Receptacles – Closures – Vent in closure
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-12
2011-11-15
Yu, Mickey (Department: 3728)
Receptacles
Closures
Vent in closure
Reexamination Certificate
active
08056752
ABSTRACT:
A disposable lid for mounting upon the substantially circular lip of a personal beverage container and a method for making the same, the lid having an annular mounting portion for anchoring upon the circular cup lip; a top plate portion coupled to the annular mounting portion; a drink-through opening within the top plate portion and adjacent to an outer portion thereof adjacent to the annular mounting portion and enabling drinking from the cup without removal of the lid and permitting the lips of a user drinking from the cup to substantially encompass the drink-through opening, the drink-through opening further including a liquid permeable membrane formed of a first plurality of perforations; and a vent opening within the top plate portion spaced away from the drink-through opening, the vent opening further including an air permeable membrane formed of a second plurality of perforations.
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Hicks Robert J
Rupnick Attorney at Law Charles J.
Yu Mickey
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