Patent ID: 6763964
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
A selectively openable drinking vessel lid adapted for receipt on the drinking vessel in an operating orientation and for operation with one hand, comprising:a substantially circular main body having an upper side, a lower side and wherein the main body defines a depressed drinking basin on the upper side and diametrically opposed drinking and venting bores having substantially smooth sidewalls; an elongated rocker arm, vertically removable and pivotally connected to the upper side of the main body and having drinking and venting ends, the rocker arm being pivotable with respect to the main body between an open and a closed position; a drinking seal connected to the rocker arm adjacent to the drinking end, the drinking seal having a resilient, laterally extending, circumferential flange having a perimeter larger than a perimeter of the drinking bore for forming a seal with the side wall thereof; and, a venting seal connected to the rocker arm adjacent to the venting end, the venting seal having a resilient, laterally extending circumferential flange having a perimeter larger than a perimeter of the venting bore for forming a seal with the side wall thereof, so that the drinking and venting seal flanges are above and below their respective bores when the rocker arm is in the open position and so that the drinking and venting seal flanges are within the bores when the rocker arm is in the closed position.