Patent ID: 7275652
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A cup lid in combination with a drinking cup containing a liquid, said drinking cup having a base and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base, the sidewall including an inner surface, a top end, and a rim extending along the circumference of the top end, the cup lid comprising: a first part lying in a first plane and having a top surface and a center axis; means on said first part for releasably mounting said first part to the top end of the cup to form a substantially liquid tight seal between the cup lid and the cup; a second part depending radially outwardly from said first part and lying in a second plane; compartment means formed by said second part and said inner sidewall surface for bifurcating a portion of the liquid in the cup into one portion and a second portion; said one portion comprising means for facilitating the flow of liquid into said compartment means and said second portion for facilitating the flow of liquid out of said compartment means; said first part and said second part further comprise aperture means for permitting the liquid contained in said one portion to flow out of said compartment means and out of the drinking cup; said second part comprises baffle means for substantially shielding the liquid in said one portion from substantial interference with the liquid in said second portion during any lateral movement of the cup thereby any spillage of the liquid out of the cup is substantially minimized; means on said second part for the downward movement of said second part from a first position wherein said second part is substantially co-planar to said first part, to a second position wherein said second part is non-coplanar with said first part; said one portion comprising means for permitting the ingress of liquid from said second portion into said one portion when said second part is in said second position for permitting the egress of the liquid out of said one portion; a first aperture at said bottom end when said second part is at said second position to permit the liquid to ingress into said channel; and, a second aperture at said upper end when said second part is at said second position to permit the liquid to egress out of said channel.