Receptacles – Closures – Closure members having alignable openings
Patent
1998-12-15
1999-12-21
Shoap, Allan N.
Receptacles
Closures
Closure members having alignable openings
220254, 220713, 220715, A47G 1922, B65D 5118
Patent
active
060037113
ABSTRACT:
A drink through cap that removably attaches to a drinking cup or mug. The cap has a plate-like body with a drink through hole. A raised edge extends upwardly from the periphery of the body. A disk-shaped insert is rotatably supported on the body and has a drink through area that can be aligned with the drink through hole in the body for drinking and unaligned to prevent spilling. Tabs fixed to the insert extend over the raised edge of the body where they can be rotated to the raised open stop to align the holes for drinking, or rotated to the closed stops for nonalignment of the holes for safety. Further, the tabs can be placed over the open stops to provide a latched open condition and can be placed over the closed stops to provide a latched closed condition.
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Eloshway Niki M.
Lovercheck Charles L.
Lovercheck Wayne L.
Shoap Allan N.
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