Patent Publication Number: US-2019191905-A1

Title: Container Lid Assemblies for Directing Liquid Flow

Description:
PRIOR HISTORY 
     This application is a divisional patent application of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/852,411 filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on 11 Sep. 2015, the specifications of which are hereby incorporated by reference thereto. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates generally to a lid construction or assembly for outfitting a hot beverage container. More particularly, the present invention relates to a combination lid-insert construction or assembly for outfitting a hot beverage container for enabling the drinker to selectively transfer heat from a hot beverage prior to consumption, controlling beverage movements from a lid-outfitted beverage container and preventing spillage of beverage from such an outfitted beverage container. 
     Brief Description of the Prior Art 
     The broad field of lids for hot beverage containers and hot beverage container assemblies inclusive of lids is exceedingly well-developed. The art relating to means for cooling hot beverages prior to consumption by way of a lid construction or assembly is a bit more limited. In any case, it is most difficult to pinpoint with precision the most pertinent art relevant to the present invention given the wide swath of art swept by beverage container constructions and developments in the field of art generally. Nevertheless, some of the more pertinent prior is believed to be briefly described hereinafter. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 5,873,493 (&#39;493 Patent), which 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. 6,732,895 (&#39;895 Patent), issued to Smith et al., discloses a Reclosable Container Lid. The &#39;895 Patent describes a reclosable lid for a beverage container comprising a first piece or cover, and a movable second piece or disk. The cover has a top wall, a side wall and a mounting portion for connecting the lid on the container. The cover has an opening adapted to permit the flow of the substance through the lid. The cover further includes a slot located in the top wall. The disk has at least one aperture, a post, and a projection. 
     The aperture and the projection are each cooperatively dimensioned with the opening. The post is adapted to be received by the slot in the cover. The disk is movable between a first position wherein at least a portion of the projection is received in the opening in the first position, and a second position wherein the aperture is aligned with the opening in the second position. A support ledge and a support edge on an inner surface of the cover are adapted to provide rotatable support to the disk. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 7,448,510 (&#39;510 Patent), which 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. 
     U.S. Pat. No. 8,528,768 (&#39;768 Patent), issued to D&#39;Amato, discloses a Reclosable Lid for a Container. The &#39;768 Patent describes a lid for a paper cup type container. The lid is detachably mountable onto the edge of an opening of the container. The lid comprises a lower lid part with an inner outlet opening, and an upper lid part with an outer outlet opening. In an assembled position, the upper lid part is mounted rotatable relative to the lower lid part between at least two positions, such that the outlet openings are mutually aligned in one position and are without any overlap in the other position. The lower lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the opening edge of the container, and the upper lid part has a circumferential mounting flange for overlapping the mounting flange of the lower lid part. 
     United States Patent Application Publication No. 2007/0062943, 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 Publication No. 2010/0264150, 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 Publication 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. 
     United States Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0256394, authored by Moutty, describes a paper cup comprising a sidewall member having an upper edge, a lower edge, a pair of opposite side edges, a front surface and a back surface. Each of the side edges and the upper edge define upper corners. The side edges are overlapped and are sealed together along an overlapping side seam. A bottom member comprises a peripheral lip sealed to the lower edge of the sidewall member. The Moutty paper cup construction is remarkable in that it further comprises at least one rigid or semi-rigid rim structure attached to the upper edge of the side wall member and in that the paper weight of the bottom member is greater than the paper weight of the sidewall member. 
     From a consideration of the foregoing, it will be noted that the prior art perceives a need for a low cost lid assembly and/or container insert usable in combination with a hot beverage container so as to enable the user to selectively transfer heat from the hot beverage via the lid elements outfitted upon the container prior to beverage consumption and for preventing spillage of (hot) beverage from the container. More particularly, the prior art further perceives a need for a beverage container lid assembly or assemblies comprising low cost secondary lid attachments cooperable with primary lid forms for enabling the user to more effectively control beverage movements through such an assembly for causing heat transfer therefrom prior to consumption. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Among the many objectives of this invention is the provision of a number of beverage container lid assemblies or container insert constructions for enabling a user to selectively and/or manually control beverage movement(s) from the stage of beverage containment to beverage consumption. The various lid assembly embodiments attempt to provide a user with an enhanced ability to control beverage movements for the purpose of effecting enhanced heat transfers and spillage prevention. 
     To achieve these and other readily identifiable objectives, the present invention provides a number of different embodiments of lid assemblies and/or container inserts or attachments with unifying structural characteristics of themes. In all embodiments, the basic invention may be said to essentially teach or disclose a beverage or liquid container lid assembly for enabling a user to selectively control beverage or liquid movement(s) therethrough. 
     Various beverage container lid assemblies according to the present invention may be said to essentially comprise a primary lid form, a secondary lid attachment, and certain container attachment means for attaching the primary lid form to an upper rim of a beverage container. The secondary lid attachments or inserts are tightly or snugly nested into a depression formed in the main body of the primary lid form of the lid assembly. 
     The lid assemblies depicted in  FIGS. 1-81 and 86-112  depict relatively complicated structural formations (e.g. depressions, channels, diversion/damming means, etc.) formed in the primary lid forms. The secondary lid attachments or inserts are of a relatively simpler design as compared to the primary lid forms and are designed in most cases to form a beverage-receiving compartment or to cap preformed structures. The design choices exemplified by the lid assemblies depicted in this application simplify manufacturing and attachment/assembly processes. 
     The primary lid form in certain embodiments preferably and essentially comprises a beverage outlet depression formed at upper surfacing of the primary lid form, which beverage outlet depression has at least one primary beverage outlet and a depression periphery. The secondary lid attachments of these embodiments preferably and essentially comprises an attachment-to-form contact edge and at least one letting aperture. The attachment-to-form contact edge is engaged with the depression periphery in superior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet for forming a beverage-receiving compartment at the beverage outlet depression. 
     The container attachment means attach the primary lid form(s) to an upper rim of a beverage container, which beverage container contains beverage of liquid. Beverage or liquid from the beverage container is directable through the primary beverage outlet into the beverage-receiving compartment in which beverage-receiving compartment heat transfer is effected from the beverage prior to outletting via the at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachment for beverage consumption. 
     Certain lid assemblies may all further be preferably defined by comprising primary lid forms having a beverage pooling structure in adjacency to the at least one primary beverage outlet for pooling beverage within the beverage-receiving compartment prior to consumption. The at least one letting aperture formed in the secondary lid attachment(s) may preferably be non-aligned relative to the at least one primary beverage outlet such that the secondary lid attachment thereby provides certain beverage flow diversion structure. 
     Certain secondary lid attachment removal means may be further provided for enabling the user to selectively remove the secondary lid attachment(s) from engagement with the primary lid form(s) and consume beverage directly via the at least one primary beverage outlet. The secondary lid attachment removal means may be defined or exemplified in part by a secondary depression formed in adjacency to the beverage outlet depression. 
     The secondary depressions enable a user to manually engage an underside of the secondary lid attachment(s) for manually removing those secondary lid attachments. The primary lid forms may further preferably comprise a depression-interconnecting channel extending intermediate the beverage outlet depression and the secondary depression for venting the beverage-receiving compartment. 
     Viewed from a broader perspective, various container lid assemblies according to the present invention may be said to essentially each comprise a primary lid form, a secondary lid attachment, and certain container attachment means for enabling a user to selectively control liquid movement from a lid-outfitted container through the lid assemblies. The primary lid forms in certain embodiments preferably and essentially comprises a liquid outlet formation having at least one primary liquid outlet and a formation periphery. 
     The secondary lid attachments comprises an attachment-to-form contact edge and at least one letting aperture. The attachment-to-form contact edges are engaged with the formation peripheries in adjacency to the primary liquid outlet for forming a liquid-receiving compartment at the liquid outlet formation. The container attachment means attach the primary lid form to a liquid container such that liquid from the liquid container is directable into the liquid-receiving compartment. 
     The liquid-receiving compartment effects heat transfer from the liquid prior to outletting via a select letting aperture as selected from the group consisting of at least one primary beverage outlet of the primary lid formations and at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachments depending on the placement of the secondary lid attachments relative to the primary lid forms. 
     Certain lid assemblies according to the present invention, for example, may be said to represent a first subset of those lid assemblies wherein the secondary lid attachments are cooperably engaged with the primary lid forms in inferior adjacency to the primary liquid outlet. The liquid is directable (a) into the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one letting aperture formed in the secondary lid attachment(s), and (b) from the liquid-receiving compartment via the primary liquid outlet formed in the primary lid formation(s). 
