Patent ID: 8875925
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A cup cover, comprising: a frusto-conical base having a generally circular shape designed to cover a teacup, and having a slit extending from an outer edge thereof; and a handle protrusion extending from a center of an upper surface of the frusto-conical base, the handle protrusion comprising two protrusion halves, each protrusion half having a generally semi-circular cross-section, and the two protrusion halves defining a central through-slot therebetween extending across the handle protrusion; wherein the frusto-conical base and the handle protrusion are formed in one piece of a flexible material, wherein the cup cover can suspend a tea bag therefrom, a user threading a string attached to the teabag through the slit in the frusto-conical base and through the through-slot in the handle protrusion, and wherein after brewing tea in the cup with the tea bag suspended from the cup cover, the user can grasp the handle protrusion to lift the cover, the semi-circular protrusion halves flexing to grip the teabag string threaded through the through-slot to allow lifting of the teabag.