Patent ID: 7185784
Filing Date: 2007-03-06
Classification: A47G,B65D

Abstract:
1. A drinking container comprising a main body defining an interior cavity accessible through a cavity opening at an upper end of the main body, the body having a rim about its opening, the rim having a domed upper surface and inner and outer walls defining a recess therebetween, the outer wall of the rim having a lower, distal edge spaced apart from the inner wall to define a recess opening; and a removable lid secured to the main body at its upper end to cover the cavity opening and enclose, together with the main body, the interior cavity to hold a liquid, the lid defining a groove about its edge sized to receive and snap over the rim of the main body and form a seal; the lid having an extended drinking spout sized to be received within a human mouth and defining at least one hole providing hydraulic communication between exterior surfaces of the container and the interior cavity, for dispensing liquid disposed proximate an, inner end of the hole in response to a vacuum applied at an outer end of the hole; wherein the groove about the lid has an inner surface, and the rim of the main body has an outer surface, that each define semi-circular arcs of similar radii and have interlocking features on an inboard side, the interlocking features including