Patent ID: 7100787
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. A lid assembly for a beverage container the lid assembly comprising: a premium; a lid member including a beverage dispensing aperture and an upper surface with a rim portion formed thereabout for securing the lid member to a beverage container, the lid member being formed with a plurality of spacer members extending upward from the upper surface, the spacer members including perimeter spacer members positioned about the upper surface adjacent to the rim portion, the spacer members providing a combined premium display area and cooling/insulating structure for the beverage container; and a mechanism for securing the premium to the spacer members and positioning the premium on top of the perimeter spacer members such that the premium remains separated from the upper surface by a gap which allows airflow over the upper surface; wherein the premium is separable from the lid member and the premium has utility independent of the lid member; wherein the upper surface is at an angle greater than 0 degrees relative to a plane containing a bottom edge of the rim portion.