Receptacles – Closures – Closure penetrated through intersecting slits
Reexamination Certificate
2007-02-20
2007-02-20
Newhouse, Nathan J. (Department: 3727)
Receptacles
Closures
Closure penetrated through intersecting slits
C220S709000, C220S780000, C220S254100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10457254
ABSTRACT:
A lids for a child's drinking cup has a projection extending integrally from an underside of the lid, the projection defining, in an upper surface of the lid body, a straw receptacle. The projection defines a plurality of break lines, such as slits, terminating at break line ends and defining separable segments of the projection. The break line ends are spaced from the base of the projection in a region of the straw receptacle having a cross-section approximately equal in extent to a cross-section of a corresponding drinking straw, such that inserting the straw into the straw receptacle and through the projection forces the projection segments apart, the segment bases engaging an outer surface of the inserted straw to inhibit leakage. Some of the projections include molded stiffening ribs.
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Brewin Joseph F.
Hession John A.
Hidalgo Craig A.
Powers Thomas J.
Sinton Alexander J.
Michael & Best & Friedrich LLP
Newhouse Nathan J.
Smalley James
The First Years Inc.
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