IP Library Granted Patent US 11,825,966
Granted Patent B2
US 11,825,966 · App. 18/134,578 · Granted Nov 28, 2023

Cup lid

Inventor: Lijuan Lin (Fujian, CN)
A47G19/2272B65D47/243
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Patent No.
US 11,825,966
App. No.
18/134,578
Granted
Nov 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cup lid that has a lid body and a push piece; a push piece moving groove is formed on the lid body, a drinking opening is formed in the push piece moving groove close to a cup edge; the push piece is slidable in the push piece moving groove in a reciprocating manner and is limited in the push piece moving groove by limiting mechanisms, and the push piece can seal the drinking opening with a sealing element; further, the cup lid contains lifting mechanisms between the lid body and the push piece. The distance between the push piece and the bottom side of the push piece moving groove is adjusted while sliding the push piece, so as to reduce the friction against the sealing element and ensure a clean and hygienic drinking.

Claims (16)

1. A cup lid, comprising a lid body and a push piece; a push piece moving groove is formed on the lid body; a drinking opening is formed at a bottom side of the push piece moving groove, and the drinking opening is disposed proximal to an edge of the cup lid; the push piece is slidable in a reciprocating manner in the push piece moving groove; the push piece is limited in the push piece moving groove by limiting mechanisms; the push piece is provided with a sealing element to seal or unseal the drinking opening as the push piece slides in different directions in the push piece moving groove; wherein:

the cup lid further comprises lifting mechanisms arranged between the lid body and the push piece;

the lifting mechanisms comprise oppositely arranged butting parts and lifting parts, and each of the lifting parts is provided with a first position and a second position;

when the push piece is pushed to slide in said reciprocating manner, the butting parts are positioned from being relative to the first positions of the lifting parts to being positioned relative to the second positions of the lifting parts, and vice versa; when the butting parts are positioned from being relative to the first positions to being relative to the second positions, a contact area between the lid body and the push piece together with the sealing element is reduced or eliminated;

the sealing element is a sealing silicone material wrapping lateral sides and an upper side of the push piece; the sealing silicone material forms a sealing ring on a periphery of a bottom side of the push piece;

air holes are formed on the bottom side of the push piece moving groove of the lid body; air passages communicating the air holes with an external environment are formed on the sealing silicone material of the sealing element at lateral sides of the sealing ring.

2. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein each of the butting parts is a protruding structure, whereas each of the lifting parts is a recessed structure; a depth of recess of the first position is greater than a depth of recess of the second position in each of the lifting parts.

3. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein a transitional surface is formed between the first position and the second position of each of the lifting parts.

4. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein there are at least two sets of said lifting mechanisms, and the two sets of said lifting mechanisms are arranged to be spaced apart from each other along a direction perpendicular to a sliding direction of the push piece.

5. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein there are four sets of said lifting mechanisms; and the four sets of said lifting mechanisms are arranged and spaced apart evenly between the lid body and the push piece.

6. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein each of the lifting parts further comprises a third position, and the third position is located at one end of the second position away from the first position; a depth of recess of the third position is greater than the depth of recess of the second position.

7. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein each of the butting parts is a protruding knob, and curved chamfers are formed on two sides of the protruding knob corresponding to a sliding direction of the push piece.

8. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein the butting parts are arranged on the bottom side of the push piece moving groove, while the lifting parts are arranged oppositely on a bottom side of the push piece facing towards the bottom side of the push piece moving groove.

9. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein a through passage is formed on a middle part of the bottom side of the push piece moving groove of the lid body; a through straw opening communicating with the through passage is formed on a middle part of the push piece; a removable plug is arranged above the push piece to seal or unseal the through straw opening.

10. The cup lid of claim 1 , wherein a through passage is formed on a middle part of the bottom side of the push piece moving groove of the lid body; the limiting mechanisms comprise two sliders arranged at a bottom side of the push piece, and two clamping pieces are arranged on outer sides of the sliders respectively; the outer sides of the sliders are in contact with inner walls of the through passage; two ribs are arranged in the through passage, the through passage are divided by the ribs such that two through sliding passages spaced apart from each other are defined between the ribs and the through passage; the sliders are slidably received in the through sliding passages respectively.

11. The cup lid of claim 10 , wherein a middle part of each of the ribs is bent to make a width of a side of a corresponding through sliding passage away from the drinking opening greater than a width of another side of the corresponding sliding passage proximal to the drinking opening, thereby forming a widened space on the side of the corresponding sliding passage away from the drinking opening.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2025
From: XIAMEN WORTHFIND INDUSTRIAL CO, LTD.
To: XIAMEN WORTHFIND CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070608/0543 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2023
From: LIN, LIJUAN
To: XIAMEN WORTHFIND INDUSTRIAL CO, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063336/0022 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202223003191.6 · Nov 10, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230248165A1 · Aug 10, 2023
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