Patent ID: 9149138
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: A47G

Abstract:
1. A drinking vessel comprising a generally cylindrical container for containing liquid and a lid, the drinking vessel comprising a generally cylindrical inner member and a generally cylindrical sealing element surrounding the inner member, wherein the drinking vessel further comprises a rim and an inner circumferential sealing surface, the inner member and the sealing element being fixedly insertable into the container in order, when the inner member and the sealing element are inserted, to cause the sealing element to lie against the sealing surface so as normally to form a seal with the sealing surface, the seal being deformable by suction at the rim such that under action of a suction liquid within the container is caused to flow from a chamber inside the container out past the rim, wherein: the sealing element and the sealing surface cooperate to define a plurality of channels; and the channels extend from at or near a end of the seal adjacent the rim to a point at or near a base of the seal.