IP Library Granted Patent US 9,302,824
Granted Patent B2
US 9,302,824 · App. 14/518,998 · Granted Apr 5, 2016

Beverage container lid

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,302,824
App. No.
14/518,998
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An improved beverage container lid includes a first drinking aperture near one lid edge and a second drinking aperture near the opposite lid edge. The second aperture may be sized to accommodate a straw. A rotating lid cover member in a first orientation reveals the first aperture and conceals the second aperture, in a second orientation seals both apertures and in a third orientation reveals the second aperture and conceals the first aperture.

Claims (25)

1. An improved beverage container lid, comprising:

a. a lid element having at least one a first aperture through which liquids can pass;

b. a rotatable covering element mounted in the center of said lid element;

c. a first boss on the underside of said covering element, sized to fill said one first aperture;

d. a first stop element on said lid element for limiting rotation of said covering element;

e. a central aperture in the center of said lid element;

f. a central post in said cover element inserted into said central aperture enabling said post to serve as the central axis of rotation of said cover element;

g. a second aperture in said lid element;

h. a third boss on the underside of said rotatable element sized to fill said second aperture; and

i. a fourth boss on the underside of said cover element and second depression in said lid element adapted to receive said fourth boss when in a third orientation in which said cover element reveals said second aperture.

2. The beverage container lid of claim 1 , further including a tab element at the peripheral edge of said lid member for removing said lid from a beverage container.

3. A beverage container lid comprising:

a. a lid portion;

b. a first drinking aperture in said lid portion;

c. a second drinking aperture in said lid portion;

d. a first stop element on said lid portion;

e. a second stop element on said lid portion;

f. a central aperture in said lid portion;

g. a rotatable cover member mounted in said lid portion

h. a first boss on the underside of said cover member sized to fit said first drinking aperture;

i. a second boss on the underside of said cover member sized to fit said second drinking aperture;

whereby said cover member in a first orientation engages said first and second bosses in said first and second drinking apertures to seal both said drinking apertures, in a second orientation reveals said first drinking aperture and in a third orientation reveals said second drinking aperture.

4. The beverage container lid of claim 3 further including a third boss on the underside of said cover member and a first depression in said lid member whereby in said second orientation said third boss engages said first depression.

5. The beverage container lid of claim 4 further including a fourth boss on the underside of said cover member and a second depression in said lid member whereby in said third orientation said fourth boss engages said second depression.

6. The beverage container lid of claim 3 further including a tab on the edge of said lid member to facilitate removal of said lid from a beverage container.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2022
From: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
To: LEEDSWORLD, INC.; BULLET LINE, LLC; POLYCONCEPT NORTH AMERICA, INC.; ETS EXPRESS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060159/0455 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2019
From: ETS EXPRESS, LLC
To: FIRST EAGLE PRIVATE CREDIT, LLC (F/K/A NEWSTAR FINANCIAL INC.)
Reel/Frame 051231/0854 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 2, 2019
From: ETS EXPRESS, LLC
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 051150/0553 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 2, 2019
From: ETS EXPRESS, LLC
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
Reel/Frame 051156/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2014
From: EYAL, SHARON
To: ETS EXPRESS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033986/0783 →