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US 9,848,722 B1Granted
Container assembly with a lid and the lid thereof that allow for drinking from the side
OwnerJohn J. Lopynskiinventor
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Abstract
A beverage container assembly has a container with an opening and a lid that closes the opening. The lid has a mouthpiece that extends laterally outwardly of the container to allow a person's head to remain upright or erect (i.e., minimizing or no head tilt movement) while drinking so as to not impede the user's straight-ahead vision, such as while driving. The mouthpiece is configured so that the container becomes disposed at one side of the nose so that the container is tiltable further as the nose does not interfere with the tilting action.
Claims20
A lid comprising:
- an annular body with a closed upper end and an open lower end to define a chamber;
- a mouthpiece extending laterally outwardly from a side of the annular body and having a drink opening;
- and
- a channel disposed in at least one of the annular body or the mouthpiece, and extending between the drink opening and the chamber to fluidly communicate between the drink opening and the chamber,
- wherein the drink opening is disposed substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the channel.
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A container assembly comprising:
- a container having an opening;
- and
- a lid configured to cover the opening and comprising:
- an annular body with a closed upper end and an open lower end to define a chamber;
- a mouthpiece extending laterally outwardly from a side of the annular body and having a drink opening;
- and
- a channel disposed in at least one of the annular body or the mouthpiece, and extending between the drink opening and the chamber to fluidly communicate between the drink opening and the chamber,
- wherein the drink opening is disposed substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the channel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.