Patent ID: 9340333
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A lid, comprising: a circular body configured to engage a top periphery of a beverage container and substantially cover an open top surface of said beverage container, an orifice defined in a front portion of the circular body; and a cavity portion defined in a rearward portion of the circular body, the cavity portion having a floor, the floor being a bottom of the cavity portion, wherein a depth of the floor of the cavity portion is deepest at a frontward wall of the cavity portion and becomes progressively shallower toward the rear of the lid to accommodate the nose of a person, wherein when the lid is installed on the beverage container the deepest portion of the cavity portion is below the maximum level of the beverage in the beverage container that allows the lid to be installed on the beverage container without causing the beverage to overflow, the cavity portion adapted to prevent beverage below the maximum level of the beverage in the container from entering the cavity portion.