Patent Publication Number: US-2021179325-A1

Title: Beverage Service Ensemble and Method

Description:
PRIOR HISTORY 
     This application is a divisional patent application claiming the benefit of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/220,099 filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on 14 Dec. 2018, the specifications and drawings of which are hereby incorporated by reference thereto. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention generally relates to a lid assembly for outfitting a liquid container and for supporting certain beverage service methods. More particularly, the present invention relates to certain lid assembly variants for outfitting a liquid container exemplified by a coffee cup for enabling the user to selectively open and close the lid assembly to either allow or prevent liquid egression from the liquid container, and associated methods for providing beverage service to users of the lid assemblies. 
     Brief Description of the Prior Art 
     The broad field of lids for hot beverage containers and hot beverage container assemblies inclusive of lid assemblies is well-developed. Some of the more pertinent prior is believed to be briefly described hereinafter. U.S. Pat. No. 5,873,493 (&#39;493 patent), issued to Robinson, for example, discloses an Integrally Molded Measurer Dispenser. The &#39;493 patent describes a closure providing a side wall having first and second distal ends, an inner surface and an outer perimeter. A cone-shaped divider projects inwardly and upwardly from a lower perimeter of the side wall and includes a drain-back orifice therethrough. The cone-shaped divider further includes an apex having an opening therethrough. The closure further provides a lid pivotally attached at an outer diameter thereof to the outer perimeter of the side wall first distal end by an integral hinge. The lid includes a shaped substantially conforming to the side wall perimeter. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 6,176,390 (&#39;390 patent), which issued to Kemp, discloses a Container Lid with Cooling Reservoir. The &#39;390 patent describes a container lid with a cooling reservoir for releasably covering a disposable cup containing a hot beverage. The cooling reservoir includes a side wall with a small opening to allow a small volume of the hot beverage to pass into the cooling reservoir in which the beverage sufficiently cools down to enable the consumer to sip the beverage. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 6,488,173 (&#39;173 patent), issued to Milan, discloses a Beverage container lid having baffle arrangement for liquid cooling. The &#39;173 patent describes a removable beverage container lid wherein the lid has a substantially enclosed space defined between an exterior cover and an interior cover. At least one inlet opening is formed in the interior cover directing a hot beverage to flow into the substantially enclosed space. Attached to the interior cover at the forward edge of the inlet opening is a partition or wall assembly having a height extending to be located substantially against the exterior cover and a length at least equal to the length of the inlet opening. Between the partition or wall assembly and the peripheral edge of the exterior cover is located a gap area. Connected with the gap area is a dispensing opening formed in the exterior cover. Hot beverage is required to flow around the partition or wall assembly and into the gap area prior to flowing through the dispensing opening exteriorly of a beverage container. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 7,448,510 (&#39;510 patent), issued to Pavlopoulos, discloses a Cup Assembly having a Cooling Compartment. The &#39;510 patent describes a cup assembly comprising a cup and a lid to define therebetween a first passage and a second passage to allow a liquid cooling compartment between the lid and the cup to be filled with liquid contained in the cup when the first passage is clear and the second passage is blocked and the liquid in the liquid cooling compartment is able to flow out of an outlet in communication with the liquid cooling compartment when the second passage is clear and the first passage is blocked. 
     United States Patent Application No. 2007/0062943, which was authored by Bosworth, Sr., describes a container lid for a cup-type beverage which includes within the lid a disc-shaped media in which the lid is adapted to be releasably affixed to the beverage container and where the lid is protected from the beverage within the container and wherein the disc may be removed from the lid and utilized for entertainment purposes. 
     United States Patent Application No. 2010/0264150, which was authored by Leon et al., describes a disposable beverage cup a disposable beverage cup that comprises a ledge between the cup&#39;s rim and the grasping portion of the cup that is commonly held in the user&#39;s hand. The ledge, which comprises a curb, a horizontal plane, and one or more indentations, acts as a barrier between the user&#39;s hand and other objects, preventing a lid that has been press fit onto the cup&#39;s rim from being dislodged. In order to remove the lid, the user must insert a finger and/or thumb into the indentation(s) and press upward on the lid. The cup has a contour between the ledge and the grasping portion with ergonomic features to increase the user&#39;s comfort in handling the cup. 
     United States Patent Application No. 2010/0320220, which was authored by Hussey et al., describes a plastic lid for a drinks container, for example, a coffee cup. The plastic lid is provided with an ancillary access facility in the form of an opening or a part of the lid easily removable to form an opening. The ancillary access facility allows a person to drink from the container without removal of the lid. After the ancillary access facility has been cleaned or de-contaminated it is protected by the application of a protective cover. 
     The protective cover may have a variety of shapes, for example, it may cover the entire lid or it may cover only a selected part of the lid, for example, only the area of the lid involving the ancillary access facility. The protective cover protects the ancillary access facility from the inadvertent transfer of germs to the drinking area by the person dispensing the drinks as they push the lid down with their hands to seal the lid to the container top. The protective covers are arranged to be easily stripped from the lid by the application of mere finger pressure. 
     From a consideration of the foregoing, it will be noted that the prior art perceives a need for a low cost, disposable combination lid-insert or lid-container ensemble or lid assembly for enabling quick and easy beverage service to a user by outfitting a liquid container with a lid body and positioning a liquid permeable container relative to the liquid container by way of the lid body. The prior art further perceives a need for lid-insert or lid-container ensemble or lid assembly that allows users to fill liquid containers via a lid body-media container combination while attached to a liquid container and successively outfit the lower lid body with an upper lid body insert that may be manually operated to selectively open and close the lid assembly as summarized in more detail hereinafter. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     To achieve the aforementioned and other readily apparent objectives, the present invention essentially discloses certain lid assemblies for outfitting a liquid container exemplified by a disposable coffee or tea container. Certain variants of the lid assemblies according to the present invention may be said to essentially comprise, in combination, a lid body and a lid body insert. The lid bodies according to the present invention all preferably comprise a rim-receiving groove and some form of an object-supportive depression formed radially inward of the rim-receiving groove. 
     In a first lid assembly embodiment, an annular insert-supportive depression of the lower lid body is provided, which annular insert-supportive depression further provides or defines a primary liquid-letting aperture for enabling both liquid ingression and liquid egression therethrough while the rim-receiving groove enables the user to attach the lid body to a container rim of the liquid container. Liquid may easily be directed into the liquid container via the lower lid body via the relatively large primary liquid-letting aperture before the lid body insert is assembled therewith. 
     The lid body insert is receivable in and supportable by the insert-supportive depression and comprises a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis. The lid body insert is rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions such that the secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures, and rotatably re-positionable relative to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. 
     In the first lid assembly, the lid body preferably further comprises a lid body axis and the annular insert-supportive depression comprises a depression axis. The lid body axis and the depression axis are parallel to one another. Noting that the primary liquid-letting aperture is defined by a lower inner rim of the annular insert-supportive depression, the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures are cooperative for providing a phased liquid-letting aperture. In this regard, the lid body insert is rotatably positionable relative to the lid body such that the phased liquid-letting aperture waxes and wanes intermediate fully open and fully closed phased liquid-letting aperture configurations depending on directed degrees of rotation of the lid body insert relative to the lower inner rim of the lower lid body. 
     In a second lid assembly embodiment, an annular insert-supportive depression is again provided, which annular insert-supportive depression further provides or comprises a primary liquid-letting aperture for primarily enabling liquid egression therethrough while the rim-receiving groove enables the user to attach the lid body to a container rim of the liquid container. The lid body insert is receivable in and supportable by the insert-supportive depression and comprises a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis. The lid body insert is rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions such that the secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures, and rotatably re-positionable in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. 
     In the second lid assembly embodiment, a liquid return or secondary depression depends from the annular insert-supportive depression. In this embodiment, the lid body again comprises a lid body axis, and the liquid return or secondary depression comprises a return depression axis. The lid body and return depression axes are parallel to one another such that the liquid return or secondary depression is centrally offset relative to the rim-receiving groove thereby providing an offset annular region of the insert-supportive depression. The primary liquid-letting aperture is formed in the offset annular region in anterior adjacency to the liquid return or secondary depression, which depression essentially comprises at least one return aperture for returning liquid to the liquid container via the lid body. 
