Patent ID: 8152361
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
1. A drinking apparatus comprising: a. a mug body to hold a beverage and having an open top; b. a lid fitted to the open top of the mug body and having a base in which a sipper hole is formed, a raised rim extending upward from the base at its periphery and having a shape selected to provide a mouthpiece at which a user is to sip the beverage out through the sipper hole; c. a sipping mechanism having a flap coupled to the lid so as to rotate about a pivot axis, between a closed position in which the sipper hole in the lid is blocked to prevent leakage, and an open position through which there can be beverage flow out of the mug body through the sipper hole; and d. a stirring mechanism having a handle atop the lid, the handle being coupled to an arm extending down from a bottom of the lid into the mug body, and a stirring element coupled to the arm at a position inside the mug body, the stirring mechanism to translate linear movement of the handle into rotation of the arm.