Patent ID: 7845510
Filing Date: 2010-12-07
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A beverage lid for a cup, the lid being made from polymeric material and comprising: a thermoformed domed member provided with a sidewall and a top wall, the top wall having upper and lower surfaces, a post aperture formed therethrough, and a drinking aperture disposed at a periphery of the top wall, the top wall further defining a pair of slide tracks having substantially S-shaped profiles depending from the lower surface of the top wall; a thermoformed elongate closure panel having opposed engagement edges along its length, an upper surface provided with a post projecting upwardly therefrom, and a drinking aperture sealing area, wherein the opposed engagement edges of the elongate closure panel have a substantially S-shaped profile; the domed member and elongate closure panel being configured such that the opposed engagement edges of the elongate closure panel may be slidingly mounted in the slide tracks on the underside of the top wall to reclosably seal the drinking aperture; wherein the post projects upwardly through the post aperture in the top wall, the elongate closure panel being further characterized in that the post is displaceable in a generally radial direction in the slide tracks to move between a sealing position wherein the sealing area of the closure panel seals the drinking aperture and an open position wherein the drinking aperture is in communication with the interior of the domed member, provided further that the closure panel seals the post aperture when it is in the sealing position, wherein the lid is disposable.