     Liquid permeable matter as exemplified by coffee or tea or a packet type liquid permeable container or a cup type liquid permeable container is receivable intermediate the liquid return depression and the lid body insert. The lid assembly thus further functions to position the liquid-permeable matter relative to the liquid container through which matter liquid (e.g. water) may be directed for further delivery to the liquid container. The lid assembly may further provide a lid body comprising an insert edge-retention track and a lid body insert comprising an outer insert edge. The outer insert edge is insertable into the insert edge-retention track when the lid body insert is received in and supported by the annular insert-supportive depression, the cooperative association of which enables both rotation of the lid body insert relative to the lid body and prevention of inadvertent removal of the lid body insert from the lid body. 
     Certain lid assembly embodiments according to the present invention outfit a liquid container and further position a liquid-permeable container (exemplified by the cup type single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly) relative to the outfitted liquid container. These lid assembly embodiments may be said to essentially or basically comprise a uniquely configured lid body comprising a rim-receiving groove, an object-supportive depression, and a primary liquid-letting aperture. The primary liquid-letting aperture enables liquid egression from the liquid container, and the object-supportive depression both support the liquid permeable container and defines a tertiary liquid-letting aperture. The tertiary liquid-letting aperture enables liquid egression from the liquid permeable container into the liquid container, and the rim-receiving groove attaches the lid body to a container rim of the liquid container. 
     Certain lid assembly embodiments according to the present invention provide an object-supportive depression comprising a container edge-retention track. The container edge-retention track receives and retains a container edge of the liquid-permeable container and prevents inadvertent removal thereof from the lid body. The object-supportive depression is preferably formed radially inwardly of the rim-receiving groove thereby forming an annular lid body region intermediate the object-supportive depression and the rim-receiving groove. In certain embodiments, the primary liquid-letting aperture is formed in the annular lid body region. The lid body may further preferably comprise a liquid spillway in anterior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture characterized by a central spillway portion and laterally opposed guideways, the laterally opposed guideways for directing egressing liquid toward the central spillway portion. 
     In at least one lid assembly embodiment according to the present invention, an annular lid body insert interface is provided. The annular lid body insert interface is receivable and supportable by the lid body in superior adjacency to the object-supportive depression and comprises an outer insert edge, a secondary liquid-letting aperture, an insert axis, and a container-receiving aperture. The container receiving aperture receives the liquid permeable container thereby interfacing between the lid body and the liquid permeable container. The outer insert edge is insertable into an insert edge-retention track formed in the lid body, and the annular lid body insert interface is rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid positions. As with all secondary liquid-letting apertures of all lid body inserts, the secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures, and rotatably re-positionable relative to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. 
     In this last regard, all lid body inserts according to the present invention are generally receivable and supportable by the lid body in superior adjacency to an object-supportive depression and comprise at least a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis. The lid body inserts are all rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid positions such that the secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable either in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid position for enabling liquid egression or in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. The lid body insert may further comprise an outer insert edge insertable into an optional insert edge-retention track as at  52  formed in the lid body. 
     The lid body insert may further provide or comprise an insert depression for covering an upper portion of the liquid permeable container. Further, a liquid permeable container cover may be provided in those embodiments where an upper lid body formation is integrally formed with bottom portions of a liquid permeable container. The liquid permeable container cover may be received and supported in superior adjacency to the bottom portions of the liquid permeable container via a cover-supportive formation formed in the lid body insert. 
     Certain lid assembly embodiments outfit a liquid container and essentially comprise or provide a lid body having a rim-receiving groove, a primary object-supportive depression as variously exemplified, a secondary object-supportive depression as variously exemplified, and a primary liquid-letting aperture as variously exemplified. The primary liquid-letting aperture enables liquid egression from the liquid container, and the secondary object-supportive depression may direct liquid toward a tertiary liquid-letting aperture formed therein, which tertiary liquid-letting aperture outlets media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid into the liquid container via the lid body. The rim-receiving groove attaches the lid body to a container rim of the liquid container. 
     A lid body insert may be received and supported by the primary object-supportive depression in superior adjacency to the secondary object-supportive depression. The lid body insert essentially comprises a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis such that the lid body insert is rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid positions. The secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures, and rotatably re-positionable relative to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. The lid body insert may preferably comprise an insert depression for covering the secondary object-supportive depression. 
     Certain variants of the lid assembly may be said to essentially further comprise, in combination, a lid body and a lid body insert for enabling or supporting certain lid body-based beverage service methodologies. The lid-body based beverage service methods according to the present invention depend on the lid body or lid assembly utilized in support thereof as variously exemplified and as discussed in more detail in the Detailed Description portion of these specifications. 
     In all beverage service method applications, a lid body is initially provided. In some embodiments, the lid body may essentially comprise an object-supportive depression or container support feature, and in certain embodiments, the lid body essentially comprises a downwardly extending liquid permeable media containment portion integrally formed with upper portions of the lid body. The primary object of the methodology is to suspend a media containment structure centrally relative to the rim-receiving groove so that liquid or water may be directed into liquid permeable media as suspended within the space defined by the liquid container. 
     The liquid permeable container may either be supported by the object-supportive depression or container support thereby forming a lid-container ensemble such that the liquid permeable container contains and positions liquid-permeable media within the space defined by the liquid container. The liquid container may either be outfitted with the lid-container ensemble as a unified or integrally formed assembly or the lid body may be first attached to the liquid container and then the liquid permeable container may subsequently be supported by the lid body. Liquid may then be directed into the liquid permeable container and through the liquid-permeable media for forming media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid, which media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid is then outlet into the liquid container for providing a contained beverage for consumption. 
     The lid body-based beverage service method contemplates a lid body having a primary beverage-letting aperture for enabling beverage egression from the liquid container for consumption. The object-supportive depression or lid body may preferably comprise a container edge-retention track for receiving and retaining a container edge of the liquid-permeable container and preventing inadvertent removal thereof from the lid body. 
     The object-supportive depression or container support is preferably formed radially inward relative to a rim-receiving groove of the lid body thereby forming an annular lid body region intermediate the object-supportive depression and the rim-receiving groove. The primary liquid-letting aperture is preferably formed in the annular lid body region such that beverage egression from the liquid container is directed intermediate the liquid permeable container and the wall of the liquid container via the primary liquid-letting aperture. In this regard, retaining the container edge in the edge-retention track is structurally important 
     A lid body insert may be further utilized in combination with the lid body. In this regard, it is contemplated the lid body insert may preferably comprise an outer insert edge that is insertable into an insert edge-retention track formed in the lid body for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid body insert from the lid body. The lid body, in certain embodiments, may preferably comprise a secondary object-supportive depression, the secondary object-supportive depression for directing the liquid toward a liquid outlet formed at lowermost portions of the depression. In these embodiments, the lid body insert may preferably comprise an insert depression for covering the secondary object-supportive depression. 
     The lid body-based beverage service method according to the present invention contemplates a lid body insert that is receivable in superior adjacency to the object-supportive depression or container support and may preferably comprise a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis. The lid body insert is thus rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions. The secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures. The secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably re-positionable in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Other features of the invention will become more evident from a consideration of the following brief descriptions of patent drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a top perspective view of a first lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a top plan view of the first lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the first lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a top posterior perspective view of a first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly with a first upper lid body insert and the first lower lid body according to the present invention in a fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 5  is a top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 6  is a first anterior edge elevational view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 7  is a bottom plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 8  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 5  from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 8A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 8  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 8B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 8  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 9  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 5  from an anterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by anterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 9A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 9  to show in still greater clarity structural details of right lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 9B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 9  to show in still greater clarity structural details of left lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 10  is a top posterior perspective view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in a fully closed configuration. 
         FIG. 11  is a top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the fully closed position. 
         FIG. 12  is a second anterior edge elevational view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention sectioned from  FIG. 11  from a posterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by posterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully closed configuration. 