     The primary lid form or formations of lid assemblies may further preferably and essentially comprise laterally opposed liquid-damming structures at the liquid outlet formation. The laterally opposed liquid-damming structures are laterally offset from the primary liquid outlet for redirecting liquid movements prior to outletting via the primary liquid outlet for effecting heat transfer from redirected liquid movements, and thereby enhancing the cooling effect of the lid assemblies. 
     The primary lid forms may further preferably and essentially comprise at least one push button structure for enabling the user to selectively remove the secondary lid attachment from select engagement(s) with the primary lid form(s) (e.g. partial or entire removals or disengagements). The primary lid forms may further preferably comprise certain structural indentations or depressions in adjacency to the push button structure(s) for increasing liquid-to-material contact surface area within the liquid-receiving compartment and enhancing heat transfer from liquid received therein. 
     Certain other lid assemblies may be said to represent a second subset of the broader based definitions of the lid assemblies wherein the secondary lid attachments are cooperably engaged with the primary lid forms in superior adjacency to the primary liquid outlet such that liquid is directable (a) into the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one primary liquid outlet of the primary lid form(s); and (b) from the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachment(s). 
     The primary lid forms may preferably further comprise a liquid pooling structure in adjacency to the at least one primary liquid outlet for pooling liquid within the liquid-receiving compartment prior to outletting via the at least one letting aperture. The at least one letting aperture(s) are preferably non-aligned relative to the at least one primary liquid outlet. The preferred non-alignment of such apertures formed in the secondary lid attachment provide liquid flow diversion structure as liquid is redirected by the material construction(s) of the secondary lid attachment(s). 
     A container lid shroud embodiment according to the present invention is designed for use in combination with a container lid and enables a user to selectively control liquid flow from the container lid, which container lid essentially comprises a lid wall, upper-outer container lid surfacing, and a primary liquid outlet. The container lid shroud according to the present invention preferably and essentially comprises a shroud wall, lower-inner shroud surfacing, and at least one letting aperture. 
     The shroud wall and lower-inner shroud surfacing are contoured for respectively mimicking the lid wall and upper-outer lid surfacing of the container lid and are seatable in superior adjacency to the container lid for forming a liquid-receiving compartment intermediate the upper-outer container lid surfacing and the lower-inner shroud surfacing. The primary liquid outlet outlets liquid from a lid-outfitted liquid container into the liquid-receiving compartment, and the at least one letting aperture outlets liquid received in the liquid-receiving compartment. 
     The at least one letting aperture of the container lid shroud is preferably formed so as to be in non-alignment with the primary liquid outlet for preventing direct liquid flow from the primary liquid outlet through the at least one letting aperture. The lower-inner shroud surfacing of the shroud wall are frictionally engageable with the upper-outer lid surfacing of the lid wall for retaining the lid shroud in engagement with the container lid. The liquid container lid may have a wall-to-rim junction groove, and the container lid shroud may cooperably comprise a shroud wall hem insertable into the wall-to-rim junction groove for enhancing shroud-to-lid frictionally seated engagement. 
     It will thus be understood that in all embodiments, the basic invention may be said to essentially teach or disclose a beverage or liquid container lid assembly for enabling a user to selectively control beverage or liquid movement(s) therethrough. Other secondary objects of the present invention, as well as particular features, elements, and advantages thereof, will be elucidated or become apparent from, the following brief descriptions of the drawings and the accompanying drawing figures. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Other features and objectives of the invention will become more evident from a consideration of the following brief descriptions of patent drawings. 
         FIG. 1  is a top plan view of a first primary lid form of a first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a first top perspective view of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a second top perspective view of the of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting hidden content in broken lines. 
         FIG. 4  is a lateral elevational view of the of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting hidden content in broken lines. 
         FIG. 5  is a posterior elevational view of the of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting hidden content in broken lines. 
         FIG. 6  is an assembled first top perspective view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a first secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position to reveal otherwise hidden content. 
         FIG. 7  is a first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the first secondary lid attachment and the first primary lid form. 
         FIG. 8  is an assembled posterior elevational view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting hidden content in broken lines depicting the first secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position. 
         FIG. 9  is a first bottom perspective view of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 10  is an assembled second top perspective view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the first secondary lid attachment in a seated or form-engaged, compartment-forming position. 
         FIG. 11  is a second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the first secondary lid attachment and the first primary lid form. 
         FIG. 12  is an assembled posterior elevational view of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 13  is a second bottom perspective view of the first primary lid form of the first beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 14  is an assembled first top perspective view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position to reveal otherwise hidden content. 
         FIG. 15  is a first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the second secondary lid attachment and the second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 16  is an assembled posterior elevational view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position. 
         FIG. 17  is a first bottom perspective view of the second primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 18  is a second bottom perspective view of the second primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 19  is an assembled second top perspective view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the second secondary lid attachment in a seated or form-engaged, compartment forming position. 
         FIG. 20  is a second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing the beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the second secondary lid attachment and the second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 21  is an assembled posterior elevational view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 22  is a third bottom perspective view of the second primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 23  is a fourth bottom perspective view of the second primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 24  is an exploded top perspective view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention, the second secondary lid attachment being exploded in superior adjacency to the second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 24A  is a top perspective view of an alternative slightly modified second secondary lid attachment comprising a pull tab and perforated structure. 
         FIG. 25  is a top plan view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 26  is a third anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 27  and showing the beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the second secondary lid attachment and the second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 27  is an anterior elevational view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 28  is a lateral elevational view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing the second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position. 
         FIG. 29  is an assembled third top perspective view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position to reveal otherwise hidden content. 
         FIG. 30  is a fourth anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 31  and showing the beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position and the second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 31  is an anterior elevational view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the second secondary lid attachment in a partially raised position. 
         FIG. 32A  is an assembled first top perspective view of a third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a push button of a third secondary lid attachment in a closed configuration. 
         FIG. 32B  is an assembled second top perspective view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the push button of the third secondary lid attachment in a depressed, open configuration. 
         FIG. 33  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing the beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the third secondary lid attachment and the third primary lid form. 
         FIG. 34  is a posterior elevational view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 35  is bottom perspective view of the third primary lid form of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 36  is an assembled third top perspective view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the push button of the third secondary lid attachment in the closed configuration. 
         FIG. 37  is an assembled lateral cross-sectional view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 38  to show the push button in the closed configuration. 
         FIG. 38  is a lateral elevational view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention 
         FIG. 39  is an assembled lateral cross-sectional view of the third beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention to show the push button in the depressed, open configuration. 
         FIG. 40  is a first enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of an attachment-to-form junction site of a generic secondary lid attachment and primary lid form as sectioned from  FIG. 41  to depict in greater detail structures at the attachment-to-form junction site. 
         FIG. 41  is a lateral cross-sectional view of the generic secondary lid attachment and primary lid form to generally show a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the generic secondary lid attachment and primary lid. 
         FIG. 42  is a second enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the attachment-to-form junction site of the generic secondary lid attachment and primary lid form as sectioned from  FIG. 40  to depict in greater detail structures at the attachment-to-form junction site with beverage received in the beverage-receiving compartment. 
         FIG. 43  is a top perspective view of a fourth primary lid form of a fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 44  is a bottom perspective view of the fourth primary lid form of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 45  is a lateral cross-sectional view of the fourth primary lid form of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 46 . 
         FIG. 46  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fourth primary lid form of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 47  is a posterior elevational view of the fourth primary lid form of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 48  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fourth primary lid form of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 47 . 
         FIG. 49  is a first assembled top perspective view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 50  is a bottom perspective view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 51  is a lateral cross-sectional view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 52 . 
         FIG. 52  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 53  is a posterior elevational view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 54  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 53 . 
         FIG. 55  is a second assembled top perspective view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 56  is a first exploded top perspective view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing a fourth secondary lid attachment exploded in superior adjacency to the fourth primary lid form. 
         FIG. 57  is an anterior elevational view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 58  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 57 . 
         FIG. 59  is a second exploded top perspective view of the fourth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention showing an alternative slightly modified fourth secondary lid attachment exploded in superior adjacency to the fourth primary lid form. 
         FIG. 59A  is a perspective view of a first and second alternative slightly modified fourth secondary lid attachments attached at a junction seam along which seam the first and second alternative slightly modified fourth secondary lid attachments may be separated in one cutting motion by a cutting implement. 
