Patent ID: 8950623
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A47G,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A drink-through lid for a beverage cup having an open end, comprising: a thermoformed plastic structure, comprising a base having a rim having a bottom edge, and an interior bead sealing portion, said base sized and shaped to sealingly engage the open end of the beverage cup; a hollow raised lip portion having an exterior portion extending upwardly from said base, a outer lip portion, and an interior portion sloping downwardly from said outer lip portion to lower end portions; a drink well base having a floor extending from a peripheral side adjacent said lower end portions, the drink well base located below said outer lip portion; and at least one drink outlet, said at least one drink outlet defined by a first edgewall provided by an inwardly protruding shoulder from said interior portion of said hollow raised lip portion, said first edgewall extending upward into said interior portion of said hollow raised lip portion, and by an elongated second edgewall extending along an outlet portion of said drink well base in proximity to said peripheral side, said at least one drink outlet oriented substantially as if along a first surface extending from said elongated second edgewall at an angle alpha (α) in the range of from about forty degrees (40°) to about ninety degrees (90°).