         FIG. 13A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 13  to show in still greater clarity structural details of left lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 13B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 13  to show in still greater clarity structural details of right lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 14  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 11  from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully closed configuration. 
         FIG. 14A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 14  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 14B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 14  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 15  is a top perspective view of the first upper lid body insert according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 16  is a top plan view of the first upper lid body insert according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 17  is a medial cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 16  to show further details of the first upper lid body insert according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 18  is a frontal cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 16  to show further details of the first upper lid body insert according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 19  is a top posterior perspective view of a second lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 20  is a top plan view of the second lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 21  is an anterior edge elevational view of the second lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 22  is a top plan view of the second lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 23  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the second lower lid body according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 20  from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 23A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 23  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 23B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 23  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 24  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the second lower lid body according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 20  from an anterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by anterior portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 24A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 24  to show in still greater clarity structural details of central posterior portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 25  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 24  to show in still greater clarity structural details of right lateral portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 26  is a top posterior perspective view of a second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly with the first upper lid body insert and the second lower lid body according to the present invention in an open configuration. 
         FIG. 27  is a top plan view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in a fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 28  is an anterior edge elevational view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 29  is a bottom plan view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 30  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 27  from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 30A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 30  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 30B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 30  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in the fully open configuration. 
         FIG. 31  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 27  from an anterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by anterior portions of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 31A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 31  to show in still greater clarity structural details of left lateral portions of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 31B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 31  to show in still greater clarity structural details of central posterior portions of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 32  is a top posterior perspective view of a third lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 33  is a top plan view of the third lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 34  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the third lower lid body according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 33  from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the third lower lid body. 
         FIG. 35  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the third lower lid body according to the present invention sectioned from a posterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by posterior portions of the third lower lid body. 
         FIG. 36  is a top posterior perspective view of a fourth lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 37  is a top plan view of the fourth lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 38  is a frontal type cross-sectional view of the fourth lower lid body according to the present invention sectioned from  FIG. 37  from a posterior view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by posterior portions of the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 38A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 38  to show in still greater clarity structural details of right lateral portions of the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 39  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the fourth lower lid body according to the present invention sectioned from a lateral view to show in greater detail structures otherwise obscured by lateral portions of the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 39A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 39  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 39B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 39  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 40  is an exploded perspective view of from bottom to top, a tall container, a fourth lower lid body, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 41  is a perspective view of a tall container, a fourth lower lid body, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly in assembled relation. 
         FIG. 42  is an anterior elevational view a tall container, a fourth lower lid body, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly in assembled relation. 
         FIG. 43  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 42  to show in sectional detail the tall container, fourth lower lid body, and single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly in assembled relation. 
         FIG. 43A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 43  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 43B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 43  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 44  is an anterior top perspective view of a fifth lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 45  is a top perspective view of the fifth lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 46  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 45  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the fifth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 46A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 46  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 46B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 46  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 47  is a frontal type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 45  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the fifth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 47A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 47  to show in still greater clarity structural details of left lateral portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 47B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 47  to show in still greater clarity structural details of central posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 48  is a top perspective view of a third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly with a second upper lid body insert and fifth lower lid body according to the present invention in a closed configuration. 
         FIG. 49  is a top plan view of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the closed configuration. 
         FIG. 50  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 49  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in the closed configuration. 
         FIG. 50A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 50  to show in still greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly there depicted. 
         FIG. 50B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 50  to show in still greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly there depicted. 
         FIG. 51  is a first anterior elevational view of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 52  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 51  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in assembled relation with the tall container. 
         FIG. 53  is an anterior top exploded perspective view of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in exploded relation relative to a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly, and a tall container. 
         FIG. 54  is a posterior top perspective view of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in exploded relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 55  is a second anterior elevational view of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 56  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 55  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the third lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly in assembled relation with the tall container and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly received in a first containment vessel. 
         FIG. 57  is an exploded top perspective view of the second upper lid body insert in exploded relation with an uncovered first containment vessel. 
         FIG. 58  is a top perspective view of the second upper lid body insert in assembled relation with the first containment vessel forming a first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel. 
         FIG. 59  is an anterior elevational view of the first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel. 
         FIG. 60  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 59  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel with a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly received therein. 
         FIG. 60A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 60  to show in greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel with single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly there depicted. 
         FIG. 61  is a posterior top perspective view of the first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel in exploded relation with the fifth lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 62  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 61  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the first alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel in exploded relation with the fifth lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 63  is an exploded top perspective view of a first lid body insert-container combination in exploded relation with a container cover. 
         FIG. 64  is a top perspective view of the lid body insert-container combination in assembled relation with the container cover thereby forming a first covered lid body insert-container combination. 
         FIG. 65  is an anterior elevational view of the first covered lid body insert-container combination. 
         FIG. 66  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 65  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the first covered lid body insert-container combination. 
         FIG. 66A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 66  to show in greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 67  is a posterior top perspective view of the first covered lid body insert-container combination in exploded relation with the fifth lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 68  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 67  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the first covered lid body insert-container combination in exploded relation with the fifth lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 69  is an exploded top perspective view of the third upper lid body insert in exploded relation with an uncovered first containment vessel. 
         FIG. 70  is a top perspective view of the third upper lid body insert in assembled relation with the first containment vessel forming a second alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel. 
         FIG. 71  is an anterior elevational view of the second alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel. 
         FIG. 72  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 71  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the second alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel. 
         FIG. 72A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 72  to show in greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 73  is a top perspective view of the second alternative upper insert-covered containment vessel with the first containment vessel being shown in cross-section. 
         FIG. 74  is an exploded top perspective view of a second lid body insert-container combination in exploded relation with a container cover. 
         FIG. 75  is a top perspective view of the second lid body insert-container combination in assembled relation with the container cover thereby forming a second covered lid body insert-container combination. 
         FIG. 76  is a top perspective view of a partial second lid body insert-container combination depicting a combination bottom with upper spacer protuberances for supporting a filter portion in elevated relation relative to the combination bottom. 
         FIG. 77  is an anterior elevational view of a partial second lid body insert-container combination depicting a combination bottom with upper spacer protuberances for supporting a filter portion in elevated relation relative to the combination bottom. 
         FIG. 78  is an anterior elevational view of the second lid body insert-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 79  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 78  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the second lid body insert-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 80  is a top perspective view of a first lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention, a cylindrical container type lower being integrally formed with a lid lower body to form the first lower lid body-container combination. 
         FIG. 81  is an anterior elevational view of the first lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 82  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 81  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the first lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 82A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 82  to show in greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 83  is a posterior top exploded perspective view of the first lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention in exploded relation relative to a tall container and the second upper lid body insert. 
         FIG. 84  is a top perspective view of a series of stacked first lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 85  is an anterior elevational view of a series of stacked first lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 86  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 85  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the series of stacked first lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 87  is a top perspective view of a fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly with third upper lid body insert and fifth lower lid body according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 88  is an anterior elevational view of the fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 89  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 88  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 89A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 89  to show in greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 89B  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 89  to show in greater clarity structural details of posterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 90  is a top exploded perspective view of the fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in exploded relation relative to a tall container and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 91  is an anterior exploded view of the fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in exploded relation relative to a tall container and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 92  is a top perspective view of a second lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention, a conical container type lower being integrally formed with a lid lower body to form the second lower lid body-container combination. 
         FIG. 93  is an anterior elevational view of the second lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 94  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 93  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the second lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 94A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 94  to show in greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 95  is a top exploded perspective view of the second lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention in exploded relation relative to a tall container and the second upper lid body insert. 
         FIG. 96  is an anterior exploded view of the second lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention in exploded relation relative to a tall container and the second upper lid body insert. 
         FIG. 97  is a top perspective view of a series of stacked second lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 98  is an anterior elevational view of a series of stacked second lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 99  is a medial type cross-sectional view as sectioned from  FIG. 98  to show in greater detail lateral portions of the series of stacked second lower lid body-container combinations according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 100  is a first top perspective of a sectioned sixth lower lid body according to the present invention with a sectioned state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly in assembled relation therewith. 
