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US 9,938,054 B2Granted
Cam lid for drinking vessel
AssigneePacific Market International, LLC
InventorEvan Michael Choltco-Devlin
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Abstract
A lid assembly including a camming lever and a sealing member for selectively sealing and unsealing a drinking aperture of a lid main body. The camming lever is rotatably to selectively move the sealing member between a sealed position adjacent to and an unsealed position spaced apart from the drinking aperture. The camming lever includes a lever arm extending from two cams having a cam axle extending therebetween. The cam axle is pivotally attached to the sealing member, which is pivotally attached to the lid main body. The cams engage an upper surface of the lid main body. A stub axle extends laterally outward from each cam and engages a ledge which limiting upward movement of the cams.
Claims8
A lid assembly for a drinking vessel, comprising:
- a lid main body having a lid portion with a drinking aperture and a pair of spaced apart stop portions positioned above the drinking aperture;
- a sealing member having a sealing portion and an axle attachment portion, the sealing portion being positioned below the drinking aperture and sized and shaped to selectively seal the drinking aperture, the sealing member being pivotally attached to the lid main body and rotatably movable between a sealed position with the sealing portion sealing the drinking aperture and an unsealed position with the sealing portion unsealing the drinking aperture, the axle attachment portion being attached to an upper side of the sealing portion and extending upward through the drinking aperture;
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- a camming lever having a cam arm attached to a pair of laterally spaced apart cams to rotate the cams in response to rotation of the cam arm, a laterally extending cam axle positioned between and attached to each of the cams, and a stub axle extending laterally outward from each of the cams, the cams being positioned to engage the lid portion and the stub axles each being positioned to engage a corresponding one of the stop portions of the lid main body to limit upward movement of the stub axles without limiting forward and rearward movement of the stub axles, the cam axle being in pivotal engagement with the axle attachment portion of the sealing member, the cam arm having a first rotational position whereat the cam axle is in a first position holding the sealing portion of the sealing member in the sealed position and a second rotational position whereat the cam axle is in a second position with the sealing portion of the sealing member in the unsealed position.
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A lid assembly for a drinking vessel, comprising:
- a lid main body having a left and right lid portions with a drinking aperture located therebetween and spaced apart left and right stop portions positioned above the drinking aperture, the left stop portion being located to the left of the drinking aperture and the right stop portion being located to the right of the drinking aperture;
- a sealing member having a sealing portion and an axle attachment portion, the sealing portion being positioned below the drinking aperture and sized and shaped to selectively seal the drinking aperture, the sealing member being pivotally attached to the lid main body and rotatably movable between a sealed position with the sealing portion sealing the drinking aperture and an unsealed position with the sealing portion unsealing the drinking aperture, the axle attachment portion being attached to an upper side of the sealing portion and extending upward through the drinking aperture;
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- a camming lever having a cam arm attached to a pair of laterally spaced apart left and right cams to rotate the left and right cams in response to rotation of the cam arm, a laterally extending cam axle positioned between and attached to both of the left and right cams, a left stub axle extending laterally outward from the left cam and a right stub axle extending laterally outward from the right cam, the left cam being positioned to engage the left lid portion and the right cam being positioned to engage the right lid portion, the left stub axle being positioned to engage the left stop portion of the lid main body to limit upward movement of the left stub axle without limiting forward and rearward movement of the left stub axle and the right stub axle being positioned to engage the right stop portion of the lid main body to limit upward movement of the right stub axle without limiting forward and rearward movement of the right stub axle, the cam axle being in pivotal engagement with the axle attachment portion of the sealing member, the cam arm having a first rotational position whereat the cam axle is in a first position holding the sealing portion of the sealing member in the sealed position and a second rotational position whereat the cam axle is in a second position with the sealing portion of the sealing member in the unsealed position.
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