         FIG. 59B  is a perspective view of the alternative slightly modified fourth secondary lid attachment according to the present invention showing a pull tab and perforated structure. 
         FIG. 60  is an anterior edge view of the alternative slightly modified fourth secondary lid attachment according to the present invention showing an upwardly extending pull tab. 
         FIG. 61  is an assembled top perspective view of a fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 62  is a first anterior view of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 63  is a first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 62 . 
         FIG. 64  is an exploded top perspective view of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 65  is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of anterior portions of the fifth primary lid form of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention to show in greater detail those anterior portions. 
         FIG. 66  is a second anterior view of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 67  is a second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 66 . 
         FIG. 68  is a first sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a first angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for inletting beverage via letting apertures formed in the fifth secondary lid attachment into a beverage-receiving compartment of the fifth beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 68A  is an enlarged view of the content otherwise shown in  FIG. 68 , enlarged to show in greater detail those structures depicted in  FIG. 68 . 
         FIG. 69  is a second sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a vertical orientation with beverage received and pooled within the beverage-receiving compartment of the fifth beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 69A  is an enlarged view of the content otherwise shown in  FIG. 69 , enlarged to show in greater detail those structures depicted in  FIG. 69 . 
         FIG. 70  is a third sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the fifth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a second angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for outletting cooled beverage via the primary beverage outlet of the primary lid form of the fifth beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 70A  is an enlarged view of the content otherwise shown in  FIG. 70 , enlarged to show in greater detail those structures depicted in  FIG. 70 . 
         FIG. 71  is a top perspective view of an alternative slightly modified second primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 72  is a top plan view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 73  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 74  and shown with the alternative slightly modified second primary lid form. 
         FIG. 74  is a top plan view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 75  is an enlarged anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown with the alternative slightly modified second primary lid form and enlarged to show in greater detail the structures associated with the beverage outlet depression. 
         FIG. 76  is a first sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a first angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for inletting beverage via letting apertures formed in the second secondary lid attachment into a beverage-receiving compartment of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 77  is a second sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a vertical orientation with beverage received and pooled within the beverage-receiving compartment of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 78  is a third sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a second angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for outletting cooled beverage via the primary beverage outlet of the primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 79  is an enlarged first sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a first angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for inletting beverage via letting apertures formed in the second secondary lid attachment into a beverage-receiving compartment of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 80  is an enlarged second sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a vertical orientation with beverage received and pooled within the beverage-receiving compartment of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 81  is an enlarged third sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the second beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a second angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for outletting cooled beverage via the primary beverage outlet of the primary lid form of the second beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 82  is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view of a shroud-to-lid junction site of a sixth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 83  and enlarged to show in greater detail those structures of the shroud-to-lid junction site. 
         FIG. 83  is an anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the sixth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate an upper lid shroud and a lower container lid. 
         FIG. 84  is an exploded top perspective view of the sixth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a lid shroud exploded in superior adjacency to a container lid. 
         FIG. 85  is an assembled top perspective view of the sixth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 86  is an exploded top perspective view of a seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a seventh primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to a seventh secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 86A  is an exploded bottom perspective view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the seventh primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to the seventh secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 87  is a sequentially first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the upper seventh primary lid form and the lower seventh secondary lid attachment, a push button of the seventh secondary lid attachment being shown in an non-actuated attachment-retentive position. 
         FIG. 88  is a sequentially second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the push button of the seventh secondary lid attachment being shown in an actuated attachment-removing position, the seventh secondary lid attachment being exploded from the seventh primary lid form. 
         FIG. 89  is a first lateral elevational view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 90  is a lateral cross-sectional view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 89 . 
         FIG. 91  is a second lateral elevational view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 92  is a lateral cross-sectional view of the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 91 . 
         FIG. 93  is an enlarged first sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a first angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for inletting beverage via letting apertures formed in the seventh secondary lid attachment into a beverage-receiving compartment of the seventh beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 94  is an enlarged second sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a vertical orientation with beverage received and pooled within the beverage-receiving compartment of the seventh beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 95  is an enlarged third sequential schematic longitudinal cross-sectional type depiction of a beverage container outfitted with the seventh beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention shown in a second angle of inclination off of a vertical orientation for outletting cooled beverage via the primary beverage outlet of the primary lid form of the seventh beverage container lid assembly. 
         FIG. 96  is an exploded top perspective view of an eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting an eighth primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to an eighth secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 96A  is an exploded bottom perspective view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the eighth primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to the eighth secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 97  is a sequentially first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the upper eighth primary lid form and the lower eighth secondary lid attachment, a push button structure of the eighth secondary lid attachment being shown in an non-actuated attachment-retentive position. 
         FIG. 98  is a sequentially second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the push button structure of the eighth secondary lid attachment being shown in an actuated attachment-deflecting position, the eighth secondary lid attachment being deflected relative to the eighth primary lid form. 
         FIG. 99  is a first lateral cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 100  depicting a depression of a push button structure of the eighth primary lid formation engaged with the eighth secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 99A  is a second lateral cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 100  depicting the push button structure of the eighth primary lid formation in an upright relaxed configuration. 
         FIG. 100  is a first top plan view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 101  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the junction site of the eighth secondary lid attachment and the eighth primary lid formation as sectioned and enlarged from  FIG. 99  to show in greater detail structures at the junction site. 
         FIG. 102  is a first lateral cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 103  depicting a downward position of the push button structure of the eighth primary lid formation deflecting the eighth secondary lid attachment in a downward direction. 
         FIG. 102A  is a second lateral cross-sectional view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention as sectioned from  FIG. 103  depicting a downward position of the push button structure of the eighth primary lid formation deflecting the eighth secondary lid attachment in a downward direction. 
         FIG. 103  is a second top plan view of the eighth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 104  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the junction site of the eighth secondary lid attachment and the eighth primary lid formation as sectioned and enlarged from  FIG. 102  to show in greater detail structures at the junction site. 
         FIG. 105  is an exploded top perspective view of a ninth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a ninth primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to a ninth secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 106  is an exploded bottom perspective view of the ninth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the ninth primary lid form exploded in superior adjacency to the ninth secondary lid attachment. 
         FIG. 107  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the junction site of the ninth secondary lid attachment and the ninth primary lid formation as sectioned and enlarged from  FIG. 108  to show in greater detail structures at the junction site. 
         FIG. 108  is a sequentially first anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ninth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting a beverage-receiving compartment intermediate the upper ninth primary lid form and the lower ninth secondary lid attachment, and first and second push button structures of the ninth secondary lid attachment being shown in non-actuated positions. 
         FIG. 109  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the junction site of the ninth secondary lid attachment and the ninth primary lid formation as sectioned and enlarged from  FIG. 110  to show in greater detail structures at the junction site. 
         FIG. 110  is a sequentially second anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ninth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the first push button structure of the ninth secondary lid attachment being shown in an actuated attachment-deflecting position. 
         FIG. 111  is an enlarged, fragmentary sectional view of the junction site of the ninth secondary lid attachment and the ninth primary lid formation as sectioned and enlarged from  FIG. 112  to show in greater detail structures at the junction site. 
         FIG. 112  is a sequentially third anterior-posterior longitudinal cross-sectional view of the ninth beverage container lid assembly according to the present invention depicting the second push button structure of the ninth secondary lid attachment being shown in an actuated attachment-separating position. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Referring now to the drawings with more specificity, the following specifications generally describe a number of categorical (hot) beverage container lid assemblies or insert constructions for enabling a user to selectively and/or manually control beverage movement(s) from the stage of beverage containment to beverage consumption. The key aspects of all embodiments attempt thus to impart to the user an ability to more effectively control beverage movements for the purpose of effecting enhanced heat transfers and spillage prevention. 
     Key categorical embodiments described hereinafter include a number of embodiments incorporating tightly or snugly held lid inserts or attachments cooperable with primary lid forms; a number of embodiments incorporating concealed beverage-receiving and/or beverage-redirecting chamber(s); and a number of means for damping beverage oscillations or redirecting beverage movements within an outfitted beverage container. 
