Patent ID: 8251241
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: B29L,B65D

Abstract:
1. A lid for opening a sealed container, the lid comprising: a connecting rim engageable with the sealed container and encircling a lid surface; threads disposed on an inside surface of the connecting rim; a drinking spout disposed offset from a center of the lid surface; a stabilizing base disposed on the lid surface surrounding the drinking spout; a circular internal rim disposed on the lid surface, the internal rim being spaced from the connecting rim by an amount sufficient to receive a top rim of the container between the internal rim and the connecting rim; and a cutting tab disposed on the lid surface, wherein the cutting tab is engaged with the stabilizing base and extends between the stabilizing base and the circular internal rim, wherein a radial distance from the center of the lid surface to the cutting tab in a plane of the lid surface varies along a length of the cutting tab such that the cutting tab is displaced across a cutting path to engage and displace a seal of the sealed container when the lid is threaded onto the sealed container via the threads.