WO2004096657A1 - Lids for drinking cups - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to drinking cups or other drinking vessels and, more particularly, to lids for disposable drinking vessels.
- a disposable drinking cup with a lid which snaps onto a rim flange about the mouth of the cup to prevent the contents from spilling when being carried by a consumer and which is formed with a drinking hole or spout through which the liquid contents can be sipped without removing the lid.
- a cup fitted with such a lid effectively remains a closed container whilst the cup is being used and the contents are being consumed so as, at all times, to limit or avoid spillage of the drink.
- the invention consists in a lid adapted to be attached to the mouth of a drinking cup or other drinking vessel so as to close the mouth of the vessel, comprising a drinking hole or spout through which the contents of the vessel can be consumed, a cavity formed in the lid for containing an ingredient and having a mouth accessible from the inside or outside of the lid, and a sealing face about the mouth of the cavity to which a sealing diaphragm can be secured to seal the ingredient within the cavity.
- the sealing face about the cavity mouth may also surround the drinking hole or inner end of the drinking spout so that the latter is also sealed by the sealing diaphragm, thereby closing the hole or spout to avoid spillage through the latter.
- the hole or outer end of the spout may be sealed, for example, by means of a small label adhered to the outside of the lid or the outer end of the spout, in order to prohibit spillage of ingredients therethrough.
- the ingredient cavity in the lid may be formed in the outside or top of the lid, in which event a drinking spout conveniently projects above the sealing face about the cavity mouth.
- the lid is formed about its internal periphery with an inwardly projecting protuberance, such as an endless rib, which is adapted to snap into engagement with the rim flange about the mouth of a conventional drinking vessel.
- the lid is formed from sheet plastics material as a thin walled seamless product and is designed so that a multiplicity of the lids may be stacked in nested relation for storage and transportation purposes prior to assembly to drinking vessels.
- the inwardly projecting protuberances of the lids may form stacking shoulders internally of the lids which, when the lids are stacked in nested relation, engage external sidewall portions of adjacent lids in order to resist compaction of the stack of lids.
- the ingredient cavity in the lid may be filled with an ingredient which is sealed within the cavity by a metal or plastics foil diaphragm adhered to the sealing face about the mouth of the cavity in order to maintain the ingredient within the lid cavity and preserve it until required for mixing.
- the lid may be attached to the mouth of a disposable drinking cup, in readiness for subsequent adding to, mixing or infusing with liquid contents of the cup.
- the ingredient is to be mixed with the contents of the cup, the lid is removed from the cup, the sealing diaphragm is peeled away and the ingredient in the lid cavity is poured into the cup and mixed with the contents. Thereafter, the cup may be reclosed with the lid so as to limit or avoid spillage whilst the cup is being carried by a consumer, and the contents may be sipped by the consumer through the drinking hole or spout.
- the invention also consists in a disposable drinking cup or other vessel fitted with the novel lid described above, the lid having a drink ingredient or other food product sealed within its cavity by a sealing diaphragm adhered to the sealing face about the mouth of the lid cavity, for example, by heat sealing.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view from above of a disposable drinking cup and lid according to a first embodiment of the invention
- Figure 2 is an axial section of the cup and lid of Figure 1 ,
- Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating the inside or underside of the lid of Figure 1 ,
- Figure 4 is a sectional view illustrating two of the lids of Figure 1 stacked in nested relation
- Figure 5 is a perspective view similar to Figure 1 illustrating a second embodiment of the invention
- Figure 6 is a perspective view illustrating the inside of the lid of Figure
- Figure 7 is a sectional view illustrating two lids of Figure 5 stacked in nested relation
- Figures 8, 9 and 10 are views similar to Figures 5, 6 and 7 illustrating a third embodiment of the invention.
- the disposable drinking cup 1 which is of generally conventional design, is of circular cross-section and is thermoformed from sheet plastics material as a thin walled seamless product. It has a sidewall 2 extending upwardly and outwardly from a bottom wall 3 to a mouth 4 at the top of the sidewall. The mouth is surrounded by a rim flange 5 projecting radially outwardly from the top of the sidewall 2. Moulded in the sidewall in an annular zone below the rim flange is an array of hollow ribs 6 which serve to strengthen the sidewall and as a gripping zone where the cup may be conveniently gripped by the fingers of a consumer.
- an internal stacking shoulder formed by an upwardly facing annular shoulder 7.
- the peripheral edge of the bottom wall 3 of the cup serves as an external stacking shoulder.
- the cup 1 is fitted with a first embodiment of lid 8 according to the invention.
- the lid is a hollow lid which is of circular shape in plan and is conveniently thermoformed from sheet plastics material as a thin walled seamless product. It comprises a top wall 9 and a skirt 10 joined to the top wall by a radiussed section 11 so as to form a cavity 12 on its inside for containing an ingredient.