     In keeping with the notion of insertablity or attachment of a beverage-redirecting structure into engagement with a primary lid form for forming a beverage-damming or beverage-diverting feature, a first category of embodiments is contemplated as generally depicted and referenced at assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 . Assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  depart from incorporating a key rotational function or feature as in assemblies 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 of the &#39;343 Application; and instead capitalize or refocus upon the respective insertability of secondary lid attachment(s)  119 ,  120 ,  121 ,  122 , and  123  into primary lid form(s) as at  124 ,  125 ,  126 ,  127 , and  128 . Assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703  and  800  are generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 1-59 . Assembly  704  is generally depicted in  FIGS. 61-67 . 
     A series of generic cross-sectional views are depicted in  FIGS. 40-42  that attempt to show in greater detail certain general or generic key features of assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 . A generic primary lid form, for example, is referenced at  129  and a generic secondary lid attachment, for example, is referenced at  130  in  FIGS. 40-42 . 
     Each of the first category embodiments as at assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704  and  800  provide a beverage container lid assembly for enabling a user to selectively control beverage flow rates or movements therethrough, and essentially and respectively comprise foundational, primary lid form as at forms  124 ,  125 ,  126 ,  127  and  128 ; secondary lid attachments as at attachments  119 ,  120 ,  121 ,  122 , and  123 ; and certain lid-to-container or container attachment means as again exemplified by a primary rim-receiving or engaging groove or structure as at  48 . 
     The primary lid form(s)  124 ,  125 ,  126 ,  127 , and  128  each respectively comprise a primary beverage outlet depression as at depressions  131 ,  132 ,  133 ,  134 , and  135 . A generic beverage outlet depression is referenced at  138 . The beverage outlet depressions  131 ,  132 ,  133 ,  134 , and  135  are respectively formed at upper surfacing of the primary lid forms  124 ,  125 ,  126 ,  127  and  128  comprise at least one primary beverage outlet as generically referenced at outlet apertures  136  and a primary depression periphery as generically referenced at  137 . 
     The secondary lid attachments  119 ,  120 ,  121 ,  122 , and  123  each preferably and essentially comprise an attachment-to-form contact edge as at  139  and at least one letting aperture or cutout as at  140 . The attachment-to-form contact edge(s)  139  are shaped to snugly attach to the depression peripheries  137  in superior adjacency to the primary beverage outlets  136  for forming a beverage-receiving compartment  141  at the site of the beverage outlet depressions  138 . 
     The container attachment means as exemplified by a primary rim-receiving or engaging groove or structure as at  48  attach the primary lid forms as at  129  to an upper rim  47  of a beverage container as at  46  containing beverage as at  60 . Beverage  60  from the beverage container  46  is directable through the primary beverage outlet as at outlets  136  into the beverage-receiving compartment  141 . The beverage-receiving compartment  141  effects or causes heat transfer  82  from the compartmentalized beverage  60  prior to outletting (as at arrows  85 ) via the letting aperture(s)  140  for beverage consumption. 
     The primary lid forms as at  129  may all preferably comprises a beverage pooling structure as at  142  in (inferior) adjacency to the primary beverage outlets  136 , which beverage pooling structure(s)  142  pooling beverage within certain concavity at the lower portions or the lower most portions of the beverage-receiving compartment  141  prior to consumption. The letting aperture(s)  140  are preferably non-aligned vertically relative to the primary beverage outlets  136  such that the secondary lid attachments as at  130  provide beverage flow diversion structure substantially as previously described. 
     The set of embodiments referenced at assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  may all preferably comprise certain secondary lid attachment removal means for enabling the user to selectively remove portions of or the entire secondary lid attachments as at  130  from the primary lid forms as at  129  for enabling enhanced or more direct beverage consumption directly or in a more direct path from at least one primary beverage outlet  136 . It is contemplated that the secondary lid attachment removal means may be variously defined or exemplified. 
     Firstly, the secondary lid attachment removal means may be defined or exemplified, in part, by a secondary depression as at  143  formed in adjacency to the primary beverage outlet depressions as at  138 . The secondary depressions  143  enable a user to manually engage an underside  144  of the secondary lid attachments  130  for manually removing said secondary lid attachments  130 . Assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 , and  704  have been illustrated to incorporate secondary depressions  143 . In those embodiments incorporating secondary depressions  143 , the primary lid forms  129  may further preferably comprise a depression-interconnecting groove (or channel) as at  145 . The depression-interconnecting grooves or channels  145  extend intermediate the beverage outlet depressions  138  and the secondary depression  143  for venting the beverage-receiving chamber  141  and enhancing beverage movement therewithin. 
     Secondly, the secondary lid attachment removal means may be defined or exemplified, in part, by the letting apertures  140 , which may or may not be outfitted with certain perforated structure as at  146  for enabling the user to form the letting aperture(s)  140  by breaking through the perforated structure  146 . The perforated structure  146  may be positioned upwardly to form a removal tab as at  147  as generally depicted and referenced in  FIGS. 24A, 59, 59B, and 60 . 
     Comparatively, referencing  FIG. 32A  versus  32 B and  FIGS. 36 and 37  versus  FIG. 39 , the reader will further consider that the assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  may all further preferably and alternatively be outfitted with a push button structure as at  148 . By pressing as at vector arrow  149  the push button structure  148 , the user may thereby open the letting aperture  140 .  FIGS. 32A, 36, and 37  all depict the push button structure  148  in a closed configuration, and  FIGS. 32B and 39  both depict the push button structure  148  in an open, letting aperture-forming configuration for letting beverage progress through the aperture as at arrows  85 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 40-42 , the reader will further consider cross-sectional generic depictions of basic concepts all supported by assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  (i.e. lid assembly  705 ). Particularly and comparatively referencing  FIGS. 40 and 42 , arrow  150  references liquid or beverage  60  trapped in a substantially narrow or tight space  151  between the material constructions of the primary lid form  129  and the secondary lid attachment  130 . 
     Physical properties of the liquid (e.g. hydrophilic properties) tend to operate to hold the liquid or beverage  60  in engagement with the hydrophilic upper material layer of the secondary lid attachment  130  and the hydrophilic lower material layer of the primary lid form  129  within the narrow or tight space  151  between the opposed surfaces of the attachment  130  and form  129 . When the lid assemblies  705  are in a relatively horizontal position as generally depicted, the liquid or beverage  60  trapped within the substantially tight space  151  is dispersed in a relative wide, thin area around beverage-receiving compartment  141  in relatively great surface contact area with the opposed, hydrophilic, upper and lower material layers. Beverage  60 , as received within the beverage-receiving compartment  141 , is attractively engaged with the hydrophilic upper and lower material layers for limiting beverage movement. 
     The volume of liquid or beverage  60  is relatively small, but because it is thinly dispersed within the volume defined between the attachment  130  and form  129  and thus exposed to relatively large material surface areas by virtue of the contacts with the planes of attachment  130  and form  129 , the liquid or beverage  60  experiences a rapid heat transfer therefrom as at  82 . This principle is also applicable to assemblies  701 - 704  (as well as assembly 600 of the &#39;343 Application) at least insofar as all the noted embodiments may well incorporate a substantially tight space as at  151  to trap liquid or beverage  60  for effecting rapid heat transfer  82 . 
     When the assembly  705  is tilted for consumption, the weight of the liquid  60  under gravitation force sends the liquid  60  rushing towards the letting aperture  140  where it is mixes with incoming diverted liquid flow from the primary beverage compartment  152  of the container  46  and trapped liquid from beverage-receiving compartment  60 . Combining these flows in one flow results in substantial drop of temperature of beverage outflowing as at  85  through the letting aperture  140 . Secondarily, the physical properties of the secondary lid attachment(s)  130  enable the supplier to print upon the upper surface thereof for providing branding and the like. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 43-59 , the reader may more particularly consider lid assembly  800 . The primary lid form  127  comprises a crescent-shaped depression  134 . The depression  134  acts as or provides lower portions of the beverage-receiving compartment  141 . Laterally offset apertures  136  formed in the primary lid form  127  provide liquid flow diversions from main letting aperture  140  preferably located in the middle of the crescent shaped secondary lid attachment  122 . 
     The crescent-shaped secondary lid attachment or insert  122  is preferably constructed from a single ply plastic, cardboard or other material and attached or connected to the primary lid form at the perimeter  137  by snap-in, adhesive attachment, or by other means to the primary lid form  127  thereby lidding or covering a significant portion of the depression  134 . An indention as at  153  located at the top of depression  134  formed in the primary lid form  127  allows for a tight or snug fit for crescent-shaped secondary lid attachment  122  in order to hold the attachment or insert  122  in place. 
