Patent ID: 7175042
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A cup lid for placement onto the rim of a drinking cup having a substantially circular opening at its upper end, comprising: a cover portion having two equal sides with a drinking access port defined therein and located on a first side, and a condiment opening defined therein and located substantially on an opposite second side, the condiment opening being substantially opposite from the drinking access port; a rim portion around the periphery of the cover portion, and sealingly securable to the upper end of the drinking cup; and a flexible arm integrally formed with the rim portion and extending outwardly therefrom, the flexible arm having a sealing member at an end remote from the rim portion for sealably closing the condiment opening when the condiment opening is not in use, wherein said condiment opening has a stiffening rib around the peripheral region thereof, and wherein said sealing member has a plug portion formed thereon which is dimensioned for fitment with said stiffening rib such that when said condiment opening is not in use, said plug portion of said sealing member frictionally engages with said stiffening rib so as to sealably close said condiment opening, and wherein said rim portion has a channel defined therein, and a skirt downwardly extending therefrom such that when said cup lid is sealingly secured to the upper end of the drinking cup, the rim of the drinking cup is received in said channel of said cup lid and frictionally fitted therein.