Patent ID: 8181810
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A container comprising: a container body having an annular sidewall extending from a closed bottom, the annular sidewall and closed bottom defining a cavity for storing a liquid, the annular sidewall having an open end opposite the closed bottom; a lid releasably attached to the open end of the container body, the lid including: wherein the snap closure further includes a lever tab extending substantially perpendicular to the open end of the container body, and a connection leg portion and a lifting leg portion extending substantially perpendicular to the lever tab, the connection leg portion operably attached to lid body and the lifting leg portion operably substantially rigidly mechanically connecting the lever tab to the drinking aperture plug, the lever tab being radially spaced outward from the annular sidewall such that biasing of the lever tab towards the annular sidewall biases the drinking aperture plug axially away from the lid body to open the drinking aperture.