Receptacles – Container attachment or adjunct – Drinking device
Patent
1996-08-27
1999-09-07
Cronin, Stephen K.
Receptacles
Container attachment or adjunct
Drinking device
220254, 220712, 220269, A47G 1922
Patent
active
059473231
ABSTRACT:
A drink-thru lid for a drinking cup including an annular mounting portion for sealingly engaging the drinking cup, wherein the annular mounting portion includes a downwardly extending annular skirt. The lid further includes a tear-back section extending from the annular skirt to a hinge portion located in a medial portion of the lid. The tear-back section includes a raised protrusion extending outwardly from an upper surface of the lid. A recess is further formed in a medial portion of the lid on the opposite side of the hinge portion from the raised protrusion, wherein the tear-back section may be torn away from the lid on its sides and pivoted about the hinge portion until the raised protrusion is received within the recess for holding said pivotal flap open. The raised protrusion and the recess are shaped such that the raised protrusion is frictionally engaged by the end walls of the recess. The recess further includes a straw slot formed therein, wherein the straw slot is defined by two sloping side walls extending from an upper surface of the lid and converging together at a frangible juncture formed in the deepest portion of the recess.
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Freek Michael
Thomas Michael
Cronin Stephen K.
Fort James Corporation
Hylton Robin A.
Leedom Jr. Charles M.
Studebaker Donald R.
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