- An outwardly tapered drinking spout 13 is moulded integrally with the top wall 9 adjacent its periphery and communicates with the cavity 12 on the inside of the lid.
- the skirt 10 terminates adjacent the bottom edge of the lid, and at the mouth 14 of the cavity 12, in an outwardly projecting annular flange 15 which is connected to the bottom edge of the skirt 10 by an external annular groove 16 which, on the inside of the lid, forms an annular, endless sealing face 17 to which may be adhered a sealing diaphragm or disc for sealing the mouth of the lid cavity 12.
- Extending downwardly from the periphery of the flange 15 is a short skirt 18 which, below the sealing face 17, is moulded with a hollow internal annular rib 19 for engaging under the rim flange 5 of the cup.
- the design and configuration of the flange 15, short skirt 18 and annular rib 19 is such that the lid 8 can be snapped into engagement with the rim flange of the cup, whereupon the inside of the flange 15 seats on the top of the cup rim flange 5 and the annular rib 19 engages under the lower edge of the rim flange 5 so that the lid is securely attached to the cup and substantially seals the cup mouth 4 about its rim flange.
- the annular groove 16 joining the lid flange 15 to the bottom edge of the skirt 10 serves to enhance the flexibility and resilience of the flange 15 so as to facilitate resilient engagement and disengagement of the lid flange structure with the rim flange 5 of the cup.
- a supply of lids may be stacked in nested relation whereupon, as more particularly illustrated in Figure 4, the rib 19 of an upper cup serves as an internal stacking shoulder which seats on the peripheral edge of the annular flange 15 of a lower cup in order to resist compaction of the stacked lids.
- a selected ingredient for mixing or infusing with the liquid contents of the drinking cup 1 is dispensed into the lid cavity 12 and is sealed with a metal or plastic foil diaphragm (not shown) releasably adhered at its periphery to the sealing face 17 about the mouth 14 of the cavity, for example, by heating sealing.
- a small label may be adhered over the upper end of the drinking spout 13 to prohibit escape of the ingredient through the spout.
- the lid 8 filled with the ingredient can then be snapped onto the mouth 4 of the cup 1 in readiness for use with a beverage or liquid dispensed into the cup. Subsequently, the lid 8 is removed, the beverage or liquid is dispensed into the cup, the sealing foil is peeled from the sealing face of the lid and the ingredient is deposited in the liquid contents of the cup, whereafter the lid can be snapped back onto the mouth of the cup to avoid spillage of the liquid contents and the resulting drink can be consumed through the drinking spout 13 after removal of the label sealing the upper end of the spout.
- Figures 5, 6 and 7 illustrate a second embodiment of the invention which is similar to the first embodiment except that the hollow lid 28 defining an ingredient cavity 29 has a recessed portion 30 in its top 31 and the tapered drinking spout 32 projects from the bottom wall 33 of the recessed portion.
- the inside surface 34 of the bottom wall of the recessed portion 30 is flush and contiguous with the sealing face 17 formed by the internal surface of the annular groove 16 in the radial flange 17 at the bottom edge of the tapering lid skirt 35.
- FIGS 8, 9 and 10 illustrate a third embodiment of the invention in which the lid 38 attached to the drinking cup 1 has an ingredient cavity 39 moulded in the top 40 of the lid on its outside.
- the cavity terminates in a mouth 41 at the top wall 40 of the lid which is of generally annular configuration and provides an endless sealing face 42 about the mouth 41 of the cavity for receiving a sealing diaphragm (not shown).
- the top wall 40 Adjacent one side of the lid, the top wall 40 has an inwardly bulging zone 43 from which projects a tapered drinking spout 44 communicating with the inside of the lid.
- An outwardly tapering skirt 45 extends downwardly from the periphery of the annular top wall and terminates at its lower edge in a flange 1 structure 15-19 similar to that of the two preceding embodiments, except that the annular groove 16 joining the flange 15 to the bottom edge of the skirt 45 is not required for a sealing face. It solely serves to add flexibility to the flange structure for the purposes of permitting the annular rib 19 to snap into engagement underneath, and be discharged from, the rim flange 5 of the cup 1.
- An ingredient is dispensed into the cavity 39 and is sealed by a metal or plastic foil diaphragm adhered to the sealing face 42,43 constituted by the top wall 40 of the lid.
- the diaphragm can either be recessed or have an opening in order to accommodate the drinking spout 44.
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US20220297906A1 (en) * | 2021-03-16 | 2022-09-22 | Altria Client Services Llc | Tray with base, dome and brim |
USD1019389S1 (en) | 2022-03-01 | 2024-03-26 | Cfs Brands, Llc | Disposable cup lid |
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US5076425A (en) * | 1990-05-07 | 1991-12-31 | Clifford Plone | Dispensing stick for dispensing substance into a container combined with dispensing lid |
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US20220297906A1 (en) * | 2021-03-16 | 2022-09-22 | Altria Client Services Llc | Tray with base, dome and brim |
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