     The crescent-shaped insert or secondary lid attachment  122  provides air venting at the tips  154  where the tips  154  may be preferably slightly abbreviated relative to the depression periphery  137 . The narrowing feature of the crescent-shaped secondary lid attachment  122  and crescent-shaped depression  134  enhance air movement toward the tips  154  where venting is also enhanced by the overall resulting form of the compartment  141 . The overall form further limits the possibility of spillage through the air vents. 
     Comparatively referencing  FIGS. 59-60 , the reader will there consider that the crescent-shaped insert or secondary lid attachment  122  may be preferably formed by cutting from a material having sufficient width such that the front side  155  of the crescent-shape resembles the back side  156  of the next crescent-shaped form as at junction  157 . Stamping or cutting the material may thus be achieved by a single-sided stamp knife. 
     The main letting aperture  140  of the secondary lid attachment  122  may be preferably and completely sealed at the time of delivery to the user or consumer. The user may be provided with a structural option to tear off the pre-manufactured or perforated seal at perforated structure or line  146  for forming letting aperture  140 , which form and function is also applicable to lid assemblies  701 - 704 . The crescent-shaped insert or secondary lid attachment  122  may also be removed from the primary lid form  127  by pulling from the back side or edge  156  at cutout  158  in substantially a similar manner as shown in connection with the secondary depressions  143  of assemblies  701 - 704 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 61-67 , the reader will there consider lid assembly  704  more particularly. The secondary lid attachment  123  of lid assembly  704  preferably comprises an anterior extension element as at  159 , which anterior extension element  159  is insertable into a horizontally sliced or otherwise formed opening as at  160  in the raised anterior portion  162  of the primary lid form  128 . Together, the anterior extension element  159  and the opening  160  form a liquid-damming bridge  165 , which bridge  165  blocks liquid or beverage from directly exiting through an arch-shaped opening  161  located on the interior vertical wall  163  of the raised anterior portion  162  of the primary lid form  128 . 
     Liquid diverted (as at  164 ) around the damming bridge  165  and then through the arch shaped opening  161  mixes with incoming beverage flow otherwise proceeding through apertures  136  formed in the beverage-damming structure of the secondary lid attachment  122  in superior adjacency to the liquid-receiving compartment  141  and through the letting aperture  140  located at the top surface of the secondary lid attachment  122 .  FIGS. 68-70  generally depict a sequential set of views schematically showing these dynamics. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 71-81 , the reader may there consider lid assembly  702  more particularly. As earlier stated, lid assembly  702  preferably comprises a primary lid form as at  125  and a secondary lid attachment as at  120 . Bearing in mind certain physical properties of liquid or beverage movable through the lid assembly  702 , the reader will note that there is a relatively narrow or tight space as at space  151  between flat or planar material layer of the secondary lid attachment or insert  122  and the opposite flat or planar portion  188  of the liquid-receiving/trapping compartment  141 . The flat or planar portion  188  has been outfitted with shade lines in  FIG. 71  for ease of inspection. 
       FIGS. 76 and 79  comparatively depict liquid  60  penetrating in the narrow or tight space  151  under liquid pressure from the main compartment  152  and relative velocity as at arrow  189  of the liquid  60 . The radial groove  190  surrounding the flat or planar portion  188  of the liquid-receiving compartment  141  helps liquid  60  to pass easily from apertures  136  letting beverage  60  into the liquid-receiving compartment  141  and penetrating into the substantially tight space  151  between two hydrophilic material layers of the upper secondary lid attachment  120  and the lower primary lid form  125 . 
       FIGS. 77 and 80  comparatively depict liquid  60  trapped between the two hydrophilic material layers of the upper secondary lid attachment  120  and the lower primary lid form  125  within the narrow or tight space  151  and liquid viscosity resists flow and certain physical properties of the liquid  60  holds the liquid  60  in engagement with hydrophilic upper and lower material layers of the upper secondary lid attachment  120  and the lower primary lid form  125  while in a horizontal position. 
     When in this position, the liquid  60  disperses on the relatively enlarged surface area between the hydrophilic upper and lower material layers and thus significantly increasing surface contact area of between the hydrophilic upper material layer (i.e. an exterior wall) and the hydrophilic lower material layer (i.e. an interior wall). The relatively increased surface contact area has an immediate or rapid heat transfer  82  or cooling effect. Liquid  60 , as received within the liquid-receiving compartment  141 , is attractively engaged with the hydrophilic upper and lower material layers for limiting liquid movement. 
       FIGS. 78 and 81  comparatively depict liquid  60  trapped and dispersed between the upper and lower material layers of the upper secondary lid attachment  120  and the lower primary lid form  125  and is further depicting progressing towards the letting aperture  140  under gravitational force. The liquid viscosity resists flow and certain other physical properties of the liquid keep it in engagement with the upper and lower material layers and prevents it from dropping back through the apertures  136  formed in the primary lid form  125  letting through the wall of the liquid-receiving compartment  141 . Positive pressure created by the hot liquid  60  inside the container creates air flow, which air flow also helps to prevent liquid from reverting back into the container through the apertures  136 . Cooled liquid  60  (i.e. a small amount but substantially cooled down) collects at the end  191  under the letting aperture  140  and mixes up with incoming diverted liquid or beverage  60  from the main beverage compartment  152  through apertures  136  in the liquid-receiving compartment  141  creating substantial heat transfer  82  or cooling effect. 
     Departing from the set of embodiments depicted and exemplified at assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 , the beverage container lid assembly  900  according to the present invention is generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 82-85  and basically provides an outer shroud structure in adjacency to a recessed or inner lid structure for enabling greater control over beverage movement prior to consumption, again for the purpose of spillage prevention and heat transfer prior to beverage consumption. In this regard, the beverage container lid assembly  900  basically provides a beverage container lid shroud as at  173  for use in combination with a beverage container lid as generically referenced at  174 . 
     When outfitted upon a beverage container lid  174 , the lid shroud  173  enables a user to selectively control beverage flow or beverage movement relative to the beverage container lid  174 . The beverage container lid  174  usable in combination with the lid shroud  173  essentially comprises a lid wall as at  175 ; hydrophilic, upper-outer container lid surfacing as at  176 ; and a primary beverage outlet as at  177 . The beverage container lid shroud  173  according to the present invention preferably comprises a shroud wall as at  178 ; hydrophilic, lower-inner shroud surfacing as at  179 ; and at least one letting aperture as at  180 . 
     The shroud wall  178  and lower-inner shroud surfacing  179  are contoured for respectively mimicking the lid wall  175  and upper-outer lid surfacing  176  and are either permanently attachable thereto or frictionally seatable in superior adjacency to the beverage container lid  174  for forming (1) a first beverage-receiving compartment as at  181  and (2) beverage-trapping compartment or substantially narrow or tight space  151  intermediate the upper-outer container lid surfacing  176  and the lower-inner shroud surfacing  179 . Beverage  60 , as received within the beverage-receiving compartment  181 , is attractively engaged with opposed hydrophilic surfacing as at  176  and  179  for limiting beverage movement. 
     The primary beverage outlet  177  of the beverage container lid  174  outlets as at arrow  182  beverage  60  from a lid-outfitted beverage container  46  via the aperture  177  into the beverage-receiving compartment  181  in which compartment  181  spillage is prevented by beverage-redirecting (as at arrows  183 ) structure of the lower-inner shroud surfacing  179  and heat transfer  82  is effected/caused by beverage re-direction  183  and the at least one letting aperture  180  outlets (as at vector heads  184 ) beverage received in the beverage-receiving compartment  181  for beverage consumption. More particularly, a first portion of redirected flow  183  exits apertures  180  as at flow  184 , and a second portion of re-directed flow  183  passes apertures  180  and permeates into the substantially tight space  151  creating flow  250  which exits through aperture  280 . 
     In this last regard, the letting aperture(s)  180  is/are preferably formed so as to be in non-alignment with the primary beverage outlet  177  for preventing direct beverage flow(s) or movement from the primary beverage outlet  177  through the letting aperture(s)  180  of the lid shroud  173 . The beverage container lid shroud  173  may further be preferably used in combination with a beverage container lid  174  having a wall-to-rim junction groove as at  185  (i.e. that space between lid wall and structure  48 ). In this regard, the beverage container lid shroud  173  may further preferably comprise a shroud wall hem as at  186 , which shroud wall hem  186  is insertable into the wall-to-rim junction groove  185  for enhancing attachment to the lid  174  or shroud-to-lid frictionally seated engagement as generally depicted in  FIG. 83  at  187 . 
