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US 6,886,707 · App. 10/447,072 · Granted May 3, 2005

Lid for disposable drink cups having a flap wherein the lid/cup assembly is leak and drop resistant

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Patent No.
US 6,886,707
App. No.
10/447,072
Granted
May 3, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure describes a one-piece lid for a cup, the lid comprising: a top wall having a generally circular periphery; an annular side wall depending from the top wall about its periphery; an annular mounting portion at a bottom of a side wall for sealingly engaging the lip of the drinking cup; the lid having a drinking opening therein adjacent the periphery to enable drinking from the cup without removal of the lid; the top wall including a recessed portion adjacent to the drinking opening for receiving the upper lip of a person drinking from the cup; at least one vent opening, which is separate from the drink opening, is positioned on the top wall; a flap integrally hinged to the lid, the flap, when in a covering position, has dimensions that permit the flap to cover the drinking opening and vent opening, the flap having an underside provided with a button, which is positioned to be received within the drinking opening, and at least one plug, which is positioned to be received within the vent opening, and when the button is received in the drinking opening, the flap is maintained in the covering position.

Claims (16)

1. A one-piece lid for a cup, the lid comprising:

a top wall having a generally circular periphery;

an annular side wall depending from the top wall about its periphery;

an annular mounting portion at a bottom of the side wall for sealingly engaging the lip of the drinking cup;

the lid having a drinking opening therein adjacent the periphery to enable drinking from the cup without removal of the lid;

the top wall including a recessed portion adjacent to the drinking opening for receiving the upper lip of a person drinking from the cup;

at least one vent opening, which is separate from the drink opening, is positioned on the top wall;

a flap integrally hinged to the lid, the flap, when in a covering position, has dimensions that permit the flap to cover the drinking opening and vent opening, the flap having an underside provided with a button, which is positioned to be received within the drinking opening, and at least one plug, which is positioned to be received within the vent opening, and when the button is received in the drinking opening, the flap is maintained in the covering position.

2. The lid of claim 1 wherein the flap is hingedly engaged to the top wall in the vicinity of the junction between the top wall and the recessed portion.

3. The lid of claim 1 wherein the vent opening is positioned in the recessed portion of the lid.

4. The lid of claim 1 wherein the resulting lid/cup assembly is leak resistant in accordance with a leak resistant test and drop resistant in accordance with a drop test.

5. The lid of claim 1 wherein the flap is hingedly engaged to a central portion of the lid.

6. The lid of claim 1 wherein the top wall includes a cut out portion positioned opposite the drinking opening.

7. The lid of claim 1 wherein the vent opening in the top wall pair of vent openings positioned off of a line extending through the drinking opening and the diameter of the lid.

8. The lid of claim 7 wherein the flap has an underside provided with a pair of pegs positioned to be received by the pair of vent openings in the top wall.

9. The lid of claim 6 wherein the flap is sized and positioned to be received in the cut out portion.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2018
From: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC (F/K/A CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.); TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CV PARTNERS
Reel/Frame 046991/0095 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 13, 2018
From: NEW THERMO-SERV LTD.
To: CAPITOL CUPS, INC.
Reel/Frame 046072/0132 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2015
From: CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC (F/K/A CV HOLDINGS, LLC); CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CV PARTNERS
To: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 035421/0366 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 19, 2015
From: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
To: CSP TECHNOLOGIES NORTH AMERICA, LLC
Reel/Frame 035225/0593 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: CYPRIUM INVESTORS IV LP
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CV PARTNERS; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035105/0796 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2015
From: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C; CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CV PARTNERS; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 035104/0430 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 10, 2014
From: CAPITOL CUPS, INC.
To: CYPRIUM INVESTORS IV LP, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 031968/0297 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PATENTS Recorded Sep 12, 2012
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: CV HOLDINGS, L.L.C.; CAPITOL PLASTIC PRODUCTS, L.L.C.; CSP TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; CAPITOL MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. (F/K/A CAPITOL INSULATED PRODUCTS, INC.); CAPITOL CUPS, INC.; TOTAL INNOVATIVE PACKAGING, INC.
Reel/Frame 028948/0746 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Sep 7, 2012
From: CAPITOL CUPS, INC.
To: GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 028922/0608 →