Container lid and valve

A lid configured for use with a cooperative fluid container having a rim, the lid comprising:

• a body member formed of a deformable material, the body member having a top surface and a bottom surface and including a central body, the body member extending to an outer periphery having a circumferential lip, the circumferential lip being configured to sealably couple the lid to the rim of the fluid container upon urging of the lip over the rim, the body member defining an aperture therethrough adjacent the outer periphery, the central body having a top surface and a bottom surface corresponding to portions of the top surface and the bottom surface of the body member respectively, and the central body being deformable and downwardly deflectable upon the application of manual pressure to the top surface of the central body;
• a valve formed of the deformable material, the valve including an aperture sealing portion, the valve being fixedly secured to the bottom surface of the body member, the valve being configured such that the aperture sealing portion occludes the aperture in the absence of manual pressure applied to the top surface of the central body and configured such that the aperture sealing portion is spaced from the aperture in response to the application of manual downward pressure to the top surface of the central body so as to permit fluid flow through the aperture;
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• an interconnecting portion extending between the outer periphery of the body member and the valve, wherein the body member, the interconnecting portion and the valve are formed of the same deformable material as an integral continuous unitary structure.

A lid configured for use with a cooperative fluid container having a rim, the lid comprising:

• a body member formed of a deformable material, the body member having a top surface and a bottom surface, the body member including a central body, the body member having an outer periphery terminating in a circumferential lip, the circumferential lip configured to sealably couple the lid to the rim of the fluid container upon urging of the lip over the rim, the body member defining an aperture therethrough adjacent the outer periphery, the central body having a top surface and a bottom surface corresponding to portions of the top surface and the bottom surface of the body member respectively and, the central body being deformable and downwardly deflectable upon the application of manual pressure to the top surface of the central body;
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• a valve having a first portion permanently secured to the bottom surface of the body member and a second portion distinct from and extending from the first portion, the second portion including a contact region adjacent the bottom surface of the central body and a sealing portion, the valve having a free state occurring in the absence of downward manual pressure applied to the top surface of the central body in which the sealing portion of the second portion occludes and thereby substantially seals the aperture, and the valve having a depressed state occurring in response to the application of downward manual pressure applied to the top surface of the central body and resulting downward deflection of the central body in which the bottom surface of the central body abuts the contact region of the second portion to urge the sealing portion downward and away from the aperture so that the sealing portion is spaced from and does not occlude the aperture.