Patent ID: 9730540
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A47G,B26F,B29C,B29K,B29L,B65D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A lid for a cup, the lid comprising a ring-shaped brim mount having a round shape with a center point located on a central axis of the lid, the ring-shaped brim mount being adapted to couple to a brim included in a cup, a central closure including an elevated basin arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation above the ring-shaped brim mount and formed to include a sip aperture and a well aperture, a product-retaining shell coupled to a perimeter of the elevated basin and arranged to extend toward and couple to the ring-shaped brim mount, a well coupled to the elevated basin and arranged to extend toward the ring-shaped brim mount, and a nub coupled to the elevated basin and arranged to extend away from the ring-shaped brim mount, a sip flap including a sip-flap tab and a sip-flap hinge arranged to extend between and interconnect the sip-flap tab to the elevated basin to allow the sip-flap tab to move between a closed position in which the sip-flap tab lies in and closes the sip aperture and an opened position in which the nub extends into the well aperture, wherein the elevated basin includes a planar portion formed to include the sip aperture and the well aperture, and wherein the sip flap lies between the ring-shaped brim mount and a top wall of the product-retaining shell.