       FIGS. 84 and 85  attempt to depict in arrow form liquid or beverage flow or movement via the container lid shroud  173 . The container lid shroud  173  may preferably comprise at least two laterally offset letting apertures  180 , which apertures  180  are located laterally offset from the primary beverage outlet  177  for diverting flow laterally as it exits through the primary beverage outlet  177 . An additional letting aperture  280  located medially lets liquid trapped in the substantially tight or narrow space (as at  151 ) from the beverage-receiving compartment  181  to flow out and mix with incoming diverted flow from main compartment  152 . 
     More particularly, the two laterally offset letting apertures  180  are preferably located in the raised part or substantially vertical portion  281  of the container lid shroud  173  laterally offset from the primary beverage outlet  177  of the beverage container lid  174 . The medially located third letting aperture  280  is preferably located at the anterior center of the container lid shroud  173  in the substantially horizontal portion  282  of the container lid shroud  173  radially inwardly adjacent to the primary beverage outlet  177  of the beverage container lid  174 . It will thus be understood that the primary beverage outlet  177  of the beverage container lid  174  and the medially or centrally located third letting aperture  280  are radially separated and liquid is forced to flow from the primary beverage opening  177  and is laterally diverted to the sides through the beverage-receiving compartment  181  radially outward relative to the raised portion  281  of the container lid shroud  173 . 
     First portions of liquid flow  183  exits as at vector heads  184  through the laterally offset letting apertures  180  of the container lid shroud  173 . Portions of the liquid flow  184  permeate as at  286  into the narrow or tight space  151  between the upper or interior surfacing of the lid roof  284  of the beverage container lid  174 , and the lower or interior surfacing of the shroud floor  285  of the container lid shroud  173 . In other words, beverage  60  is received within the narrow or tight space  151  via the central or medial letting aperture  280 . 
     A second portion of the liquid flow  183  passes around apertures  180  formed in the raised portion  281  of the container lid shroud  173  and enters the space  151  as at liquid flow  250  between the lid roof  284  and the shroud floor  285  before exiting through the medial letting aperture  280 . The reader should note that the primary beverage outlet  177  is separated from the medial letting aperture  280  only anteriorly. The separation ends laterally near the letting apertures  180 . When the first portions of liquid flow  183  exits letting apertures  180 , second portions permeate and circulate as at arrows  250  between the shroud floor  285  and lid roof  284 , and eventually exit through medial letting aperture  280 . The raised portion  281  of the lid shroud  173  is substantially semi-circular in transverse cross-section superiorly and provides a conducting channel for liquid movement. 
     Residual liquid  60  trapped in the tight or narrow space  151  between the shroud floor  285  and the lid roof  284  and heat transfer  82  occurs rapidly from the liquid  60  received in the space  151  due to a relatively high liquid-to-material contact surface areas of the liquid  60  and the shroud floor  285  and lid roof  284 . When the user re-tilts the assembly from this heat transfer configuration as generally depicted in  FIGS. 82 and 83 , liquid flows are the same as before, but for the addition of liquid flow exiting as at  287  through aperture  280  from the trapped, heat-transfer position within space  151 . The container lid shroud  173  thus creates two separate flows as at flow  184  and flow  287  which exit through separate apertures (two laterally offset apertures  180  and the central letting aperture  280 , which when mixed provide for a net cooling effect of the consumed liquid. 
     The container lid shroud element  173  may be constructed to fit existing or state of the art lid designs as generically depicted at lid  174  in order for the customer or merchant to optionally use it as a means to prevent spilling and enhance drinking experience (cooling effect, liquid diverting and delaying (i.e. heat transfer  82 ) effects) for the purpose of maintaining the use of existing lid designs. Whereas many proprietors of hot beverages currently utilized a container-receiving sleeve of plug for the prevention of spillage and scalds, the lid shroud offers an excellent and viable alternative to such designs. The container lid shroud  173  may also be used as a transitional step mechanism to transition to two-part lids with cooling/damming effect. The container lid shroud  173  may also be permanently attached to the beverage container lid  174  by the lid manufacturer, thereby creating a two-part single lid assembly. 
     Recalling the set of embodiments depicted and exemplified at assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 , it will be recalled that a secondary lid attachment was outfitted upon or placed into superior engagement with a primary lid form of those beverage container lid assemblies. Beverage container lid assembly  850  returns structurally to the concept of again attaching a secondary lid attachment as at  230  to a primary lid form  231 , but in inferior adjacency thereto as generally depicted in  FIGS. 86-95 . Certain lid-to-container or container attachment means as again exemplified by a primary rim-receiving or engaging groove or structure  48  function to attach the primary lid form  231  to an upper rim  47  of a beverage container  46 . 
     The primary lid form  231  preferably comprise a primary beverage outlet formation as at  232 . The beverage outlet formation  232  is essentially an indentation in the primary lid form  231  when the primary lid form  231  is viewed from a bottom perspective as generally depicted in  FIG. 86A  and is invertedly analogous to the beverage outlet depressions of assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 . The beverage outlet formation  232  is thus preferably formed lower surfacing of the primary lid form  231  and comprises at least one primary beverage outlet as at aperture  233  and a primary formation periphery as referenced at  234 . 
     The secondary lid attachment  230  preferably and essentially comprises an attachment-to-form contact edge as at  235  and at least one, but preferably two laterally opposed letting aperture(s) or cutout(s) as at  236 . The attachment-to-form contact edge  235  is shaped to snugly attach to the formation periphery  234  in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet  233  for forming a beverage-receiving compartment  237  at the site of the beverage outlet formation  232 . 
     The anterior portion of attachment-to-form contact edge  235  preferably comprises a relatively larger radius of curvature as compared to the posterior portion of attachment-to-form contact edge  235  as generally and comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 86 and 86A . The posterior portion of the attachment-to-form contact edge  235  may preferably be received in an edge-receiving groove as at  239  formed in the periphery  234 . The anterior portion of the attachment-to-form contact edge  235  may preferably be held in compartment-forming position by inwardly radially extending attachment support protuberances  240  extending from the lid wall  241 . 
     The container attachment means as exemplified by a primary rim-receiving or rim-engaging groove or structure as at  48  attach the primary lid form  231  to an upper rim  47  of a beverage container as at  46  containing beverage as at  60 . Beverage  60  from the beverage container  46  is directable through the letting aperture(s) or cutout(s)  236  as at arrow  238  (as depicted in  FIGS. 93 and 95 ) into the beverage-receiving compartment  237 . The beverage-receiving compartment  237  effects or causes heat transfer  82  from the compartmentalized beverage  60  prior to outletting (as at arrows  85  depicted in  FIGS. 93 and 95 ) via the primary beverage outlet  233  for beverage consumption. 
     Referencing  FIGS. 86 and 86A , the reader will note that the primary lid form  231  preferably comprises an anterior beverage outlet portion in adjacency to the primary beverage outlet  233 . Laterally offset from the primary beverage outlet are two semi-cylindrical indentations as at  247 . Comparatively further referencing  FIGS. 93-95 , the laterally opposed semi-cylindrical indentations  247  provide certain beverage-damming or beverage-redirecting structures for beverage  60  entering (as at arrows  238 ) the beverage-receiving compartment  237 . Beverage  60  entering ( 238 ) the compartment  237  via the laterally offset cutouts of apertures  236  passes by the downwardly extending indentations  247  and is redirected thereby for dispersion within the compartment  237  where heat transfer  82  occurs. Prior to outletting ( 85 ) the primary beverage outlet  233 , beverage  60  is again redirected or met with resistance via the indentations  247  for added heat transfer effect. 
     Comparatively, referencing  FIG. 92  versus  FIG. 93 , the reader will further consider that the assembly  850  may further preferably and alternatively be provided with a push button structure as at  242  as formed with the primary lid form  231 . By pressing as at vector arrow  243  the push button structure  242 , the user may thereby remove the secondary lid attachment  230  from engagement with the primary lid form  231  as generally depicted at arrows  244 . The push button structure  242  as formed in cooperable association with the primary lid form  231  may thus further exemplify certain secondary lid attachment removal means according to the present invention. 
     Particularly and comparatively referencing  FIGS. 93-95 , the reader will again note liquid or beverage  60  trapped in a substantially narrow or tight space  151  between the material constructions of the primary lid form  231  and the secondary lid attachment  230 . When the lid assemblies  850  is in a relatively horizontal position as generally depicted in  FIG. 99 , the liquid or beverage  60  trapped within the substantially tight space  151  is dispersed in a relative wide, thin area around beverage-receiving compartment  237  in relatively great surface contact area with the opposed, upper and lower material layers as at  245  and  246  respectively. 
