Drinking cup lids with promotional game piece
US7195130B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2543/00796
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Drinking cup lids are especially adapted and configured to afford some measure of protection to the game piece from beverage seepage through a straw opening. Preferably, the cup lid is configured so that a game piece is spaced above the straw opening co-located within a recessed well of the lid thereby allowing beverage seepage to remain physically separated from the game piece. Access to the beverage within the cup is facilitated by providing a cross-cut straw aperture in the game piece which is in substantial alignment to the straw opening formed in the lid. A beveled segment of a raised plateau on which the game piece is affixed allows a tab associated with the game piece to be more easily grasped and removed by a customer to reveal the printed text/indicia of the game piece.
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