         FIG. 101  is a second top perspective of a sectioned sixth lower lid body according to the present invention with a sectioned state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly in assembled relation therewith. 
         FIG. 102  is a top perspective of a sixth lower lid body according to the present invention for accommodatingly receiving a state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 103  is a top perspective of a sectioned sixth lower lid body according to the present invention for accommodatingly receiving a state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 104  is a medial type cross-sectional view of the sectioned sixth lower lid body according to the present invention with a sectioned state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 104A  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view as enlarged and sectioned from  FIG. 104  to show in greater clarity structural details of anterior portions of the structures there depicted. 
         FIG. 105  is a top perspective view of a second lower lid according to the present invention in assembled relation with a tall container in a first condition of use with a single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly with parts broken away to show otherwise hidden features associated with the first condition of use. 
         FIG. 106  is an exploded perspective view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention with the second lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container and in exploded relation relative to a single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly. 
         FIG. 107  is a sectional view of the second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention in assembled relation with a tall container in the first condition of use shown with parts broken away to a single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly received intermediate the first upper lid body insert and the second lower lid body. 
         FIG. 108  is a perspective view of the fourth lower lid body according to the present invention in assembled relation with a tall container in a condition of use whereby material is being deposited into a containment vessel supported by the fourth lower lid body. 
         FIG. 109  is a perspective view of the fourth lower lid body according to the present invention in assembled relation with a tall container in a condition of use whereby liquid is being directed into the material contained within a containment vessel as supported by the fourth lower lid body with parts broken away to show otherwise hidden features associated with the condition of use. 
         FIG. 110  is an exploded perspective view of the second upper lid body insert and fourth lower lid body according to the present invention with fourth lower lid body being depicted in assembled relation with a tall container. 
         FIG. 111  is a cross-sectional view of the first lower lid body-container combination according to the present invention in assembled relation with a tall container in a condition of use whereby liquid has been being directed through the material contained within the cylindrical container type lower. 
         FIG. 112  is a first sequential exploded perspective view of the first lower lid body and a tall container. 
         FIG. 113  is a second sequential perspective depiction of the first lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container with liquid being directed thereinto. 
         FIG. 114  is a third sequential perspective view of the first lower lid body in assembled relation with a tall container in a second condition of use, the first upper lid body insert being exploded from the first lower lid body. 
         FIG. 115  is a top perspective view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly as assembled atop a tall container in an open configuration. 
         FIG. 116  is a cross-sectional perspective view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly as assembled atop a tall container in an open configuration with liquid being directed therefrom in a third condition of use. 
         FIG. 117  is a top perspective view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly as assembled atop a tall container in a closed configuration. 
         FIG. 118  is a cross-sectional perspective view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly as assembled atop a tall container in a closed configuration in a fourth condition of use. 
         FIG. 119  is a first sequential depiction of a tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body prior to water delivery to the ensemble via a first water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 119A  is a second sequential depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and the single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body during water delivery to the ensemble via the first water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 119B  is a third sequential depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and the single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body after water delivery to the ensemble via the first water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 120  is a first cross-sectional depiction of a tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and an empty single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body, the view being presented in cross-section to show structural relationships of various parts prior to water delivery to the ensemble via the first water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 120A  is a second cross-sectional depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body with parts broken away to show structural relationships of various parts during water delivery to the ensemble via the first water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 121  is a perspective depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body prior to water delivery to the ensemble via a second water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 121A  is a cross-sectional perspective depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container, and an empty single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body, the view being presented in cross-section to show structural relationships of various parts prior to water delivery to the ensemble via the second water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 122  is a posterior elevational depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container and a single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body during water delivery to the ensemble via the second water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 122A  is a medial type cross-sectional depiction of the tall container, the fourth lower lid body in assembled relation atop the tall container and thee single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly supported by the fourth lower lid body as sectioned from  FIG. 122  to show structural relationships of various parts during water delivery to the ensemble via the second water delivery mechanism. 
         FIG. 123  is a first sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively small secondary liquid-letting aperture in a fully closed lid configuration setting a reference position for a phased liquid-letting aperture position of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 123A  is a second sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively small secondary liquid-letting aperture at a half closed phased liquid-letting aperture position at 45 rotational degrees from the reference position for the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 123B  is a third sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively small secondary liquid-letting aperture at a fully open phased liquid-letting aperture position at 90 rotational degrees from the reference position for the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 124  is a first sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively large secondary liquid-letting aperture in a fully closed lid configuration setting a reference position for a phased liquid-letting aperture position of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 124A  is a second sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively large secondary liquid-letting aperture at a first partially open phased liquid-letting aperture position at 90 rotational degrees from the reference position for the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 124B  is a second sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively large secondary liquid-letting aperture at a second partially open phased liquid-letting aperture position at 135 rotational degrees from the reference position for the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
         FIG. 124C  is a third sequential top plan view of the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly according to the present invention having an upper lid body insert with a relatively large secondary liquid-letting aperture at a fully open phased liquid-letting aperture position at 180 rotational degrees from the reference position for the first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Referring now to the drawings with more specificity, the preferred embodiments of the present invention primarily concern lid assemblies as variously exemplified for outfitting a liquid container as at  10 . Certain lid assembly embodiments according to the present invention preferably comprise, in combination, a lower lid body as variously referenced at  12 ,  22 ,  22 ′,  32 ,  42 ; and an upper lid body insert as alternatively referenced at  13  and  14 . Certain other lid assembly embodiments provide an integrally formed lid body-container combination as variously referenced at  28  and  35  further usable in combination with a lid body insert as exemplified by lid body inserts  13  and  14 . Certain lid body insert-container combinations are further contemplated as at embodiments  18  and  25 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 1-3 , the reader will there consider the first lower lid body  12  according to the present invention. Referencing  FIGS. 4-7 , the reader will there consider the first lower lid body  12  in assembled relation with the first upper lid body insert  13  thereby together forming a first lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly  11  according to the present invention. The lower lid body  12  preferably comprises a rim-receiving groove as at  50 , an annular insert-supporting depression as at  51 , and an insert edge-retention track as at  52 . The annular insert-supporting depression  51  provides or centrally defines a relatively large, primary liquid-letting aperture as at  53  for enabling both liquid ingression and liquid egression or passage therethrough. The rim-receiving groove  50  primarily functions to attach the lower lid body  12  to a container rim  9  of the liquid container  10  according to state of the art principles relatively well known in the industry. 
     The first upper lid body insert  13  is receivable in and supportable by the insert-supporting depression  51  and comprises an outer insert edge as at  54 , a secondary liquid-letting aperture as at  55 , and an insert axis as at  101 . The outer insert edge  54  is insertable into the insert edge-retention track  52  when the first upper lid body insert  13  is received in and supported by the annular insert-supporting depression  51 . The first upper lid body insert  13  is rotatable about the insert axis  101  intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions as respectively and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 4-9  versus  FIGS. 10-14B . 
     The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  53  when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures  53  and  55 . The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is further or rotatably re-positionable relative to the primary liquid-letting aperture  53  in lateral adjacency thereto for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly  11  as portions of the annular insert-supporting depression  51  effectively cover or close the secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  when in the closed lid body insert position. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 19-35 , the reader will there consider a second lower lid body  22  and a slightly different third lower lid body  22 ′ usable in combination with the first upper lid body insert  13  to form a second lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly  21 . It will be understood from a consideration of the figures that the second lower lid body  22  and the third lower lid body  22 ′ of the lid assembly  21  both further comprise or provide a liquid return depression  56  that is integrally formed with and depends from the annular insert-supporting depression  51 . The second and third lower lid bodies  22  and  22 ′ may further comprise a lid body axis as depicted and referenced at  102 , and the liquid return depression  56  may preferably comprise a return depression axis as depicted and referenced at  103 . 