     The volume of liquid or beverage  60  is relatively small, and is thinly dispersed within the volume defined between the attachment  230  and form  231 . Accordingly, it is exposed to relatively large material surface areas by virtue of the contacts with the engagement points, and the liquid or beverage  60  experiences a rapid heat transfer therefrom as at  82 . The primary lid form  231  may preferably further comprise a circular indentation  248  in radial adjacency to the push button structure  242 . The circular indentation  248  generally increases the liquid-to-material contact surface area within the liquid-receiving compartment  237  as generally depicted in  FIGS. 87 and 93-95  for enhancing heat transfer  82  from liquid or beverage  60  received therein. 
     When the assembly  850  is tilted for consumption as generally depicted in  FIGS. 93 and 95 , the weight of the liquid  60  under gravitation force sends the liquid  60  rushing towards the primary beverage outlet  233  where it is mixes with incoming (as at  238 ) diverted liquid flow from the primary beverage compartment  152  of the container  46  and trapped liquid from beverage-receiving compartment  237 . Combining these flows in one flow results in substantial drop of temperature of beverage outflowing as at  85  through the primary beverage outlet  233 . 
     Referencing  FIGS. 96-104 , the reader will there consider beverage container lid assembly  860 . The lid assembly  860  basically depicts an optimized lid assembly  850 , and the liquid flow characteristics are the same for lid assemblies  850  and  860 . The primary structural and functional differences between lid assembly  850  and lid assembly  860  is that in the latter assembly  860 , the push button  242  enables three functions. When the push button  242  is in a compartment-closed or relaxed configuration as at  18  generally depicted in  FIGS. 97, 99, 99A, 100 and 101 , the relaxed push button  18  provides its default function of enabling beverage-receiving compartment  237 . 
     When the push button  242  is an open or actuated configuration as at  17  generally depicted in  FIGS. 98, 102, 102A, 103 and 104 , the push button  242  operates to deflect the secondary lid attachment  230  into a compartment opened position or configuration. By structural distinction, the push button  242  of lid assembly  850  basically functions to remove or release the secondary lid attachment  230  from total engagement with the primary lid form  231  when in the actuated, attachment-removing position as at  17 . 
     When in the compartment-closed position, the attachment-to-form contact edge  235  of the secondary lid attachment  230  engages the primary formation periphery  234  of the primary beverage outlet formation  232 . The shape of the secondary lid attachment  230  essentially matches that of the primary beverage outlet formation  232  as viewed from a bottom perspective but for the cutouts or apertures  236 . The posterior portions (roughly two-thirds) of the attachment-to-form contact edge  235  of the secondary lid attachment  230  of the lid assembly  860  are preferably tightly nested or snapped into locked engagement within the attachment-receiving groove  239  of the primary formation periphery  234  as generally depicted in  FIGS. 96, 96A, 97, and 98 . 
     The anterior portions (roughly one-third) of the attachment-to-form contact edge  235  of the secondary lid attachment  230  are tightly nested or engaged with anterior portions of the primary formation periphery  234  as at  10  in  FIG. 101 . When pressure is applied to the secondary lid attachment  230  in a downward direction when the push button  242  is placed into the actuated, attachment-deflecting configuration  17 , however, beverage  60  is unable to pass directly to the primary beverage outlet  233 . The anterior portions of the secondary lid attachment  230  rather are rested or supported upon the inwardly extending ledge of protrusion(s)  240 , which protrusion(s)  240  in lid assembly  860  (and lid assembly  850 ) are spaced so as to allow displacement of the secondary lid attachment  230  relative to the primary lid form  231  from the compartment-closed position to the attachment-deflected position as comparatively depicted in  FIGS. 97 and 98 . 
     More particularly, and further referencing  FIGS. 97 and 98 , the reader will note that the secondary lid attachment  230  is angled upwardly at the anterior portions relative to the lid plane  101  when in the compartment-closed position as generally depicted in  FIG. 97 . When the push button  242  is placed into the actuated, attachment-deflected or attachment-displaced position  17 , the anterior portions of the secondary lid attachment  230  is re-positioned or displaced downwardly into a relatively more horizontal position generally depicted in  FIG. 98 . The displacement of the secondary lid attachment  230  in lid assembly  860  enables liquid entrapment with in the substantially tight or narrow space  151  intermediate the insert floor or lower layer  246  and formation roof or upper layer  245 . 
     The open or attachment-displaced position is achieved by manually pushing push button  242  downwardly as at  17  thereby exerting pressure against the secondary lid attachment  230  at the anterior portions thereof while the posterior portions remain in locked engagement with the formation periphery  234  via the groove or channel formation  239 . The anterior most edge  235  is supported by the indentation or inwardly extending formation  240  as generally depicted in  FIGS. 98,102, 102A and 104 . The laterally opposed apertures or cutouts  236  at the anterior portion of the secondary lid attachment  230  open pass ways on both sides as at  16  for the liquid to pass to liquid-receiving compartment  237  and then to exit through the primary beverage outlet  233  and into the substantially tight space  151  between floor  246  and roof  245 . 
     Further referencing  FIGS. 97 and 98 , the reader will consider depression  12  of the secondary lid attachment  230  when the push button  242  is in the relaxed position  18 . However, when the push button  242  is in the actuated position  17 , the depression  12  becomes an extension of push button  242  thereby forming a dipped portion  249 . The dipped formation  249  provides for air intake at the time of beverage consumption when a user&#39;s mouth engages the primary lid formation  231  at the primary beverage outlet  233 . 
     The push button  242  of the lid assembly  860  can be further pressed in a downward direction to force the attachment-to-form edge  235  at the anterior portion of secondary lid attachment  230  past the indentation  240  so as to completely remove the secondary lid attachment  230  from the primary lid form  231  as in the case of lid assembly  850 . Thus the lid assembly  860  preferably provides three functions, including a compartment-closing function when in the relaxed position  18 , an attachment opening or attachment-deflecting function when in a first actuated position as at  17 ; and an attachment-removing function when in a second actuated position substantially as described. 
     Beverage container lid assembly  870  according to the present invention is generally depicted and referenced in  FIGS. 105-112 .  FIGS. 105 and 106  are respectively top and bottom exploded perspective or isometric views of the lid assembly  870 . In order to provide three functional lid positions or states for effecting (1) a “closed” configuration; (2) an “open-restricted/dammed” configuration; and (3) an “open-unrestricted” configuration, the lid assembly preferably comprises first and second push button structures respectively at  242  and  301  formed as part of the primary lid form  251 . The secondary lid attachment or insert  252  is tightly nested into the primary beverage outlet formation  232  from the inferior side of the primary lid form  251 . 
       FIGS. 107 and 108  attempt to comparatively depict the default “closed” position or configuration which configuration is preferred at the time the lid-outfitted beverage container is served to the consumer. Comparatively referencing  FIGS. 10   7  and  108 , the reader will there note that both push button structures are in a relaxed or unactuated state or configuration and the secondary lid attachment  252  is tightly nested or engaged within the entire primary formation periphery  234  of the primary beverage outlet formation  232 . 
     The secondary lid attachment or insert construction  252  preferably comprises a button-mating aperture as at  302  through which button-mating aperture  302  a lipped for flanged bottom portion  304  of the push button structure  301  protrudes and locks at the inferior side or portion of the secondary lid attachment  252 . The push button structure  301  and the aperture  302  are thus preferably mated and create a permanent and unmovable connection. This mated engagement may be alternatively formed by adhesive attachments or by other state of the art means for attaching the secondary lid attachment  252  to the bottom portion of the push button structure  301 . 
     The front or anterior end of the secondary lid attachment or insert  252  preferably comprises a raised portion as at  303 , which raided portion functions as a plug as seated in the gap  253  in inferior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet  233  of the primary lid formation  251  as generally depicted and referenced in  FIG. 107 . In the “closed” position or configuration, the plug  303  is preferably tightly inserted in the gap  253  and creates a liquid tight engagement therewith. 
       FIGS. 109 and 110  comparatively depict the “open-restricted/dammed” configuration of the lid assembly  870 . To structurally achieve the “open-restricted/dammed” configuration of the lid assembly  870 , the push button structure  242  is manually pushed into a downwardly bent configuration (as at  17 ) thereby bending the front or anterior portions of the secondary lid attachment  252  in a downward direction releasing the plug  303  from the gap  253  and opening a channel to the primary beverage outlet  233 . Liquid may thus flow through the apertures or cutouts  254  of the secondary lid attachment or insert  252  and to the primary beverage outlet  233 . 
