Patent ID: 9387961
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A47G,B65D

Claim Text:
1. A lid for use with a drinking vessel, said lid comprising: a peripheral rim configured for engaging with said drinking vessel; a lid top surrounded by said peripheral rim; a drinking spout, said drinking spout having a spout front wall extending upwardly from said peripheral rim, a spout rear wall extending upwardly from said lid top, and a spout top wall extending between said spout front wall and said spout rear wall, said spout top wall being thereby elevated above said lid top so as to allow simultaneous placement of a user's upper lip against said spout rear wall and the user's lower lip against said spout front wall; a dispensing well formed within said spout top wall; said drinking spout and said dispensing well being configured for allowing consumption of a beverage contained within an interior of said drinking vessel by a user; said dispensing well comprising at least a well front wall and well bottom wall, wherein said bottom wall is closed and unpenetrated for substantially blocking direct line-of-sight vertical pathways for the beverage in said drinking vessel; at least one opening provided in said well front wall of said dispensing well for allowing flow of said beverage from the interior of said drinking vessel through said dispensing well; and a pair of baffles extending from said well front wall to said spout front wall, said at least one opening being between said baffles; a fluid channel path being thereby formed between said baffles through which said beverage must flow from the interior of said drinking vessel so as to reach said at least one opening.