     The lid body and return depression axes  102  and  103  are preferably parallel to one another such that the liquid return depression  56  is centrally offset relative to the rim-receiving groove  50  thereby providing an offset annular region  58  of the insert-supporting depression  51  of the second and third lower lid bodies  22  and  22 ′. The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  of the second and third lower lid bodies  22  and  22 ′ is formed in the offset annular region  58  in anterior adjacency to the liquid return depression  56 . The liquid return depression  56  preferably comprises at least one liquid return aperture  57  for returning liquid  100  to the liquid container  10  via the lid bodies  22  and  22 ′. The second lower lid body  22  differs from third lower lid body  22 ′ by incorporating relatively larger liquid return apertures  57  in the liquid return depression  56  of second lower lid body  22  as compared to the relatively smaller liquid return apertures  57 ′ formed in the liquid return depression  56  of the third lower lid body  22 ′. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 105-107  the reader will there consider a method of using the lid assembly  21 . In this regard, a packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly is generally depicted and referenced at  39  and received within the liquid return depression  56 . Coffee or tea material  85  may be housed within the packet type single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  and when liquid (e.g. water) is directed therethrough, outletting liquid is coffee-infused or tea-infused liquid as it returns to the liquid container  10  via the apertures  57  or  57 ′. Comparatively referencing  FIG. 106  versus  FIG. 107 , the reader will there note that the packet type single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  may be housed intermediate the lower lid bodies  22  and  22 ′ and the first upper lid body insert  13  within a compartment defined, in part, by the lower liquid return depression  56  and the upper lid body insert  13 . 
     The lid assembly  21  incorporating the third lower lid body  22 ′ is generally depicted in  FIGS. 32-35  and is very similar to the lid assembly  21  incorporating the second lower lid body  22  but for the size of the apertures  57 ′ and  57 . The relatively smaller apertures  57 ′ formed in the third lower lid body  22 ′ enable the user to use tea or coffee material  85  without a bag or packet. The reader will note the liquid-letting return apertures  57 ′ are significantly smaller in diameter as compared the relatively larger liquid-letting return apertures  57 , and more akin to “needle pocks” to create the effect of a filter at secondary depression  56  of the third lower lid body  22 ′. The tea leaves or coffee ground material  85 , being individually sized or dimensioned to be larger than the respective apertures  57 ′, may be left squeezed between the upper lid body insert  13  and the bottom of the secondary depression  56  of the third lower lid body  22 ′. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 19-35 , the embodiments there generally depicted are designed to provide a secondary depression  56  to accommodate a tea or coffee bag otherwise referred to as a packet type single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39 . The reader will note the secondary depression  56  could be made deeper to resemble the first lid body-container combination  28  generally depicted in  FIGS. 80-86  or the second lid body-container combination  35  as generally depicted in  FIGS. 92-99 . The secondary depression  56  is moved rearward or posteriorly to accommodate the primary liquid-letting aperture  59 . The off center position of the secondary depression  56  is optional; it could also be placed in the concentric position. Uses of these concepts are generally depicted in  FIGS. 105-118 . 
     The benefits of this lid assembly  21  include the tea/coffee bag or packet staying squeezed between the upper lid body insert  13  and the bottom of the secondary depression  56  even after brewing process ends. In many cases the tea/coffee bag or packet has no place to go after brewing and creates not only significant discomfort at the time of consumption, but also negatively effects taste of tea after tea bag is left in the cup for duration of consumption. There is an option to throw away such tea bag, but this tends to increase the chance of spillage. These problems are eliminated with lid assembly  21 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 36-43B , the reader will there consider a fourth lower lid body  32  according to the present invention, which, when used in combination with a second upper lid body insert  14  according to the present invention, together form a lid assembly  31  for outfitting a liquid container  10  and positioning a cup type single-serve, liquid-permeable pod or container assembly  15  relative to the liquid container  10 . The lid assembly  31  may be said to preferably comprise the fourth lower lid body  32  and the upper lid body insert  14 . The fourth lower lid body  32  preferably comprises a rim-receiving groove  50 , an object-supportive depression as at  60 , and a primary liquid-letting aperture as at  59 . 
     The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  primarily enables liquid egression from the liquid container  10 . The object-supportive depression  60  supports the cup type single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  and centrally defines a container wall-receiving or tertiary liquid-letting aperture as at  61 . The tertiary liquid-letting aperture  61  receives the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , and the liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , containing coffee, tea, or some similar type of liquid-permeable media, outlets media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid into the liquid container  10 . The rim-receiving groove  50  attaches the fourth lower lid body  32  to a container rim  9  of the liquid container  10 . The object-supportive depression as at  60  may preferably comprise a container edge-retention track as at  62 . The container edge-retention track  62  receives and retains a container edge  63  of the cup type single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  (or more succinctly: liquid permeable container  15 ) and prevents inadvertent removal thereof from the fourth lower lid body  32 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 44-56 , the reader will there consider a fifth lower lid body  42  according to the present invention, which, when used in combination with the second upper lid body insert  14  according to the present invention, together form a lid assembly  41  for outfitting a liquid container  10  and also positioning a cup type, single-serve, liquid-permeable pod or container assembly  15  relative to the liquid container  10 . The lid assembly  41  may be said to preferably comprise the fifth lower lid body  42  and the upper lid body insert  14 . The fifth lower lid body  42  preferably comprises a rim-receiving groove  50 , an object-supportive depression as at  60 , a primary liquid-letting aperture as at  59 , an insert-supportive depression as at  64 , and an insert edge-retention track as at  52 . 
     The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  enables liquid egression from the liquid container  10 , and the object-supportive depression  60  supports the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  and centrally defines a container wall-receiving or tertiary liquid-letting aperture as at  61 . The tertiary liquid-letting aperture  61  receives the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , and the liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , containing coffee, tea, or some similar type of liquid-permeable media, outlets media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid into the liquid container  10 . The rim-receiving groove  50  attaches the fifth lower lid body  42  to a container rim  9  of the liquid container  10 . The second upper lid body insert  14  may be inserted into or received by the fifth lower lid body  42  thereby covering the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  with an outer insert edge  54  being received in the insert edge-retention track  52 . 
     In keeping with the notion that the second upper lid body insert  14  may cover the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly or liquid permeable container  15 , the reader is directed to  FIGS. 57-62 . Referencing  FIGS. 57-62 , the reader will consider bottom portions  16  of a liquid permeable container assembly  15  with a (foil) cover element  19  removed. The bottom portions  16  of the liquid permeable container assembly  15  may be said to preferably comprise an inner filter element as at  65  and a container outlet as at  66  spaced from a bottom filter portion as at  67 . The second upper lid body insert  14  may thus be inserted into or received by the fifth lower lid body  42  thereby covering the bottom portions  16  of a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  with cover element  19  removed as generally depicted in  FIGS. 57-62 . The second upper lid body insert  14  may further preferably comprise a radially centralized and planar insert depression portion as at  76 , which insert depression  76  may cover an upper portion of the liquid permeable container assembly  15 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 63-68  the reader will there consider a first lid body insert-container combination  18  usable in combination with a cover element  19  to form a first cover-container-insert combination as at  20 . The first lid body insert-container combination  18  basically comprises a cylindrical liquid permeable container bottom portion as at  69  integrally formed with an upper lid body insert portion as at  70 . The cover element  19  may seat down atop an annular cover support depression portion  71  adjacent upper portions of the container bottom portion  70  within the lid body insert portion  70  as comparatively depicted in  FIG. 63  versus  FIG. 64 . 
