Patent ID: 7178685
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. In combination, a drinking straw and a removable lid for a drinking cup, the lid comprising: a body with a rim releasably securable about a lip of a drinking cup to form a seal therewith; and a projection extending integrally from an underside of the body along a projection axis, the projection comprising a hollow structure defining a tapered side wall extending from a relatively broad base to a distal end, the projection defining, in an upper surface of the lid body, a straw receptacle; the projection defining a plurality of break lines extending from its distal end and terminating at break line ends wherein the plurality of break lines define separable segments of the projection therebetween, each segment having a segment base extending between adjacent break line ends, the break line ends disposed on the tapered sidewall of the projection and spaced from the base of the tapered side wall along the projection axis in a region of the straw receptacle having a cross-section approximately equal in extent to a cross-section of the straw such that inserting the straw into the straw receptacle and through the projection forces the projection segments from an unseparated position to a deployed position, the segment bases engaging an outer surface of the inserted straw to inhibit leakage.