IP Library Granted Patent US 10,159,368
Granted Patent B2
US 10,159,368 · App. 15/597,644 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Multifunctional mug cap with a sipper and straw

Inventor: Shin-Shuoh Lin (Laguna Hills, CA)
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Patent No.
US 10,159,368
App. No.
15/597,644
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tumbler apparatus comprising a mug cap and a tumbler wherein the mug cap comprises a cylindrical section having an upper section and a lower section wherein the lower section comprises male threads along its outer perimeter and the tumbler having female threads along its inner perimeter and further comprises a lower straw apparatus; the lower straw apparatus comprises an opening and a straw attached to the opening; the top section comprises a primary opening and a sipper opening, a top half straw apparatus, a leveler and a lid; the lid is comprised of a protruding tab and a base, the lid's base is attached to the perimeter of the primary opening providing a pivot for the lid switch between close and open configurations and when in closed configuration the protruding tab seals the sipper opening; the top straw apparatus comprising a cylindrical body with a hallow section inside the cylindrical body having a first opening near its proximal end and a second opening near its distal end; an attachment device near its proximal end where the attachment device attaches the top straw apparatus to the primary opening and provides pivot for the top straw apparatus to switch between close and open configuration wherein when the top straw apparatus is in its open configuration its first opening match to the opening of the lower straw apparatus and wherein when the top straw apparatus is in its closed configuration neither its first or second openings match the opening of the lower straw.

Claims (3)

1. A tumbler apparatus comprising a mug cap and a tumbler wherein said mug cap comprises a cylindrical section having an upper section and a lower section wherein said lower section comprises male threads along its outer perimeter and said tumbler having female threads along its inner perimeter and further comprises a lower straw apparatus; said lower straw apparatus comprises an opening and a straw attached to said opening; said upper section comprises a primary opening and a sipper opening, a top half straw apparatus, a lever and a lid;

said lid is comprised of a protruding tab and a base, said lid's base is attached to a perimeter of said primary opening providing a pivot for the lid to switch between closed and open configurations and when in the closed configuration said protruding tab seals said sipper opening; said top half straw apparatus comprising a cylindrical body with a hallow section inside said cylindrical body having a first opening near its proximal end and a second opening near its distal end; said cylindrical body further having an attachment device near its proximal end where said attachment device attaches said top half straw apparatus to said primary opening and provides pivot for said top half straw apparatus to switch between the closed and open configurations wherein when said top half straw apparatus is in its open configuration its first opening matches said opening of said straw of said lower straw apparatus and wherein when said top half straw apparatus is in its closed configuration neither its first or second openings match said opening of said lower straw;

wherein said lever is connected to said top half straw apparatus and pivoted on a pivot that is parallel to that of said top half straw apparatus.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 10, 2026
From: LIN, SHIN SHUOH
To: BRUVOR, INC.
Reel/Frame 075599/0483 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180332987A1 · Nov 22, 2018
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