     A portion of the liquid structurally becomes trapped in substantially tight space depicted and referenced at  305 . When the lid-outfitted beverage container is tilted, this trapped beverage exits through the primary beverage outlet  233 , and in so exiting, mixes with incoming liquid from main beverage compartment with substantially the same liquid flow as described in connection with lid assembly  860 .  FIGS. 111 and 112  comparatively depict the “open-unrestricted” position or configuration of the lid assembly  870  (as also applicable to lid assemblies  850  and  860 ). To structurally achieve the “open-unrestricted” position or configuration, the push button structure  301  is depressed thereby moving or displacing the entire secondary lid attachment  252  downwardly and creating unrestricted flow of liquid through the channel  255  to the primary beverage outlet  233 . 
     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 beverage or liquid container lid assembly for enabling a user to selectively control beverage or liquid movement(s) therethrough. 
     Various beverage container lid assemblies (e.g. lid assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800 ) may be said to essentially each comprise a primary lid form, a secondary lid attachment, and certain container attachment means for attaching the primary lid form to an upper rim of a beverage container. The primary lid forms in certain embodiments preferably and essentially comprise a beverage outlet depression formed at upper surfacing of the primary lid form, which beverage outlet depression has at least one primary beverage outlet and a depression periphery. 
     The secondary lid attachments of those embodiments preferably and essentially comprise an attachment-to-form contact edge and at least one letting aperture. The attachment-to-form contact edges are engaged with the depression peripheries in superior adjacency to the primary beverage outlet for forming a beverage-receiving compartment at the site of the beverage outlet depression. 
     The container attachment means attach the primary lid forms to an upper rim of a beverage container. Beverage from the beverage container is directable through the primary beverage outlet into the beverage-receiving compartment in which beverage-receiving compartment heat transfer is effected from the beverage prior to outletting via the at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachment for beverage consumption. 
     Lid assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  may all further be preferably defined by comprising primary lid forms having a beverage pooling structure in adjacency to the at least one primary beverage outlet for pooling beverage within the beverage-receiving compartment prior to consumption. The at least one letting aperture may preferably be non-aligned relative to the at least one primary beverage outlet such that the secondary lid attachments provide certain beverage flow diversion structure. Certain secondary lid attachment removal means may be further provided for enabling the user to selectively remove the secondary lid attachment from engagement with the primary lid form and consume beverage directly via the at least one primary beverage outlet. 
     The lid assemblies according to the present invention may all be said to further preferably and essentially comprise secondary lid attachment removal means as variously defined or exemplified by secondary depressions formed in adjacency to the beverage outlet depression, push button structures, perforated structures and/or pull tabs, etc. The secondary depressions enable a user to manually engage an underside of the secondary lid attachment for manually removing those secondary lid attachments. The primary lid forms may further preferably comprise a depression-interconnecting channel extending intermediate the beverage outlet depression and the secondary depression for venting the beverage-receiving compartment. 
     Viewed from a broader perspective, various container lid assemblies (e.g. lid assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 ,  800 ,  850 ,  860 , and  870 ) according to the present invention may be said to essentially each comprise a primary lid form, a secondary lid attachment, and certain container attachment means for enabling a user to selectively control liquid movement from a lid-outfitted container through the lid assemblies. The primary lid forms in certain embodiments preferably and essentially comprise a liquid outlet formation having at least one primary liquid outlet and a formation periphery. 
     The secondary lid attachments comprise an attachment-to-form contact edge and at least one letting aperture. The attachment-to-form contact edges are engaged with the formation peripheries in adjacency to the primary liquid outlet for forming a liquid-receiving compartment at the liquid outlet formation. Certain means are contemplated for inhibiting removal of the secondary lid attachment from engagement with the primary lid form as exemplified by edge-receiving grooves (e.g. grooves  239 ) or attachment points of the push button structures to the secondary lid attachments. 
     The container attachment means attach the primary lid form(s) to a liquid container. Liquid or beverage from the liquid container is directable into the liquid-receiving compartment for effecting heat transfer from the liquid prior to outletting via a select letting aperture. Depending on the placement of the secondary lid attachments relative to the primary lid forms, the select letting aperture may be selected from the group consisting of at least one primary beverage outlet of the primary lid formations and at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachments. 
     Lid assemblies  850 ,  860 , and  870  may be said to represent a first subset of those lid assemblies wherein the secondary lid attachments are cooperably engaged with the primary lid forms in inferior adjacency to the primary liquid outlet. The liquid is directable (a) into the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one letting aperture formed in the secondary lid attachment(s), and (b) from the liquid-receiving compartment via the primary liquid outlet formed in the primary lid formation(s). 
     The primary lid form or formations of lid assemblies  850 ,  860 , and  870  may further preferably and essentially each comprise laterally opposed liquid-damming structures at the liquid outlet formation. The laterally opposed liquid-damming structures are laterally offset from the primary liquid outlet for redirecting liquid movements prior to outletting via the primary liquid outlet for effecting heat transfer from redirected liquid movements, and thereby enhancing a cooling effect of the lid assemblies. 
     The primary lid forms may further preferably and essentially comprise at least one push button structure for enabling the user to selectively remove the secondary lid attachment(s) from select engagement(s) with the primary lid form(s) (e.g. partial or entire removals or disengagements). The primary lid forms may further preferably comprise certain indentations or structural depressions in adjacency to the push button structure(s) for increasing liquid-to-material contact surface area within the liquid-receiving compartment and enhancing heat transfer from liquid received therein. 
     Lid assemblies  701 ,  702 ,  703 ,  704 , and  800  may be said to represent a second subset of the broader based definitions of the lid assemblies wherein the secondary lid attachments are cooperably engaged with the primary lid forms in superior adjacency to the primary liquid outlet such that liquid is directable (a) into the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one primary liquid outlet of the primary lid form(s); and (b) from the liquid-receiving compartment via the at least one letting aperture of the secondary lid attachment(s). 
     As earlier stated, the primary lid forms may preferably further comprise a liquid pooling structure in adjacency to the at least one primary liquid outlet for pooling liquid within the liquid-receiving compartment prior to outletting via the at least one letting aperture. The at least one letting aperture(s) are preferably non-aligned relative to the at least one primary liquid outlet. The preferred non-alignment of such apertures formed in the secondary lid attachment provide liquid flow diversion structure as liquid is redirected by the material construction(s) of the secondary lid attachment(s). 
     The container lid shroud according to the present invention is designed for use in combination with a container lid and enables a user to selectively control liquid flow from the container lid, which container lid essentially comprises a lid wall, upper-outer container lid surfacing, and a primary liquid outlet. The container lid shroud according to the present invention preferably and essentially comprises a shroud wall, lower-inner shroud surfacing, and at least one letting aperture. 
     The shroud wall and lower-inner shroud surfacing are contoured for respectively mimicking the lid wall and upper-outer lid surfacing of the container lid and are seatable in superior adjacency to the container lid for forming a liquid-receiving compartment intermediate the upper-outer container lid surfacing and the lower-inner shroud surfacing. The primary liquid outlet outlets liquid from a lid-outfitted liquid container into the liquid-receiving compartment, and the at least one letting aperture outlets liquid received in the liquid-receiving compartment. 
     The at least one letting aperture of the container lid shroud is preferably formed so as to be in non-alignment with the primary liquid outlet for preventing direct liquid flow from the primary liquid outlet through the at least one letting aperture. The container lid shroud may be frictionally seatable in superior adjacency to the container lid for forming the liquid-receiving compartment. The lower-inner shroud surfacing of the shroud wall are frictionally engageable with the upper-outer lid surfacing of the lid wall for retaining the lid shroud in engagement with the container lid. The liquid container lid may have a wall-to-rim junction groove, and the container lid shroud may cooperably comprise a shroud wall hem insertable into the wall-to-rim junction groove for enhancing shroud-to-lid frictionally seated engagement. 
     Although the inventive beverage or liquid container lid assemblies according to the present invention have been described by reference to a number of different embodiments, it is not intended that the novel combinations or assemblies be limited thereby, but that modifications thereof are intended to be included as falling within the broad scope and spirit of the foregoing disclosure, the appended drawings, and perhaps most importantly, the following claims.