     The cover-container-insert combination  20  may thus be received and supported by the fifth lower lid body  42  as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIG. 67  versus  FIG. 68 . The lid assembly according to the present invention may thus be said to further comprise a liquid permeable container cover as at cover element  19  when the lid body insert portion is integrally formed with structure akin to bottom portions  16  of the liquid permeable container  15 . The liquid permeable container cover  19  may be received and supported in superior adjacency to the bottom portions  16  of the liquid permeable container  15  or the cylindrical liquid permeable container bottom portion as at  69  via a cover-supportive formation as at cover support depression portion  71  formed in the first lid body insert-container combination  18 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 69-73 , the reader will there consider a variant of an upper lid body insert or a third upper lid body insert  24  usable in combination with an uncovered first containment vessel akin to bottom portions  16  of a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 . The third upper lid body insert  24  is substantially planar in configuration and functions to cover the containment vessel akin to bottom portions  16  to form a covered-bottom combination as at  23 . Referencing  FIGS. 74 and 75 , the reader will there consider a second lid body insert-container combination  25  usable in combination with a container cover element  19  to form a second cover-container-insert combination as at  26 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 76-79 , the reader will there consider that the present invention further contemplates a lid assembly whereby the alternative second lid body insert-container combination  25  is usable in combination with lower lid body  42 . The alternative second lid body insert-container combination  25  essentially comprises cylindrical liquid permeable container bottom portion  69  integrally formed with upper lid body insert portion as at  70 . The cover element  19  may seat down atop a cover support depression portion  71  adjacent upper portions of the container bottom portion  69  and within the lid body insert portion  70 . 
     The alternative second lid body insert-container combination  25  may further comprise a combination bottom  78  having upwardly extending spacer protuberances  77  for supporting a material filter portion  27  in elevated relation relative to the combination bottom  78 . The present invention may thus be said to further comprise a permeable container bottom portion  69 , which permeable container containment portion  69  receives and contains a liquid permeable container exemplified by the material filter portion  27 . A liquid permeable container cover  19  may be received and supported in superior adjacency to the liquid permeable container or material filter portion  27  as contained within the container bottom portion  69  via a cover support depression portion  71  formed in the upper lid body insert portion  70 . 
     The first lid body insert-container combination  18  is also receivable and supportable by the fifth lower lid body  42  in superior adjacency to the object-supportive depression  60  and comprises the outer insert edge  54 , a secondary liquid-letting aperture  55 , and an insert-container axis as at  105 . The outer insert edge  54  is insertable into the insert edge-retention track  52  formed in the fifth lower lid body  42  when the lid body insert-container combination  18  is received and supported by the fifth lower lid body  42 . The first lid body insert-container combination  18  is rotatable about the insert-container axis  105  intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions. 
     The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is thus rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59  when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures  59  and  55 . The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is further rotatably positionable or re-positionable in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  55  for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly comprising the first lid body insert-container combination  18  or cover-container-insert combination  20  and fifth lower lid body  42 . 
     The object-supportive depression  60  may preferably be formed radially inwardly of the rim-receiving groove  50  thereby forming an annular lid body region  72  intermediate the container-supportive depression  60  and the rim-receiving groove  50  co-extensive with the insert-supportive depression  64  in the fifth lower lid body  42  and extending in a plane parallel to the depression plane  106  in the fourth lower lid body  32 . The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  is preferably formed in the annular lid body region  72 . The fourth lower lid body  32  further preferably comprises a liquid spillway as at  73  in adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59 . The liquid spillway  73  may be characterized by comprising a central spillway portion  74  and laterally opposed guideways  75 . The laterally opposed guideways  75  function to structurally direct egressing liquid toward the central spillway portion  74 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 80-86 , the reader will there consider a first lid body-container combination  28  according to the present invention. The first lid body-container combination  28  preferably comprises a cylindrical container type lower portion  30  integrally formed with an upper lid body portion  29 . The first lid body-container combination  28  outfits a liquid container  10  and positions a liquid-permeable container filter portion  27  relative to the liquid container  10 . The lid body portion  29  preferably comprises a rim-receiving groove  50 , an insert-supportive depression as at  64 , and a primary liquid-letting aperture as at  59 . The first lid body-container combination  28  is nestable with a series of successive first lid body-container combinations  28  each of which are substantially identical to one another as generally depicted in  FIGS. 84-86 . 
     Noting that the lid body portion  29  comprises an insert-supportive depression  64 , the lid body insert  14  may be received and supported by the lid body portion  29  in superior adjacency to the liquid permeable container containment portion or cylindrical container type lower portion  30 . The reader will recall that the lid body insert  14  comprises an outer insert edge  54 , a secondary liquid-letting aperture  55 , and an insert axis as at  101 . 
     The outer insert edge  54  is insertable into an insert edge-retention track  52  formed in the lid body portion  29 , and thus the lid body insert  14  is rotatable about the insert axis  101  intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions. The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is thereby rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59  when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures  59  and  55 . The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is rotatably re-positionable in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59  for preventing liquid egression via the resultant lid assembly substantially as previously described. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 87-91 , the reader will there consider a fourth lid embodiment ensemble or lid assembly  33  comprising a third upper lid body insert  34  and the fifth lower lid body  42  for outfitting a liquid container  10 . The third upper lid body insert  34  is receivable and supportable by the insert-supportive depression as at  64  and comprises an outer insert edge  54 , a secondary liquid-letting aperture  55 , an insert axis  101 , and an inner container support edge as at  80 . The outer insert edge  54  is insertable into an insert edge-retention track  52  formed in the fifth lower lid body  42 . 
     The inner container support edge  80  seats down atop the object-supportive depression as at  60  and forms a secondary, insert-based, object-supportive depression as at  81 . The third upper lid body insert  34  is rotatable about the insert axis  101  intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions. The secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is thereby rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59  when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures  59  and  55 , and rotatably re-positionable in lateral adjacency relative to the primary liquid-letting aperture  59  for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly  33 . A cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly or liquid permeable container  15  may be received by the third upper lid body insert  34  as seated atop the fifth lower lid body  42  for positioning the liquid permeable container  15  relative to the liquid container  10  as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 90 and 91 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 92-99 , the reader will there consider a second lid body-container combination  35  according to the present invention. The second lid-body combination container  35  is primarily designed for cold brew coffee and tea beverages. Cold liquid may be directed slowly through permeable coffee/tea pad and returns to the liquid container  10  through a tertiary liquid-letting aperture  83 . The second lid body-container combination  35  comprises a conical container type lower portion  37  integrally formed with an upper lid body portion  36 . More particularly, the second lid body-container combination  35  may be said to comprise a rim-receiving groove  50 , a primary object-supportive depression as at  82 , a secondary object-supportive depression as at  84 , and a primary liquid-letting aperture as at  59 . 
     The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  enables liquid egression from the liquid container  10 . The secondary object-supportive depression  84  comprises a depending conical container type lower portion  37  that directs liquid toward the tertiary liquid-letting aperture  83  formed therein. The tertiary liquid-letting aperture  83  outlets media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid into the liquid container  10 . The rim-receiving groove  50  attaches the second lid body-container combination  35  to a container rim  9  of the liquid container  10 . The second lid body-container combination  35  is usable with the second upper lid body insert  14 , which second upper lid body insert  14  may cover the upper portions of the secondary object-supportive depression  84  having a depending conical container type lower portion  37  as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 95 and 96 . 
     The second upper lid body insert  14  may thus be inserted into or received by the second lid body-container combination  35  thereby covering the secondary object-supportive depression  84 . A cover element  19  may also be inserted atop the secondary object-supportive depression  84  (not specifically illustrated). It will be recalled that the second upper lid body insert  14  preferably comprises a radially centralized and planar insert depression portion as at  76 , which insert depression  76  may cover an upper portion of the secondary object-supportive depression  84 . The second lid body-container combination  35  is nestable with a series of successive lid body-container combinations  35  each being substantially identical to one another as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 97-99 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 100-104A , the reader will there consider a sixth lower lid body  38  according to the present invention for positioning a state of the art cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  relative to a liquid container  10 . The sixth lower lid body  38  preferably comprises a rim-receiving groove  50 , an object-supportive depression as at  60 , and a primary liquid-letting aperture as at  59 . The primary liquid-letting aperture  59  enables liquid egression from the liquid container  10 , and the object-supportive depression  60  supports the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  and centrally defines a container wall-receiving or tertiary liquid-letting aperture as at  61 . 
