Straw receptacle lid
US7178685B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 20, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2231/022
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
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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