Receptacles – Closures – Closures interconnected for common opening movement
Patent
1996-07-09
1999-11-09
Cronin, Stephen K.
Receptacles
Closures
Closures interconnected for common opening movement
220713, 220277, 222547, B65D 4303, A47G 1922
Patent
active
059796898
ABSTRACT:
A guard for preventing spilling or splashing of hot or cold liquids from a drinking container when the container is moved or when drinking therefrom. The guard includes a lower lid attached to the drinking container and an upper lid attachable to the lower lid which is selectively movable between an open position and a closed position. The lower lid includes a resilient sidewall for sealably engaging the inner surface of the drinking container to prevent the beverage from flowing therebetween when the container is moved or when drinking therefrom. A plurality of openings evenly spaced around the center of the lower lid are also provided in the lower lid for allowing the beverage to pass from beneath the lower lid to a position thereabove when the upper lid is in the open position. In order to make the drinking container substantially spillproof, the upper lid includes a plurality of downwardly extending members extending partially into and sealably engaging the openings in the lower lid when the upper lid is in the closed position which substantially prevents the flow of beverage from beneath the lower lid to the position above the lower lid. Each of the downwardly extending members includes a pair of radially extending sidewalls for baffling the beverage when the upper lid is pulled apart from the lower lid and rotated into the open position thereby allowing the drinking container to be substantially splashproof when the drinking container is in motion or when drinking therefrom. The upper edge of the sidewall of the lower lid may include an annular rim for engaging the rim of the drinking container which axially positions the lower lid within the drinking container.
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Cronin Stephen K.
Newhouse Nathan
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