     The tertiary liquid-letting aperture  61  receives the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , and the liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , containing coffee, tea, or some similar type of liquid-permeable media, outlets media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid into the liquid container  10 . The rim-receiving groove  50  attaches the sixth lower lid body  38  to a container rim  9  of the liquid container  10 . The object-supportive depression  60  may preferably comprise a container edge-retention track as at  62 . The container edge-retention track  62  receives and retains a container edge  63  of the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  (i.e. liquid permeable container  15 ) and prevents inadvertent removal thereof from the sixth lower lid body  38 . 
     Further referencing  FIGS. 105-107  the reader will there again consider the method of using the lid assembly  21 . A packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly is generally depicted and referenced at  39  and received within the liquid return depression  56 . Coffee or tea material may be housed within the packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  and when liquid is directed therethrough, outletting liquid is coffee-infused or tea-infused liquid as it returns to the liquid container  10  via the apertures  57  or  57 ′. 
     Comparatively referencing  FIG. 106  versus  FIG. 107 , the reader will there note that the packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  may be housed intermediate the second and third lower lid bodies  22  and  22 ′ and the first upper lid body insert  13  within a compartment defined, in part, by the lower liquid return depression  56  and the upper lid body insert  13 . In other words, the reader will there consider a packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  exemplified by a tea bag being used with lid assembly  21 . The reader should note that the packet type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  39  or tea bag remains in place and is structurally squeezed throughout duration of tea consumption as shown in  FIG. 107 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 108-111 , the reader will note the cylindrical container type lower portion  30  integrally formed with an upper lid body portion  29  of the first lid body-container combination  28 . Coffee or tea material  85  may be received in the cylindrical container type lower portion  30  and when liquid  90  is directed therethrough, outletting liquid  92  is coffee-infused or tea-infused liquid as it returns to the liquid container  10  via the aperture or outlet  66 . The second upper lid body insert  14  may be inserted atop the first lid body-container combination  28  once the liquid container  10  has been filled as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 110 and 111 . 
       FIGS. 108-111  thus depict possible commercial applications of the first lid body-container combination  28 . The reader will note that before ground coffee/tea material  85  is inserted into the cylindrical container type lower portion  30  of the first lid body-container combination  28 , a paper filter element  65  may be inserted into the first lid body-container combination  28 . Further, coffee/tea leftover stays in the cylindrical container type lower portion  30  throughout duration of coffee/tea consumption as generally depicted in  FIG. 111 . The same application applies to the second lid body-container combination  35 . 
     A similar market adaptation is further generally depicted in  FIGS. 112-118  in connection with the first lower lid body  12  and lid assembly  11  by Quick Service Restaurants or QSRs, and other beverage serving establishments.  FIG. 116 , in particular, depicts a tilted liquid container  10  with liquid  100  inside flowing with the lid body insert  13  in the open lid body insert position, while  FIG. 118  depicts the same tilted liquid container  10  with the lid body insert  13  in a closed lid body insert position for preventing liquid flow from the liquid container  10 . One of the primary concepts being addressed with these figures is to prevent a server from only placing the first lower lid body  12  on the liquid container  10  when it is filled with hot liquid. This provides different options for the lid body insert  13  as inserted by the server or by the customer as a choice in much the same manner that outlet plugs currently provide the customer with spillage prevention in some establishments. 
     Comparatively referencing  FIGS. 1-18  versus  FIGS. 112-118 , the reader will there note the first lower lid body  12  and lid assembly  11  with upper lid body insert  13 . The first lower lid body  12  provides a significantly bigger lid body opening  86  that is moved eccentrically forward to make it perfectly round and at the same time limit liquid flow with the open/close functions of the upper lid body insert  13 . In this regard, the reader will note that the lid body axis  102  is parallel to the opening axis  104  of the lid body opening  86  that further functions as the primary liquid-letting aperture  53  of the first lower lid body  12 . The closed lid body insert position depicted in  10 - 14 B,  123 , and  124  requires the upper lid body insert  13  to be rotated such that the secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  is completely blocked by the side overlap portion  98  of the lid body  12 . 
     The lid assembly  11  according to the present invention may thus be said to comprise a lid body axis as at  102 , and the annular insert-supporting depression  51  comprises a depression or opening axis as at  104 . The lid body axis  102  and the depression axis  104  are parallel to one another. The primary liquid-letting aperture  53  or lid body opening  86  is defined by a lower inner rim  87  of the annular insert-supporting depression  51 . Together, the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures  53  and  55  are cooperative for providing a phased liquid-letting aperture  88  depending on the angle of rotation of the upper lid body insert  13  relative to the lower lid body  12 . 
     The lid body insert  13  is rotatably positionable relative to the first lower lid body  12  such that the phased liquid-letting aperture  88  waxes and wanes intermediate fully open and fully closed phased liquid outlet configurations depending on degrees of rotation of the lid body insert  13  relative to the lower inner rim  87  and rotational direction of the upper lid body insert  13  relative to the first lower lid body  12 . Comparatively referencing  FIGS. 123-123B  versus  FIGS. 124-124C , the reader will there note a relatively small secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  in  FIGS. 123-123B  as compared to a relatively large secondary liquid-letting aperture  55  in  FIGS. 124-124C . 
     The phased liquid-letting aperture  88  waxes from a fully closed phased liquid-letting aperture  88  in  FIG. 123  at a reference position to a fully open phased liquid-letting aperture  88  in  FIG. 123B  at 90 rotational degrees from the reference position with a half phased liquid-letting aperture being depicted in  FIG. 123A  at 45 rotational degrees from the reference position. The phased liquid-letting aperture  88  waxes from a fully closed phased liquid-letting aperture  88  in  FIG. 124  at a reference position to a fully open phased liquid-letting aperture  88  in  FIG. 124C  at180 rotational degrees from the reference position with a half phased liquid-letting aperture  88  being depicted in  FIG. 124A  at 90 rotational degrees from the reference position and a nearly fully open phased liquid-letting aperture  88  in  FIG. 124B  at 135 rotational degrees from the reference position. 
     The embodiment generally depicted in  FIGS. 36-43B  and  FIGS. 119-122A  provides a fourth lower lid body  32  with a central aperture or opening  61  to accommodate a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 . The circumferential container edge  63  of the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  is snap-in locked in the container edge-retention track as at  62  peripherally surrounding the central aperture or opening  61 . The cup, type single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  stays in, after brewing, and serves as a cover to close or cover the opening  61 . Locking the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  in this manner prevents it from accidental removal at the time of consumption and further seals it to prevent leakage. 
       FIGS. 119-122A  generally and comparatively depict a portable water boiler  89  in use with the fourth lower lid body  32  according to the present invention brewing coffee via a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 . Hot water  90  exits the water boiler  89  and enters ground coffee  91  forming coffee drops  95 . A coffee stream  92  exits the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  and mixes with the liquid  100  (e.g. coffee) inside the liquid container  10  (e.g. coffee container). 
     The concept of the fourth lower lid body  32  builds upon the structural concept of a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  and renders more portable these convenient container assemblies  15 . Instead of using bulky brewing machines, the present invention may be used not only as simple water boiler connected to the fourth lower lid body  32  but also in vehicle-based scenarios. In a matter of 5-15 minutes, coffee may be safely prepared in the vehicle with all of the aroma and experience of coffee making at home. 
     The reader will note that the alternative options for water boilers depicted in the drawings are not meant to be limiting. For example, a water boiler  89  for a vehicle could be done as a process of boiling on the way as cold water is sucked from a water bottle. This concept eliminates the collection of any significant volume of boiling water outside the coffee cup itself and makes the “boiler” merely the heating elements with coil tube which connects to any cold-water bottle or container.  FIGS. 121-122A  depict the same water boiler idea to fit a vehicular cup holder  93  with a water boiler  89  having a container for water  96 . 
     If cold water bottle is used as cold-water container, a heating element with coil  94  processes boiled water  90  and delivers boiled water  90  to the cup type, single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 , eliminating the need for a hot water container all together. The idea here is render the overall coffee brewing experience less cumbersome, as safe as possible, and to fit into the regular behavioral patterns of most people on the go. All of the different embodiments support in one way or another the basic concept of enabling a portable coffee/tea brewing system. 
