated cover to a brim included in a cup, and the central closure including an elevated basin arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation above the ring-shaped brim mount and a product-retaining shell coupled to a perimeter of the elevated basin and arranged to extend downwardly away from the elevated basin to couple to the ring-shaped brim mount, and
- converting the non-perforated cover into a perforated lid by making a utensil-receiver cut in the central closure to separate the elevated basin from the product-retaining shell to cause a utensil-receiving aperture to be formed in the central closure that is adapted to receive a utensil therethrough.
A method of producing a lid for a cup, the method comprising the steps of
- providing a non-perforated cover including a central closure and a ring-shaped brim mount arranged to surround the central closure, the central closure including an elevated basin spaced above the ring-shaped brim mount and a curved product-retaining wall coupled to a perimeter of the elevated basin and arranged to extend downwardly to interconnect the ring-shaped brim mount and the elevated basin and
- converting the non-perforated cover into a perforated lid by severing a portion of the central closure to cause the elevated basin to be separated from the curved product-retaining wall so that a utensil-receiving aperture is formed in the central closure.
A method of producing a lid for a cup, the method comprising the steps of providing a non-perforated cover including a central closure and a ring-shaped brim mount arranged to surround the central closure, the central closure including an elevated basin arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation above the ring-shaped brim mount, a product-retaining shell coupled to a perimeter of the elevated basin and arranged to extend downwardly away from the elevated basin to couple to the ring-shaped brim mount, a central well appended to the elevated basin and arranged to extend away from the elevated basin toward the ring-shaped brim mount, and converting the non-perforated cover into a first perforated lid by making a utensil-receiver cut in the central closure to separate the elevated basin and central well from the product-retaining shell to cause a utensil-receiving aperture to be formed in the central closure.
A method of producing a lid for a cup, the method comprising the steps of
- providing a first perforated lid including a central closure and a ring-shaped brim mount arranged to surround the central closure, the central closure including an elevated basin arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation above the ring-shaped brim mount, a product-retaining shell coupled to a perimeter of the elevated basin and arranged to extend downwardly away from the elevated basin to couple to the ring-shaped brim mount, a straw receiver appended to the elevated basin and arranged to extend away from the elevated basin toward the ring-shaped brim mount and
- converting the first perforated lid by making a utensil-receiver cut in the central closure to separate the elevated basin and straw receiver from the product-retaining shell to cause a utensil receiving aperture to be formed in the central closure.
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