Reclosable container lid

US7246715B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SOLO CUP OPERATING CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Stephen Alan Smith · Naperville, US
• Dawn Huston · Lindenhurst, US
• Warren Giles Wiedmeyer · Pleasant Prairie, US
• Stephen Sullivan · Round Lake Beach, US
• Rich Chin · Lincolnwood, US
• Mohammed Ahmed · Niles, US
• John Stewart Gitschlag · Chicago, US
• David Langelan · Oak Park, US
• Rajendra Chauhan · Skokie, US
• William Hurst · Lisle, US
• James Tam Joines, Jr. · Gurnee, US
• Kevin Ray Smith · Detroit, US
• Mark Anhalt · Franklin, US
• Bryce G. Rutter · Chesterfield, US
• Brian C. Bone · Chesterfield, US
• Heath A. Doty · Chesterfield, US
• Richard Michael Sandusky · Palatine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 18, 2003
• Grant date: Jul 24, 2007
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49876
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A reclosable lid 310 for a container holding a flowable substance has a cover 312 and a rotatable element 50 rotatably supported by the cover 312. The cover 312 has an opening 28 and a slot 30 located in a top wall 14 of the cover 312. The cover 312 also has a tab 323 extending outward from a portion of the cover 312. The rotatable element 50 has at least one aperture 78 and an actuator 54 that is accessible through the slot 30. The element 50 is moveable by manipulation of the actuator 54 between a first position wherein the aperture 78 is misaligned with the opening 28, and a second position wherein the aperture 78 is aligned with the opening 28. The cover 312 has at least one support member 102 extending radially inward from an inner surface 100 of the cover 312, wherein the support member 102 rotatably supports the element 50.