     The lid assembly embodiments generally depicted in  FIGS. 44-56  are contemplated for a quick market adaptation insofar as the lid assembly embodiments there depicted do not require any structural modification to state-of-the-art cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies  15 . In other words, the subject embodiments accommodate existing cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies  15 . The embodiments differ from the third lower lid body  32  by providing the structural choice of using an upper lid body insert  14  on top of the cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  for open/slow/closed lid configurations. 
       FIGS. 57-99  draw focus toward variants of otherwise state of the art cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies  15 . The embodiments shown in  FIGS. 57-62  basically provide bottom portions  16  of a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  with an upper lid body insert  14  attached thereto as a cover instead of a foil cover. This embodiment allows the coffee packaging company to use existing mass produced cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies  15  and adds an upper lid body insert  14  at the time of the coffee/tea packaging process. In most cases, it is contemplated that structure akin to bottom portion  16  be used with the upper lid body insert  14  and the resulting combination inserted into the fifth lower lid body  42  as generally depicted in  FIGS. 61 and 62 . 
     The embodiment shown in  FIGS. 63-68  basically provides a cup type, single-serve liquid, permeable pod or container assembly with an upper lid body insert disk as one body  18 , with a foil cover element  19  attached on top. This embodiment requires a different cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly manufacturing process, but is much the same as the embodiment used with the embodiments depicted in  FIGS. 44-56 . The embodiment shown in  FIGS. 69-73  provides a flat disk element as at  24  attached on top of bottom portions  16  of a cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  without a foil cover element  19 . 
     The embodiment depicted in  FIGS. 74 and 75  shows a cup type, single-serve liquid permeable pod or container assembly with a flat upper disk as one body or combination  25 , and comprises a flat or planar upper portion as at  97 . The embodiment illustrated in  FIGS. 76-79  shows protrusions  77  on the combination bottom  78  which serve as spacers to support the filter element  27 . The embodiment shown in  FIGS. 80-86  basically depicts bottom portions (as at  30 ) of a state of the art single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15  integrally formed as one body with the upper lid body  29 . This embodiment may be used as a way of using coffee/tea not pre-packaged in single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies as well as pre-packaged with foil cover on top. 
     It is contemplated that the embodiment depicted in  FIGS. 74 and 75  may be particularly useful for airline service. The flight attendant can simply place prepackaged lid-container combination  28  on top of the liquid container  10  and put it under water boiler pipe and the custom coffee/tea prepares itself. Many custom coffees, teas and cappuccinos could be prepared at the same time and safely delivered to passengers. Further, the need to pour hot water, tea, coffee from open pot, which can lead to inflight spillage, is eliminated. Other embodiments are also applicable for inflight service. 
     The embodiment shown in  FIGS. 90 and 91  provides a fifth lower lid body  42  and an upper third lid body insert  34  each of which comprise concentric holes or apertures to accommodate standard or state of the art cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assemblies  15  after the fifth lower lid body  42  and lid body insert  34  are assembled. The second lid body-container combination  35  shown in  FIGS. 92-99  is designed primarily with cold brewing coffee in mind. 
       FIGS. 100-104A  show the concept of the sixth lower lid body  38  with a central aperture or opening  61  to accommodate a cup type, single-serve liquid, permeable pod or container assembly  15 , which aperture or opening  61  may be formed in most lid designs currently in use, with little modification. The locking structure exemplified by the container edge-retention track  62  incorporated into this embodiment could be achieved in a number of different ways, including the simple formation of a tight fit between the opening  61  in the sixth lower lid body  38  and the received cup type, single-serve, liquid permeable pod or container assembly  15 . 
       FIGS. 100 and 101  depict a container inlet as at  99 , which container inlet  99  must be formed in the (foil) cover element  19  prior to liquid delivery into the container assembly  15  when the containers are so outfitted. Container outlet  66  may be pre-formed in the container assembly  15  or at the same time container inlet  99  is formed. In this regard, it will be noted that certain state-of-the-art liquid permeable containers do not require a separately formed container outlet since the bottom portions of the containers are essentially liquid permeable filter type material. In either case, the water or liquid delivery mechanism as exemplified by water boiler  89  may operate to pierce the (foil) cover element  19  by way of liquid delivery nozzle or head as at  199 . Liquid exits the head  199  into the liquid permeable container  15  containing liquid permeable media exemplified by ground coffee  91 , and media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid exemplified by a coffee stream  92  exits the liquid permeable container  15  via the container outlet  66  into the liquid container  10  for beverage consumption. 
     While the above descriptions contain much specificity, this specificity should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of the invention. In certain embodiments, the basic invention may be said to essentially teach or disclose a lid assembly for outfitting a liquid container and positioning a liquid permeable media containment vessel relative to the liquid container. Certain variants of the lid assembly may be said to essentially further comprise, in combination, a lid body and a lid body insert for enabling or supporting certain lid body-based beverage service methodologies. The lid-body based beverage service methods according to the present invention depend on the lid body or lid assembly utilized in support thereof as variously exemplified hereinabove. 
     In all cases, a lid body is initially provided. In some embodiments, the lid body may essentially comprise an object-supportive depression or container support, and in the case of the embodiment depicted in  FIGS. 108-111  or  FIGS. 92-97 , the lid body essentially comprises a downwardly extending liquid permeable media containment portion as at  30  integrally formed with upper portions of the lid body. The primary object of the beverage service methodologies according to the present invention is to suspend a media containment structure centrally relative to the rim-receiving groove so that liquid or water may be directed into liquid permeable media as suspended within the space defined by the liquid container. 
     The liquid permeable container may either be supported by the object-supportive depression or container support feature thereby forming a lid-container ensemble such that the liquid permeable container contains and positions liquid-permeable media. The liquid container may either be outfitted with the lid-container ensemble as a unified ensemble or the lid body may be first attached to the liquid container and then the liquid permeable container may then be supported by the lid body. Liquid may then be directed into the liquid permeable container and through the liquid-permeable media for forming media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid, which media-permeated, flavor-infused liquid is then outlet into the liquid container for providing a contained beverage for consumption. 
     The lid body-based beverage service method contemplates a lid body having a primary beverage-letting aperture for enabling beverage egression from the liquid container for consumption. The object-supportive depression or container support may preferably comprise a container edge-retention track for receiving and retaining a container edge of the liquid-permeable container and preventing inadvertent removal thereof from the lid body. 
     The object-supportive depression or container support feature is preferably formed radially inward relative to a rim-receiving groove of the lid body thereby forming an annular lid body region intermediate the object-supportive depression or container support and the rim-receiving groove. The primary liquid-letting aperture is preferably in the annular lid body region such that beverage egression from the liquid container is directed intermediate the liquid permeable container and the wall of the liquid container via the primary liquid-letting aperture. In this regard, retaining the container edge in the edge-retention track is structurally important. 
     A lid body insert may be preferably utilized in combination with the lid body. In this regard, it is contemplated the lid body insert may preferably comprise an outer insert edge that is insertable into an insert edge-retention track formed in the lid body for preventing inadvertent removal of the lid body insert from the lid body. The lid body, in certain embodiments, may preferably comprise a secondary object-supportive depression for directing the liquid toward a liquid outlet formed therein. In these embodiments, the lid body insert may preferably comprise an insert depression for covering the secondary object-supportive depression. 
     The lid body-based beverage service method according to the present invention contemplates a lid body insert that is receivable in superior adjacency to the object-supportive depression container support and may preferably comprise a secondary liquid-letting aperture and an insert axis. The lid body insert is thus rotatable about the insert axis intermediate open and closed lid body insert positions. The secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably positionable in superior adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture when in an open lid body insert position for enabling liquid egression via both the primary and secondary liquid-letting apertures. The secondary liquid-letting aperture is rotatably re-positionable in lateral adjacency to the primary liquid-letting aperture for preventing liquid egression via the lid assembly. 
     Accordingly, although the invention has been described by reference to certain preferred embodiments, and certain associated methodologies, it is not intended that the novel arrangement and methods be limited thereby, but that modifications thereof are intended to be included as falling within the broad scope and spirit of the foregoing disclosures and the appended drawings.